Section: The Star (Malaysia)
London police fire shots as vehicle rams Ukraine ambassador's car – embassy
LONDON (Reuters) – British police fired shots after a vehicle rammed the parked car of Ukraine’s ambassador in London on Saturday, the Ukrainian embassy said. No one was injured, it said. …read more Source: The...
Defiant Poroshenko – Ukraine's voters will choose substance over style in election
PARIS (Reuters) – Ukraine’s leader on Friday said he was confident of turning the tables on his inexperienced opponent in the second round of the presidential election, saying voters would choose a substantive programme over his challenger’s dangerous populism. …read more Source: The...
U.S. lobbying probes persist though Mueller investigation over
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in U.S. politics is over, but prosecutors are investigating two prominent Washington lobbyists for their work for the former pro-Russian government of Ukraine, according to three sources close to the probe. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian comedian gets serious with investors in bid for presidency
KIEV (Reuters) – In a popular TV series, a fictional Ukrainian president gets so drunk at a dinner with the head of the International Monetary Fund that he throws her into a swimming pool. …read more Source: The...
Factbox – Policies of Ukraine's presidential frontrunner Zelenskiy
(Reuters) – Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a 41-year-old comedian with no prior political experience, is the frontrunner to become Ukraine’s next president. …read more Source: The...
Former Obama lawyer Craig charged in Mueller spin-off probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Greg Craig, a former White House counsel in the Obama administration, was charged on Thursday with lying about work he performed in 2012 for Ukraine in a case that grew out of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. …read more Source: The...
Comedian Zelenskiy would win second round of Ukraine election – poll
KIEV (Reuters) – Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a political novice who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series, is likely to win in Ukraine’s presidential election race, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ex-Obama White House Counsel expects to be charged over Ukraine work – statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gregory Craig, a former White House Counsel in the Obama administration, expects to be indicted this week on charges stemming from work for Ukraine in 2012, his lawyers said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia wins WTO "national security" case in potential boost for Trump
GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia won a dispute about “national security” at the World Trade Organization on Friday, in a ruling over a Ukrainian railway dispute that may also lend support to global automobile tariffs that could be imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine presidential rivals undergo televised drug tests
KIEV (Reuters) – The two remaining candidates in Ukraine’s presidential race underwent televised drug and alcohol tests on Friday, capping a week in which they traded jibes in tit-for-tat social media videos and goaded each other to agree to a live policy debate. …read more Source: The...
