Section: theSun (Malaysia)
Russian man sues ex for US$600 spent on romance
MOSCOW: A man has taken his ex-girlfriend to court to recover US$600 (RM2,467.47) he spent on wooing her including a romantic break to Crimea, she told Russian media on Thursday. The woman, Nina Zgurskaya, told Business FM radio station their relationship had initially gone well with dates and gifts. But she broke up with him while they were on...
Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, four wounded in separatist east
KIEV: Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and four wounded in fresh clashes with pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, the military said Sunday, the army’s second deadliest toll this year. “Unfortunately, over the past 24 hours, five Ukrainian soldiers have died and four more have been wounded,” military...
17 die in fire at Ukraine home for elderly
KIEV: Seventeen people died when a makeshift home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of Sunday, the emergencies service said. “The bodies of 17 people have been found at the site of the fire,” the head of Ukraine’s state emergencies service, Mykola Chechetkin, said in comments...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in war-torn east
KIEV: Seven Ukrainian soldiers have died in the war-torn east over the past 24 hours, the biggest casualty toll in a single day this year, Kiev said on Tuesday. The latest violence came as the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine called for the implementation of a peace deal in the separatist east during late-night talks Monday....
Two Ukrainian troops, one civilian killed in rebel east
KIEV: Two Ukrainian soldiers and a civilian have been killed in eastern Ukraine amid deadlocked international efforts to halt the violence, the military said on Thursday. “As a result of hostilities, over the past 24 hours two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and two more wounded”, Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk...
Azerbaijani cargo plane crashes in Afghanistan killing 7
BAKU: An Azerbaijani freight plane has crashed in Afghanistan killing seven crew members while two survived, the Caucasus nation’s aviation authorities said Thursday. The Antonov-12 plane that belonged to Azerbaijan’s Silk Way cargo airline crashed on take-off from Dwyer airbase in the southern Helmand province, Azerbaijan’s...
Trump would speak to N.Korean leader: report
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would speak with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, in what would be a dramatic shift in US policy. “I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him,” the Republican presumptive presidential nominee told Reuters in an exclusive interview. Until now, the US strategy has been to...
Ukrainian pleads guilty in hack-for-profit scheme
WASHINGTON: A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking into databases holding unpublished company press releases to gain insider information that led to US$30 million (RM120.50 million) in illicit gains, officials said. The US Department of Justice said 28-year-old Vadym Iermolovych pleaded guilty Monday before a federal judge...
Ukraine stuns Russia to win politically charged Eurovision
STOCKHOLM: Ukrainian singer Jamala snatched victory from arch-rival Russia to win the Eurovision song contest Saturday, adding a touch of political drama to the annual kitsch extravaganza. After a tense vote count, during which it seemed Australia was going to run away with the crown until the audience votes came in, Jamala was declared the...
Editors quit Russian media group after Putin family reports
MOSCOW: Three top editors at a top Russian media group which has reported on the business interests of President Vladimir Putin’s family quit Friday, in the latest blow to the country’s beleaguered media industry. The RBC group’s daily newspaper recently published a number of high-profile investigations including about the...
