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Russia says catches OSCE employee spying for Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Monday it had caught an employee of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe spying for Ukraine by passing on sensitive military information about pro-Kremlin separatists. …read more Source: The...
Azerbaijani-Ukrainian trade ties to strengthen, expert says
Even if relations between Ukraine and Europe do not promise bonuses in the near future, the country could receive economic support from Azerbaijan, said Ukrainian expert Volodymyr Tsybulko commenting on the current Ukrainian-Azerbaijani relations. …read more Source:...
H&M to Enter Kazakh Market in 2017
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – H&M, or Hennes&Mauritz AB, Swedish retail clothing company, plans to open its first store in Kazakhstan, along with Iceland, in 2017, according to Reuters. Presumably the new stores will open in autumn of next year. The cities, locations and...
Aliya Yussupova Made Rhythmic Gymnastics Fashionable in Kazakhstan
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Aliya Yussupova fell in love with rhythmic gymnastics when she was in firstgrade. Today, the famous Kazakh gymnast and two-time Olympian chairs the specialised gymnastics centre opened in the south of Kazakhstan at the end of last year. Photo credit:...
Attacker staked out Nice site, accomplice suspected
NICE, France: The Nice truck attacker staked out the seafront for two days before striking, it emerged Sunday as investigators pieced together details of the Islamic State-claimed massacre and questioned possible accomplices. A source close to the investigation told AFP that Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian, sent a text message...
Attacker staked out Nice site, accomplice suspected
NICE: The Nice truck attacker staked out the seafront for two days before striking, it emerged Sunday as investigators pieced together details of the Islamic State-claimed massacre and questioned possible accomplices. A source close to the investigation told AFP that Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian, sent a text message just...
France attack: Families caught in painful limbo awaiting IDs of dead
A man runs near the scene of an attack after a truck drove onto the sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of revelers who’d gathered to watch the fireworks in the French resort city of Nice, southern France, Friday, July 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) The painstaking process of identifying the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice...
University of California student among 84 dead in France attack
People gather by flowers laid near the scene where a truck mowed through revelers in Nice, southern France, Friday, July 15, 2016. A large truck mowed through revelers gathered for Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, killing more than 80 people and sending people fleeing into the sea as it bore down for more than a mile along the Riviera city’s...
Two years on, Ukraine villagers mourn at MH17 crash site
PETROPAVLIVKA, Ukraine: Dozens of villagers carried flowers and lit candles on Sunday at the site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 crashed two years ago, killing all 298 people on board. About 60 people joined the vigil on the small square of the village of Petropavlivka where some of the remains and personal belongings of...
Two years on, Ukraine villagers mourn at MH17 crash site
PETROPAVLIVKA, Ukraine – Dozens of villagers carried flowers and lit candles on Sunday, July 17, at the site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 crashed two years ago, killing all 298 people on board. About 60 people joined the vigil on the small … …read more Source:...
