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US will deploy 1,000 troops to Poland; Warsaw may call them ‘Fort Trump’
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press at the White House. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump pledged to Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday that he will deploy 1,000 US troops to Poland, a step sought by Warsaw to deter potential aggression from Russia. Despite their strong show of unity, Trump disagreed with...
Korea, Ukraine to Clash in Their 1st-Ever Final at U-20 World Cup
Korea will be in uncharted territory when it faces Ukraine in the final of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Lodz, Poland on Saturday. It is the first time Korea has reached the final of a FIFA-hosted event. Korea beat Ecuador 1-0 in their semifinal clash to reach the decider.Ukraine is also making its fir… …read more Source: The Chosun...
US will deploy 1,000 troops to Poland; Warsaw may call them ‘Fort Trump’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump pledged to Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday that he will deploy 1,000 US troops to Poland, a step sought by Warsaw to deter potential aggression from Russia.Despite their strong show of unity, Trump disagreed with Duda’s attempt to force the retirement of some Polish Supreme Court judges, a...
Trump considering to deploy 2,000 new troops in Poland
The United States is considering sending 2,000 more troops to Poland, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday at White House talks with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda while stopping short of promising a permanent presence. Trump said the additional US troops would be moved to Poland from fellow NATO-member Germany, but cautioned that the...
Party of Ukraine's new president leads parliamentary vote race
KIEV (Reuters) – The party of Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has strengthened its lead ahead of a parliamentary election due on July 21, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
More than 200 arrested at Moscow police abuse march
MOSCOW: More than 200 people including opposition leader Alexei Navalny were detained Wednesday as police sought to break up a peaceful Moscow rally against the alleged impunity of law enforcement agencies. Russian police in riot gear moved in against the unsanctioned march of more 1,000 people amid screams of protesters shouting “you are...
Ukraine president appoints former minister Abromavicius to defence job
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday appointed former economy minister Aivaras Abromavicius to the supervisory board of the state defence conglomerate Ukroboronprom, a decree published on his website said. …read more Source: The...
Cruise ship captain bailed in Hungary after fatal accident
Twenty-six Koreans and two Hungarian crew died after the Mermaid tourist boat capsized and sank in seconds – the worst disaster on the river in half a century. (AFP pic)BUDAPEST: The captain of a cruise liner was released on bail on Wednesday, two weeks after his vessel was involved in a collision with a tourist boat that sank on the River Danube...
Chernobyl’s surprise tourism boom on the back of acclaimed HBO series raises uncomfortable questions
Ukraine’s Chernobyl might be on track to become 2019’s surprise tourism destination, after a widely discussed HBO miniseries resulted in a surge in bookings for trips to the site and the nearby town that were abandoned after a major nuclear accident in 1986.Trip bookings for May of 2019 were 30 per cent higher than May of 2018, and...
More bodies found as Hungary lifts sunken tourist boat from river
Police at the site were removing bodies from the vessel. (AFP pic)BUDAPEST: Hungarian police recovered more bodies on Tuesday after raising a sightseeing boat that sank in the river Danube in Budapest last month, an accident that has claimed at least 24 lives. Police removed four bodies from the Mermaid tourist boat. Another four people are still...
