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Syria operation shows Russia can counter ‘any threats’: Putin
Oct20

Syria operation shows Russia can counter ‘any threats’: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow’s intervention in Syria demonstrates it can counter any threats, as the Kremlin flexes its muscles on the world stage. “The operation has confirmed that Russia is ready to adequately and effectively respond to terrorist and any other threats to our country,” Putin said in a speech...

Pirates kidnap Lithuanian, Ukrainian sailors off Nigeria
Oct20

Pirates kidnap Lithuanian, Ukrainian sailors off Nigeria

VILNIUS (AFP) – Gunmen have kidnapped two Lithuanian and two Ukrainian sailors off southern Nigeria, in the latest incident in a region described as a piracy hotspot, Lithuanias government said Tuesday.We have received information that it was an armed abduction, government official Rimantas Vaitkus told AFP in the Baltic states capital,...

Stalin portraits, Soviet nostalgia rule in Ukraines rebel regions
Oct20

Stalin portraits, Soviet nostalgia rule in Ukraines rebel regions

DONETSK, Ukraine: Three portraits of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin are on display in the centre of Donetsk, the rebel capital of eastern Ukrain …read more Source: The News...

S&P upgrades Ukraine from ‘selective default’
Oct19

S&P upgrades Ukraine from ‘selective default’

KIEV (AFP) – Standard and Poors upgraded Ukraines credit rating on Monday from selective default thanks to the cash-strapped former Soviet countrys ability to strike a major debt write-down deal.The New York-based agency said it was raising Ukraines foreign currency sovereign rating from SD to B-/B — a grade defined as highly...

Pleasure boat
Oct19

Pleasure boat

ODESSA, Ukraine: The captain of an overloaded pleasure boat which sank in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian city of Odessa has been detained, officials …read more Source: The News...

12 killed in Ukraine boat capsize near Odessa: official
Oct17

12 killed in Ukraine boat capsize near Odessa: official

KIEVE: At least 12 people drowned Saturday when a boat capsized in the Black Sea near Odessa in southern Ukraine, …read more Source: Geo...

12 killed in Ukraine boat capsize near Odessa: official
Oct17

12 killed in Ukraine boat capsize near Odessa: official

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12 killed in Ukraine boat capsize near Odessa: official
Oct17

12 killed in Ukraine boat capsize near Odessa: official

KIEV (AFP) – At least 12 people drowned Saturday when a boat capsized in the Black Sea near Odessa in southern Ukraine, regional authorities said.The reason for this tragedy were storms and an absence of life jackets. Twelve people drowned and one is missing, said Volodymyr Jmak, a deputy of the governor of Odessa region, adding that the...

Tennis: Radwanska to face Pliskova in Tianjin
Oct17

Tennis: Radwanska to face Pliskova in Tianjin

BEIJING (AFP) – World number six Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland beat Russias Elizaveta Kulichkova at the Tianjin Open on Friday, setting up a semi-final clash with Czech Karolina Pliskova.Second seed Radwanska won 7-6, 6-2 in an hour and a half, while third seed Pliskova beat Hungarys Timea Babos 6-3, 6-2.Fifth seed Kristina Mladenovic of...

Ukraine, Japan, Egypt win UN Security Council seats
Oct16

Ukraine, Japan, Egypt win UN Security Council seats

Ukraine, Japan and Egypt won seats at the UN Security Council on Thursday as world diplomacy is overshadowed by tensions with Russia and bloodshed in the Middle East. Senegal and Uruguay were also among the five countries that garnered the required votes for council seats during a secret-ballot poll held at the UN General Assembly. The five...