Section: RAPPLER (Philippines)
Kyrgios leads Australia to Hopman Cup mixed title
PERTH, Australia – Australians Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova beat Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina and Alexandr Dolgopolov to win the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth on Saturday. For the first time, the host nation fielded two teams in the tournament, and Kyrgios and Gavrilova went through the … …read more Source:...
Eastern Ukrainian villages change hands despite truce
PAVLOPIL, Ukraine – Clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in eastern Ukraine have dwindled but villages in the buffer zone around the frontline have been surreptitiously changing hands, raising fears that the tenuous ceasefire could unravel. Ukraine’s blue and yellow flag was hoisted in December in the sleepy village...
Dutch investigators to study citizen journalism report on MH17 crash
Dutch prosecutors said Sunday, January 3, they would “seriously study” claims by citizen journalists to have identified Russian soldiers implicated in the crash of flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. The claims are made by a British-based group of “citizen investigative journalists” called Bellingcat,...
Dutch investigators to study citizen journalism probe into MH17
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch prosecutors said Sunday, January 3, they would “seriously study” claims by citizen journalists to have identified Russian soldiers implicated in the crash of flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. The claims are made by a British-based group of “citizen investigative...
Russia announces lawsuit vs Ukraine over default on $3B debt
MOSCOW, Russia – Russia’s finance ministry said Friday, January 1, it was suing Ukraine for defaulting on a $3-billion debt to Moscow, following an order by President Vladimir Putin. Kiev is “in a state of default” regarding its obligations toward Moscow and legal proceedings would ensue, the ministry said. “Russia’s...
Germany’s Angela Merkel wins Time’s Person of the Year
Time magazine Wednesday, December 9, named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its “Person of the Year 2015,” hailing her leadership during Europe’s debt, refugee and migrant crises, as well as Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. The magazine said the German chancellor had “stepped in” every time a serious crisis...
Time names Angela Merkel as its ‘person’ of 2015
NEW YORK CITY, USA – Time magazine Wednesday, December 9, named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its “Person of the Year 2015,” hailing her leadership during Europe’s debt, refugee and migrant crises, as well as Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. “For asking more of her country than most politicians would …...
Biden visits war-scarred Ukraine to reaffirm US support
KIEV, Ukraine – US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Kiev late Sunday, December 6 to reassure its pro-Western leaders that Washington remains committed to Ukraine despite stepped-up efforts to work with Russia against Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS or the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq) jihadists. Biden’s 3-day visit is his...
Ukraine bans Russia’s airlines from crossing its airspace
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine on Wednesday, November 25, banned all Russian airlines from crossing its airspace, the latest escalation between the two neighbors 19 months into a separatist war in the east of the former Soviet state. The announcement by Kiev’s pro-Western government came only moments after Russia said it was … …read...
State of emergency in Crimea after power lines blown up
MOSCOW, Russia – Crimea declared a state of emergency on Sunday, November 22, after its main electricity power lines from Ukraine were blown up, leaving the Russian-annexed peninsula in darkness after the second such attack in a matter of days. Crimea depends on Ukraine for its electricity supplies, providing only … …read more Source:...
