Section: AsiaOne (Singapore)
Trump calls Democratic impeachment inquiry a ‘joke’
A downbeat Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as a “joke” the grounds laid out for the impeachment inquiry into him, as Democrats stood firm in accusing the US president of a “mafia-style shakedown” of his Ukrainian counterpart. Trump denied claims he abused his office by repeatedly urging President Volodymyr Zelensky to...
Russian pilot saves over 230 lives landing jet in corn field
MOSCOW – A Russian pilot was being hailed as a hero yesterday for landing an Airbus carrying more than 230 people in a Moscow corn field after a bird strike. The Ural Airlines A321 flying to Crimea hit a flock of seagulls shortly after take-off from Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport yesterday, the Rosaviatsia air transport agency said in a...
3 Russians and Ukrainian to face murder charges for downing MH17
NIEUWEGEIN, THE NETHERLANDS – Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed. The trial will start in the Netherlands next March, an investigation team said yesterday. The suspects are likely to be tried in absentia,...
Netherlands set to prosecute suspects in MH17 airliner downing
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands – International investigators are set on Wednesday (June 19) to launch criminal proceedings against suspects in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine nearly five years ago. The Dutch-led international team tasked with assigning criminal responsibility for the plane’s...
Merkel says she has recovered from shaking bout after drinking water
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was seen shaking when she met visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy earlier on Tuesday (June 18), said she had since drunk water and was feeling better. She said she was just a bit dehydrated in the heat. Merkel looked as if she were struggling to stand up while she and Zelenskiy...
Stolen in France, $2.2 million Impressionist work found in Ukraine
Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday they had found an oil painting by the French Impressionist Paul Signac, valued at 1.5 million euros (S$2.28 million), which was stolen last year from a museum in… …read more Source:...
Russian pranksters posing as Ukraine president-elect trick France's Macron
MOSCOW – Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy tricked French President Emmanuel Macron into a hoax phone call after Sunday’s Ukrainian presidential vote… …read more Source:...
Family of American killed in downed MAS jet sues Russia banks, money-transfer firms
NEW YORK – The family of an American killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 filed a lawsuit on Thursday against US-based money transfer companies and two Russian… …read more Source:...
No joke, this comedian could become Ukraine's next president
Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky topped the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election Sunday, exit polls showed, setting him up for a run-off with the incumbent after voters expressed frustration… …read more Source:...
To divinity and beyond: Questions over Ukraine space church's future
PEREYASLAV-KHMELNYTSKY, Ukraine – Inside a traditional Orthodox church topped with a gold cross, instead of icons, visitors can see a lunar rover and the helmet of the first man in space Yuri Gagarin. The wooden church in central Ukraine is one of thousands of buildings that were repurposed or simply destroyed during an anti-religion...
