Section: Singapore
Ukrainian plane with at least 170 aboard crashes in Iran
DUBAI – A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport, and all aboard were killed, Iran’s state television said. The Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed near the airport and burst into...
Boeing plane bound for Ukraine with 180 aboard crashes in Iran
January 08, 2020 11:47 AMDUBAI (BLOOMBERG) – A Boeing Co. 737 jet carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed in Iran due to technical problems shortly after takeoff, according to a local media report. …read more Source:: The Straits...
White House refuses to release 20 emails about Ukraine aid freeze
January 04, 2020 1:09 PMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – The Trump administration disclosed on Friday (Jan 3) that there were 20 emails between a top aide to President Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff and a colleague at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget discussing the freeze of a congressionally mandated military aid...
US Secretary of State Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip to focus on Iraq
January 02, 2020 7:43 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday (Dec 1) postponed a trip to Ukraine so he could focus on the situation in Iraq after demonstrators attacked the US embassy. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Gas giant Gazprom, Ukraine finalise deals to ship Russian gas to Europe
December 31, 2019 7:06 AMMOSCOW (BLOOMBERG) – With just a day to spare, Russia and Ukraine signed all agreements necessary to continue gas flows to Europe for the next five years, averting a winter supply crisis. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Pompeo goes to Ukraine as impeachment cloud hangs over Trump
December 30, 2019 8:08 PMWASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo arrives in Ukraine this week to voice support for the embattled nation, a message muddled by Rudy Giuliani’s latest visit there in search of dirt on Joe Biden and by the pending Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. …read more...
Ukraine rivals to exchange prisoners in controversial swap
December 29, 2019 12:35 PMKRAMATORSK, UKRAINE (AFP) – Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists in the war-torn east of the country are expected to swap dozens of prisoners on Sunday (Dec 29) in a frontline operation that stirred controversy in Kiev. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Putin at launch of rail bridge linking annexed Crimea, Russia
December 25, 2019 5:00 AMMOSCOW • Russian President Vladimir Putin stood in the driver’s cabin of a train on Monday for the official opening of a rail bridge linking annexed Crimea and southern Russia, with the launch drawing sharp criticism from Ukraine and the European Union. …read more Source:: The Straits...
New e-mail deepens divide over Trump impeachment
December 24, 2019 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • The White House on Sunday signalled comfort with plans by Senate Republicans to avoid new witnesses in US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, while a top Democrat seized on a newly released e-mail on the withholding of US aid to Ukraine to press his case for testimony. …read more Source::...
Russia’s Vladimir Putin takes first train across Crimea bridge
December 24, 2019 1:16 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Dec 23) stood in the driver’s cabin of a train for the official opening of a railway bridge that links annexed Crimea to southern Russia, with the launch drawing sharp criticism from Ukraine and the EU. …read more Source:: The Straits...
