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Comedian Zelenskiy dashes ahead in Ukrainian presidential race
35 min 6 sec agoKIEV – Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy has pulled further ahead as the frontrunner in …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko: ‘gas princess’, prisoner, and next president?
58 min 29 sec agoKIEV – Yulia Tymoshenko has been Ukraine’s prime minister twice, was the global …read more Source:...
Kiev reports first measles death as cases soar
February 19, 2019 7:08 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukraine’s capital has seen its first death from measles in a major outbreak, the health ministry said on Monday (Feb 18). …read more Source: The Straits...
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...
To divinity and beyond: Questions over Ukraine space church’s future
February 07, 2019 11:25 AMPEREYASLAV-KHMELNYTSKY, UKRAINE (AFP) – 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. …read more Source: The Straits...
In Davos, fears of Russian interference in Ukraine election
January 25, 2019 1:07 PMDAVOS (AFP) – Kiev’s leadership and Western supporters expressed fears over Russian interference in Ukrainian elections this year, at a conference on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday (Jan 24). …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukrainian court sentences ex-president Yanukovich to 13 years in prison
KIEV – A Ukrainian court on Thursday sentenced former president Viktor Yanukovich in absentia to 13 years in jail on treason charges, a judge said, saying his conduct in office had opened the door to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and conflict in eastern Ukraine. Yanukovich fled to Russia in 2014 following street protests against his...
Ukraine opposition leader Tymoshenko launches presidential bid as polarising frontrunner
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko launched her bid for the presidency on Tuesday as the early frontrunner in opinion polls, pledging to fight corruption, increase wages and speed up integration with the West. A fiery orator, she immediately emerges as a favourite in the March 31 vote to unseat President Petro...
Ten sailors dead, 14 saved after two ships catch fire near Crimea
January 22, 2019 2:07 AMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – Ten crew members have been found dead and 14 have been rescued after two ships caught fire in the Kerch Strait near Crimea, Russia’s transport ministry said on Monday (Jan 21), with a rescue operation still underway. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine picks head of independent Church in split from Russia
December 17, 2018 5:00 AMKIEV • Ukrainian Orthodox Christian priests selected a 39-year-old bishop to lead their newly independent Church, cementing a split from the previous Russian hierarchy in a step that is further straining relations between the two former allies. …read more Source: The Straits...
