Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
French teacher in avalanche tragedy charged with involuntary homicide
GRENOBLE (FRANCE) – A French teacher who took students onto a closed skiing piste in the French Alps where an avalanche killed two of them and a Ukrainian tourist has been charged with involuntary homicide, his lawyer said on Saturday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Poroshenko wants help to get Crimea back
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday he wanted EU and US help in securing Crimea’s return from Russian control and vowed to regain sovereignty over the separatist east in 2016. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Bypassing Russia, Ukraine to launch trade route to Kazakhstan
KIEV – Ukraine said on Wednesday it would launch the first test shipments of goods this week to Kazakhstan that would bypass Russia because of the Kremlin’s new trade embargo on Kiev. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukrainian, teen killed in French Alps avalanche: police
LYON – A 14-year-old French school boy and a Ukrainian were killed on Wednesday when an avalanche swept away skiers in the French Alps, including a group of school children, local officials said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
India sentences 35 crew of US anti-piracy ship
CHENNAI (INDIA) – An Indian court Monday sentenced 35 sailors, including several from Britain, Estonia and Ukraine, for illegally entering Indian waters carrying weapons aboard a US-operated anti-piracy boat in 2013. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kyrgios leads Australia to Hopman 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. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Nadal through to 99th career final at Qatar Open
DOHA – Rafael Nadal served his way to his first final of 2016 — and the 99th of his career — at the Qatar Open on Friday, beating Ukraine’s Illya Marchenko in straight sets. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine into Hopman Cup final
PERTH (AUSTRALIA) – Ukraine advanced to their second Hopman Cup final with a 2-1 win over Australia Gold in Perth on Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine on track for Hopman Cup final
PERTH (AUSTRALIA) – Alexandr Dolgopolov put Ukraine within reach of their second Hopman Cup final with an impressive singles win on Tuesday in the mixed teams event in Perth. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Dutch investigators to study citizen journalism probe into MH17
THE HAGUE – Dutch prosecutors said Sunday 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. …read more Source: Bangkok...
