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Lyon reach Champions League last 16, Bayern top group
PARIS – Lyon clinched the final Champions League last-16 place as Nabil Fekir’s second-half strike grabbed a 1-1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk in a snowy Kiev on Wednesday, while Bayern Munich pipped Ajax to top spot in Group E. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia sends 2 nuclear-capable bombers to Venezuela
A Russian supersonic Tu-160 strategic bomber is shown in this Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 file photo. (Alexei Panov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Moscow (AP) — Two Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers arrived in Venezuela on Monday, a deployment that comes amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions. Russia’s Defense Ministry said a pair Tu-160...
Ukraine says will send naval ships through Kerch Strait soon
Volunteers with the right-wing paramilitary Azov National Corps attend a rally against Russia in front of the Ukrainian President’s office in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 7. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Minsk, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine’s defense ministry warned Russia on Friday that it will soon send navy ships through the Kerch Strait where...
Ukraine: Shipping traffic resumes following Russia standoff
A Ukrainian serviceman stands on board a coast guard ship in the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 3. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Kiev, Ukraine (AP) — Shipping traffic has resumed to and from Ukraine’s ports on the Sea of Azov following a standoff with Russia, a Ukrainian minister said Tuesday. Commercial ships...
US, China put brakes on trade dispute with cease-fire
President Donald Trump, center, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, second from the right, listen to remarks by China’s President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit, Saturday, Dec. 1, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Buenos Aires, Argentina (AP) — The United States and China reached a...
Ukraine urges German naval presence in Black Sea
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the military airfield in Vasylkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 1. (Mykola Lazarenko, Presidential Press Service via AP)Moscow (AP) — Ukraine’s leader called on Germany and its allies to boost their naval presence in the Black Sea to deter Russia from further...
G-20 agrees on trade, migration, US goes own way on climate
President Donald Trump meets with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G20 Summit, Saturday, Dec. 1, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Buenos Aires, Argentina (AP) — Leaders of the world’s top economies agreed Saturday to repair the global trading system as they closed a Group of 20 summit that saw...
War will continue so long as Ukraine government stays: Putin
BUENOS AIRES – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he saw no end to the conflict in eastern Ukraine “as long as the current authorities remain in power.” …read more Source: Bangkok...
French, German leaders take Putin to task over Ukraine
BUENOS AIRES – German Chancellor Angela Merkel took Russian President Vladimir Putin to task Saturday over Moscow’s naval confrontation with Ukraine, one day after France’s Emmanuel Macron urged Putin to “de-escalate” the crisis. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine bars entry to Russian men of fighting age
A Ukrainian border guard checks documents of a man at the checkpoint at the border with Russia in Hoptivka, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Pavlo Pakhomenko)Kiev, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine toughened its stance in its increasingly tense confrontation with Russia on Friday, banning entry to all Russian men of fighting age in what Ukraine’s...
