Section: Thailand
Crimea treasures must be returned to Ukraine: Dutch court
THE HAGUE – A Dutch court ruled Wednesday that priceless Crimean art treasures loaned to an Amsterdam museum shortly before Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014 should go back to Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Beating Klitschko would make me a legend: Joshua
LONDON – Britain’s heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua says beating Ukrainian veteran Wladimir Klitschko in their mouthwatering showdown for the IBF and WBA crowns next April would entitle him to be called a legend. …read more Source: Bangkok...
As Aleppo falls, Trump faces test on posture toward Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aleppo’s fall to Syrian government forces is shaping up as the first major test of President-elect Donald Trump’s desire to cooperate with Russia, whose military support has proven pivotal in Syria’s civil war. The death and destruction in the city is only renewing Democratic and Republican concern with...
Merkel, Hollande want to extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that an EU summit this week should decide to extend sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Gorbachev says US was short-sighted on Soviets
MOSCOW (AP) — As the Soviet Union was breaking up 25 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev expected the United States and its Western allies to provide vital aid. The former Soviet president thinks their failure to offer significant help wasted a chance to build a safer world and resulted from short-sighted gloating at a Cold War rival’s demise. In...
Ukrainian schoolchildren learn to the echoes of shelling
MARINKA (UKRAINE) – Two long bells mean children must pack their blankets and clothing and run into a bomb shelter at this dilapidated school on the frontline of Ukraine’s smouldering war. …read more Source: Bangkok...
‘Zombie banks’ give Ukraine nightmares
KIEV – Ukraine’s central bank keeps trying to shut them down but they keep surviving: ‘zombie banks’ are roiling the impoverished country’s financial system through the help of allegedly crooked courts. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine offers Trump own jet after Air Force One flap
KIEV – Ukraine’s main plane maker told US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday that he may want to purchase one of its jets after he called Boeing’s version of Air Force One too costly. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Europa League point will do it for draw-weary Manchester United
PARIS – Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United face Zorya Luhansk on Thursday knowing that a draw in the frigid Ukraine will propel them into the knockout stages of the Europa League. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Napoli, Benfica through as Arsenal pinch top spot in last 16
PARIS – Napoli and Benfica clinched places in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday as nine-man Besiktas capitulated at Dynamo Kiev, while Arsenal snatched first place away from Paris Saint-Germain in Group A. …read more Source: Bangkok...
