Section: Thailand
Pellegrini could snub FA Cup in Euro scheduling row
LONDON – Manuel Pellegrini is on a collision course with the Football Association after Manchester City’s FA Cup tie against Chelsea was moved to just three days before the club’s Champions League clash with Dynamo Kiev. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Shakhtar’s midfielder Teixeira in record 50 mln euro move to China
BEIJING – Chinese side Jiangsu Suning bought Brazilian midfielder Alex Teixeira from Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk for 50 million euros ($56 million) on Friday, the Chinese club said on its verified microblog, the latest Europe-based player to head east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
NATO looks to combat Russia’s ‘information weapon’
PHUKET: NATO may combat Kremlin “weaponisation of information” used to support action such as the 2014 seizure of Crimea by creating a new more powerful communications section and declassifying more sensitive material, according to draft plans.Both NATO and the European Union are concerned by Russia’s ability to use television...
Ukraine sticks Russia with massive gas bill
KIEV – Ukraine on Friday stepped up its economic warfare with Russia by demanding a mult-billion-dollar payment from the Gazprom gas giant for allegedly underpaying Kiev for its fuel transits to European states. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Martin stops Glagov for IBF heavyweight crown
NEW YORK – Unbeaten US southpaw Charles Martin won the vacant International Boxing Federation heavyweight title Saturday when Ukraine’s Vyacheslav Glazkov stopped after suffering a right knee injury. …read more Source: Bangkok...
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...
