Section: Thailand
Russia tries to shrug off crisis as West snubs investment forum
SAINT PETERSBURG – Russian officials tried to play down fears about the country’s economic crisis Thursday as tensions with the West over Ukraine cast a pall over its showcase investment forum. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine creditors reject ‘haircut’ despite default threat
KIEV – Ukraine’s biggest private creditors mounted a firm defence Wednesday of their refusal to accept a debt write-off that could keep the impoverished but strategic ex-Soviet nation from slipping into default. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukrainians captured over fake cards
Four Ukrainian men have been arrested at a hotel in Bangkok with 30 counterfeit ATM cards used to withdraw cash from banks. …read more Source: Bangkok...
New deaths and diplomatic warfare rattle Ukraine truce
KIEV – Ukraine’s faltering peace deal suffered fresh setbacks on Saturday when Kiev reported the deaths of six soldiers and accused Moscow of abetting an attack on one of its Russian consulates. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Isolated Putin seeks sympathetic hearing in Italy
ROME – Vladimir Putin makes a rare international outing on Wednesday with a high-profile visit to Italy and the Vatican two days after the G7 threatened him with tougher sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
‘Gigantic’ fire erupts at fuel depot near Kiev, several dead
KIEV – Several firefighters died on Tuesday as a result of a huge explosion and fire at a fuel depot outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev, officials said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed when truck hits mine: spokesman
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – At least seven Ukrainian servicemen died on Monday when their truck hit a mine planted by pro-Russian insurgents in the war-torn country’s separatist east, a Kiev military spokesman told AFP. …read more Source: Bangkok...
G7 warns could toughen sanctions against Russia
ELMAU CASTLE (GERMANY) – G7 leaders on Monday warned Russia that they stood ready to toughen sanctions over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine conflict, as escalating violence sparked fears that a ceasefire deal could be unravelling. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine says rebels have army of ‘mid-sized European state’
KIEV – Ukraine’s defence minister on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels backed up by Moscow’s forces of assembling a 40,000-strong army sufficient for a “mid-sized European state”. …read more Source: Bangkok...
United against ‘Russian aggression’, G7 to focus on jihadists
ELMAU CASTLE (GERMANY) – World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were on Monday set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as “Russian aggression in Ukraine”. …read more Source: Bangkok...
