Section: Thailand
Russia releases 89-name EU travel blacklist
THE HAGUE – Moscow has released a blacklist of European Union politicians barred from Russia in response to EU sanctions over Crimea and Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Cash-strapped Ukraine inches toward crucial debt deal
KIEV – Ukraine’s finance minister said on Friday that Kiev and its private creditors were about to launch direct debt restructuring negotiations that could save the war-torn country from a devastating default. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Putin makes troop deaths in peacetime operations a ‘state secret’
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday banned the release of information about troop deaths in “special operations” during peacetime, as the Kremlin continues to rebuff accusations its soldiers are fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kuwaiti tourist dies in Phuket bungee jump
A 25-year-old Ukrainian man was killed after an elastic rope attached to his ankles came loose during a bungee jump on Patong beach in Phuket resort province on Wednesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
German woman, 65 and mother of 13, has quadruplets
BERLIN – A 65-year-old German woman, who is already has 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, RTL television reported early on Saturday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russian return to G7 ‘unimaginable’ for now: Merkel
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday a return of Russia to the Group of Seven major industrialised nations is “unimaginable” as long as it flouts international law in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Poroshenko says Ukraine waging ‘real war’ with Russia
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sparked fresh Kremlin fury by warning that his crisis-torn country was fighting a “real war” against Russian aggressors that could escalate at any time. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU, ex-Soviet states meet in Putin’s shadow
WARSAW – European Union leaders and six ex-Soviet states hold a summit Thursday focussed on the bloc’s Eastern Partnership project, which was designed to bolster mutual ties but has been undermined by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kiev shows off captured ‘Russian soldiers’ to media
KIEV – Kiev on Tuesday showed off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle in the separatist east that Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership says proves the Kremlin’s direct involvement in the war. …read more Source: Bangkok...
US signs $1bn loan guarantee for Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The United States signed Monday its second US$1 billion loan guarantee deal for Ukraine aimed at helping the crisis-wracked country surmount a Russia-backed insurgency and rebuild its tattered economy. …read more Source: Bangkok...
