Section: Thailand
Intense Ukraine shelling traps hundreds of miners
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Intense fighting erupted around east Ukraine’s main rebel-held city on Sunday that wrecked a power station and briefly trapped more than 300 coal miners in one of Europe’s largest pits. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Merkel speaks with Putin, Poroshenko on Ukraine
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko on the situation in Ukraine, the German government spokesman said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Eight killed in Ukraine as peace talk prospects dim
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Four Ukrainian soldiers and at least as many civilians died Friday in an upsurge of rocket attacks that came just as prospects for international peace talks on the nine-month crisis dimmed. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Sharapova stamps her authority in Brisbane
BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) – Top seed Maria Sharapova stamped her authority on the Brisbane International when she downed Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-1, 6-3 in the semi-finals on Friday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Merkel sets strict terms on easing Russia sanctions
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel set strict terms Thursday for easing EU sanctions on Russia as the 28-nation bloc unlocked new aid to help Ukraine overcome its devastating Kremlin-backed revolt. …read more Source: Bangkok...
12 Ukraine soldiers killed in road crash in east: national guard
KIEV – Twelve Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 18 injured when a bus collided with military vehicles in bad weather in the war-torn east, the national guard said Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Stressful times for students at Ukraine rebel universities
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Third-year economics student Inna Shmarai is kind of stressing out these days. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine signs Westinghouse nuclear fuel deal
KIEV – Ukraine on Tuesday sealed an additional nuclear fuel supply deal with US giant Westinghouse in order to ease its energy dependence on Russia. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russian economy shrinks for the first time since 2009
MOSCOW: Russias economy shrank in November for the first time in five years, the government said on Monday (December 29), as sliding oil prices and Western sanctions over Ukraine took their toll. …read more Source: The Phuket...
Poroshenko announces Putin meeting in new peace push
KIEV – Ukraine’s Western-backed leader Petro Poroshenko promised Monday to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin and involve US President Barack Obama in his stalled push for peace with pro-Kremlin fighters in the separatist east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
