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Five killed in eastern Ukraine clashes: authorities
KIEV – Shelling in eastern Ukraine’s rebel-held eastern regions killed five people over the past 24 hours, local authorities said Saturday, in the latest deadly violations of a ceasefire. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Australia’s Stosur into Osaka final
OSAKA (JAPAN) – Former US Open winner Samantha Stosur beat Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Saturday to reach the Japan Women’s Open final as she seeks the first successful title defence of her career. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Rebel commander wages fight to the death for east Ukraine airport
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – From an empty flat overlooking the shattered remains of eastern Ukraine’s biggest airport, Givi is leading an all-out assault against the last government outpost in the main pro-Russian stronghold. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine president replaces Donetsk governor with hardline general
KIEV – Ukraine’s president on Friday fired a millionaire businessman who failed to stop the advance of pro-Russian rebels while governor of war-torn Donetsk and replaced him with a hardline nationalist general. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Five civilians killed in Ukraine’s Donetsk
KIEV – Five civilians were killed during intensified shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, local authorities said Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine lobbies NATO, IMF as deaths mount
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine dispatched top envoys to Washington and Brussels on Wednesday to secure help in the face of a surge in clashes with pro-Russian insurgents that killed eight more civilians and troops. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Praise and damnation as Putin marks ‘Herculean’ birthday
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 62nd birthday roaming the Siberian wilderness on Tuesday, as supporters compared his takeover of Crimea to a Herculean labour and 100,000 marched in Chechnya in his honour. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Battle rages for Ukraine’s main eastern airport
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukrainian forces clashed with pro-Russian insurgents over control of a strategic airport in the restive east Friday and traded blame over the death of a Swiss aid worker, four weeks into their shaky truce. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Shelling in Ukraine rebel hub kills Swiss Red Cross worker
Shelling in the centre of the main rebel-held city in Ukraine’s east killed a Swiss Red Cross worker Thursday, tearing badly at a weakly observed four-week truce meant to defuse Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU, Ukraine plot next move in gas war with Russia
KIEV – Crisis-hit Ukraine and the European Union will try on Thursday to forge a joint stance at crunch talks with Russia in the latest gas war with its westward-leaning neighbour. …read more Source: Bangkok...
