Section: Pattaya Mail (Thailand)
Ukraine: Shipping traffic resumes following Russia standoff
A Ukrainian serviceman stands on board a coast guard ship in the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 3. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Kiev, Ukraine (AP) — Shipping traffic has resumed to and from Ukraine’s ports on the Sea of Azov following a standoff with Russia, a Ukrainian minister said Tuesday. Commercial ships...
US, China put brakes on trade dispute with cease-fire
President Donald Trump, center, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, second from the right, listen to remarks by China’s President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit, Saturday, Dec. 1, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Buenos Aires, Argentina (AP) — The United States and China reached a...
Ukraine urges German naval presence in Black Sea
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the military airfield in Vasylkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 1. (Mykola Lazarenko, Presidential Press Service via AP)Moscow (AP) — Ukraine’s leader called on Germany and its allies to boost their naval presence in the Black Sea to deter Russia from further...
G-20 agrees on trade, migration, US goes own way on climate
President Donald Trump meets with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G20 Summit, Saturday, Dec. 1, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Buenos Aires, Argentina (AP) — Leaders of the world’s top economies agreed Saturday to repair the global trading system as they closed a Group of 20 summit that saw...
Ukraine bars entry to Russian men of fighting age
A Ukrainian border guard checks documents of a man at the checkpoint at the border with Russia in Hoptivka, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Pavlo Pakhomenko)Kiev, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine toughened its stance in its increasingly tense confrontation with Russia on Friday, banning entry to all Russian men of fighting age in what Ukraine’s...
Ukraine urges NATO to deploy ships amid standoff with Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to soldiers during a visit to a military base in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov, 28. (Mykola Lazarenko, Presidential Press Service via AP)Kiev, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian president has urged NATO to deploy naval ships to the Sea of Azov amid a standoff with Russia. President Petro...
Putin derides Ukraine’s martial law as political trick
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at an annual VTB Capital “Russia Calling!” Investment Forum in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 28. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Kiev, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president donned combat fatigues to implement martial law in much of the country on Wednesday, a move Russia denounced...
Poland says Russian gas pipeline is a ‘new hybrid weapon’
This photo shows the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, May 26. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)Warsaw, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister on Monday called a planned Russian gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, a “new hybrid weapon” and says Moscow wants to use it to undermine NATO and the European Union. Mateusz...
Netherlands, Australia hold Russia liable for downing MH17
In this July 17, 2014 file photo, people walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)The Hague, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands and Australia said Friday that they are holding Russia legally responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was...
Putin opens bridge linking southern Russia with Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre right, drives a truck to officially open the much-anticipated bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula, during the opening ceremony near in Kerch, Crimea, Tuesday, May 15. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)Moscow (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin drove a large construction truck Tuesday to...
