Section: Pattaya Mail (Thailand)
China’s first home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials
China’s first entirely home-built aircraft carrier leaves Dalian in northeast China’s Liaoning Province for sea trials Sunday, May 13. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)Beijing (AP) — China’s first entirely home-built aircraft carrier began sea trials Sunday in a sign of the growing sophistication of the country’s domestic arms...
US, Russia trade rhetoric, edge toward showdown over Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses newly-arrived foreign ambassadors during a ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 11. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Moscow (AP) — When the U.S. fired Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airfield a year ago after a chemical weapons attack, the Pentagon gave Moscow...
Putin overwhelmingly wins another 6 years as Russian leader
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a news conference after meeting with his staff at the campaign headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 18. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool photo via AP)Moscow (AP) — Vladimir Putin rolled to a crushing re-election victory Sunday for six more years as Russia’s president, and he told cheering...
Russia calls poisoning accusations by Britain ‘nonsense’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gestures during a meeting at the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow, Tuesday March 13. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)London (AP) — Russia on Tuesday dismissed accusations of any involvement in the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter as “nonsense,” saying it will only cooperate with a British...
Russian airliner crashes moments after takeoff, killing 71
In this screen grab provided by the Life.ru, the wreckage of a AN-148 plane is seen in Stepanovskoye village, about 40 kilometers from the Domodedovo airport, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 11. (Life.ru via AP)Moscow (AP) — A Russian airliner that had just taken off from the country’s second-busiest airport crashed Sunday, killing all 71 people...
Putin vows to modernize Russia, challengers prepare for race
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev smile during the United Russia party congress in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 23. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP)Moscow (AP) — President Vladimir Putin presented his vision for modernizing Russia on Saturday, while some of his challengers in next March’s...
US agrees to send lethal weapons to Ukraine, angering Russia
This Aug. 24, 2017, file photo shows Ukrainian soldiers marching along main Khreshchatyk Street during a military parade to celebrate Independence Day in Kiev, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Washington (AP) — The Trump administration has approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, a long-awaited move that deepens America’s...
1 year after Berlin attack, anger and questions remain
In this Dec. 20, 2016 file photo, Christmas decorations stick in the smashed window of a truck which ran into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Berlin (AP) — Survivors and families of the 12 people killed in last year’s Christmas market truck rampage in Berlin met with Chancellor Angela Merkel for the...
Kremlin says Putin thanked Trump for CIA tip on bombings
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown in this Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)Moscow (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned U.S. President Donald Trump Sunday to thank him for a CIA tip that helped thwart a series of bombings in St. Petersburg, the Kremlin and the White House said. During the call,...
NATO concerned Russian missile system breaks Cold War pact
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)Brussels (AP) — NATO said Friday that it is concerned about a Russian missile system that could carry nuclear warheads, and which it says could violate a landmark Cold War arms treaty. The U.S.-led...
