Section: Pattaya Mail (Thailand)
Hungary needs extended search for 21 missing in boat sinking
Budapest, Hungary (AP) — As divers descended Friday into the Danube, Hungarian authorities predicted it would take an extended search to find the 21 people still missing after a boat carrying South Korean tourists was rammed by a cruise ship and sank into the river in Budapest. Seven people so far are confirmed dead and seven others were rescued....
Skipper of cruiser that sank Budapest tour boat arrested
Budapest, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian police detained the captain of a cruise ship that collided with and sank a sightseeing boat packed with South Korean tourists, as rescue crews geared up to raise the vessel from the bottom of the Danube River in the heart of Budapest while scouring the waters for 21 people still missing. Seven people are...
Beluga whale with Russian harness raises alarm in Norway
A beluga whale wearing a tight harness is seen as it swims next to a fishing boat off the northern Norwegian coast Friday, April 26, 2019. (Joergen Ree Wiig/Norwegian Direcorate of Fisheries Sea Surveillance Unit via AP)Copenhagen, Denmark (AP) — A beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of...
EU slams Russia citizenship move as new attack on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the media after his talks with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un talk in Vladivostok, Russia, Thursday, April 25, 2019. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool Photo via AP)Brussels (AP) — The European Union hit out Thursday at Russia’s move to fast-track citizenship applications from people...
Comedian headed for landslide victory in Ukraine
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to the media and his supporters at his headquarters after the second round of presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)Kiev, Ukraine (AP) — A comedian whose only political experience consists of playing a president on TV cruised...
Ukraine ambassador’s car rammed in London; Police fire shots
A Forensic officer works at the scene near the Ukrainian Embassy after police fired shots after an incident, in Holland Park, London, Saturday April 13, 2019. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)London (AP) — British police fired shots Saturday at a car outside the Ukrainian Embassy in London after it rammed other cars parked in front of the embassy....
The Latest: Ukraine comedian leads presidential election
Election officials start counting ballots at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, March 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Latest on Ukraine’s presidential election (all times local): 11:10 p.m. Ukraine’s central elections commission says nearly 64 percent of the...
Ukraine presidential vote begins under bribe claim cloud
An elderly woman examines her ballot voting at home during the presidential election in Mariinka, near a contact line not far from Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, March 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Kiev, Ukraine (AP) — Voters in Ukraine are casting ballots in a presidential election Sunday after a campaign that produced a comedian with...
NATO chief says allies keen to avoid arms race with Russia
NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 12. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Brussels (AP) — Taking aim at Russia, NATO’s civilian chief said Wednesday the alliance is studying a range of options to counter Moscow’s alleged missile treaty violations, and...
Dutch, Russia in talks about responsibility in MH17 downing
In this July 22, 2014 file photo, a pro-Russian rebel touches the MH17 wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)The Hague, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands is in diplomatic discussions with Russia about the European country’s assertion that Moscow bears...
