Section: Australia&NZ
Wife of Chechen accused of Putin assassination plot shot dead
The Ukrainian wife of a Chechen man accused by Russia of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin is shot dead outside Kiev in an attack that also wounded her husband. …read more Source: ABC...
Ex-Trump aide Manafort charged with conspiracy, tax fraud
Donald Trump’s former presidential campaign manager, Paul Manafort, has been charged with conspiring to defraud the US in his dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio New...
Ukraine lawmaker wounded in ‘assassination attempt’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A Ukrainian lawmaker was wounded and his bodyguard killed Wednesday in an apparent bombing attack that his party called an assassination attempt. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine lawmaker wounded in ‘assassination attempt’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A Ukrainian lawmaker was wounded and his bodyguard killed Wednesday in an apparent bombing attack that his party called an assassination attempt. …read more Source: The West...
Leading Crimean Tatar activists freed by Russia (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – Two leading Tatar activists sentenced for their political activities by Russian authorities in annexed Crimea have been freed and have flown to Turkey, their family and lawyers said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
New low for reality TV: Girl, 12, will find out father of her child on live TV
A Ukrainian schoolgirl is to be confronted on a deeply disturbing live primetime TV show this week with DNA evidence on whether she was made pregnant aged 11 by her stepfather or one of two brothers.The child, Tanya Luchishin, has… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine millionaire’s daughter allegedly kills five pedestrians in horror crash
A millionaire’s daughter has been detained over a horrific car crash in which several people were killed and a heavily pregnant woman was left in a serious condition.Police allege heiress Alyona Zaitseva, 20, jumped a red light… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine millionaire’s daughter allegedly kills five pedestrians in horror crash
A millionaire’s daughter has been detained over a horrific car crash in which several people were killed and a heavily pregnant woman was left in a serious condition.Police allege heiress Alyona Zaitseva, 20, jumped a red light… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine protesters set up tent camp outside parliament (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Hundreds of disgruntled Ukrainian activists gathered on Wednesday in a tent camp outside parliament to demand a more forceful fight against government graft. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine bans Russian banknote with Crimea image (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said on Friday it was banning a new Russian banknote showing an image of the Crimean peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014. …read more Source: The West...
