Section: The United Kingdom
Rescuing animals from the streets of Kiev
Photographer Thomas Machowicz pictures the work of the Kiev Animal Rescue Group. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy opens boot camp for his 254 rookie lawmakers
What’s your biggest weakness and could it get you into trouble? …read more Source:...
The Victoria delusion
In her bicentenary year interest in Queen Victoria is greater than ever: but she was almost entirely uneducated and understood neither her people nor the constitution, and her greatest achievement was to live for so long The British have made the 19th century synonymous with Queen Victoria to the point where some appear to think she was an...
Putin sends over 100 military aircraft into Crimea in huge show of Russian strength
VLADIMIR PUTIN will send over 100 military jets and helicopters to Crimea for a military drill that aims to strike fear into Russia’s Western adversaries. …read more Source:...
Ukraine court approves seizure of detained Russian tanker: Ifax
A Ukrainian court ruled on Tuesday to formally approve the seizure of a Russian tanker that was detained by Ukrainian authorities at the Danube river port of Izmail last week, the Interfax news agency reported. …read more Source:...
Ukraine pundit who predicted Zelenskiy’s rise now forecasts his fall
A once-obscure Ukrainian regional pundit who gained national attention for predicting the unlikely rise of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is now predicting the new leader’s popularity will swiftly evaporate. …read more Source:...
Ukraine to launch Russian-language TV channel in battle for hearts and minds
Ukraine plans to launch a worldwide Russian-language TV channel, as part of an effort to win the hearts and minds of people living in the eastern Donbass region and Russia, a senior presidential official was quoted as saying on Monday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky cannot be a servant of the people and of oligarchy
Accusations of bribery and attacks on central bank independence are testing the sincerity of the president’s pledge to end corruption. With his party in majority control of parliament following a second landslide election victory in four months, the country’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, now has unprecedented freedom to deliver...
Brit drug dealers caught at gunpoint on Ukrainian border trying to cross river
Lance Kennedy and Robert Stewart were on the run over a multi-million pound plot to import cocaine into the UK using helicopters …read more Source:...
Yuval Noah Harari admits approving censored Russian translation
Sapiens author said he had authorised revisions to all his books in order to reach ‘diverse audiences around the world’Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari has acknowledged that he authorised replacing criticism of Vladimir Putin with criticism of Donald Trump in the Russian edition of his bestseller, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, saying...
