Section: The United Kingdom
The trail-blazing art of Lee Krasner
Krasner was a pioneer of abstract expressionism, but it took the death of her husband Jackson Pollock for her to start painting like one. In the years immediately following the end of the Second World War, a radical new style shifted the centre of the art world from Paris to New York. This transatlantic transposition was driven by immigrant...
Ukraine’s president Zelensky reassures European backers
Former comedian distances himself from controversial oligarch and attacks Russia’s ambitions …read more Source: Financial...
Chernobyl disaster: What happened to the nuclear reactor and how many died from radiation? Is it safe to visit Chernobyl now?
Chernobyl, the highly-acclaimed five-part drama which revisited the 1986 nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine, aired its final episode on Tuesday night. …read more Source: London Evening...
Party of Ukraine’s new president well ahead in parliamentary election race
Servant of the People, the party of Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has increased its large lead over rivals ahead of a snap parliamentary election due on July 21, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine police officers arrested for murder in killing of five-year-old boy
Two Ukrainian police officers were arrested on suspicion of murder on Tuesday, accused of fatally shooting a five-year-old boy while drunkenly firing weapons at cans and bottles in the courtyard of an apartment building, officials said. …read more Source:...
‘Drunk Ukraine police’ accused of killing boy, five
Investigators say two officers were drinking off duty and firing at cans when they hit the five-year-old. …read more Source:...
Last known survivor of Sobibor death camp uprising dies aged 96
Semion Rosenfeld, who was born in Ukraine, is hailed as a “true hero” in his adopted home of Israel. …read more Source:...
Russia rebuffs Ukraine’s case over rebel support at U.N. court
Russia told a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday that the court lacks jurisdiction in a case filed by Ukraine against Moscow over its alleged support of pro-Russian separatists in the Crimea and eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Factbox: New Ukraine president picks top reformist, men with oligarch ties
Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appointed a mix of people to his core team, which includes a reformist former finance minister, men with ties to a controversial oligarch and people from his TV production company. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian president appoints man with ties to oligarch as security chief
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has picked as a top security chief a man who Reuters has reported as having ties with tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky, an appointment that underscores links between the two. …read more Source:...
