Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine leader enacts new sanctions against Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to enact the recently adopted decision to expand sanctions on Russian companies and entities, according to information published on the presidential website on Friday. …read more Source:...
Poland stops ‘Russian hybrid war groups’
Poland says Russian networks were trying to foment Polish hostility to Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine claims military dolphins seized by Russia died after hunger strike
“Military” dolphins trained by Ukraine and seized by Russian troops died after “going on hunger strike”, it is claimed. …read more Source: London Evening...
Premier League manager news: Enrique to Chelsea and West Ham eye Benitez
Description Luis Enrique won the Champions League and two La Liga titles as Barcelona manager Credits David Ramos/Getty Images Alt Text Chelsea next manager Luis Enrique Maurizio Sarri Manchester City coach Mikel Arteta will hold talks with Arsenal today One-Minute …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s dolphin army in ‘patriotic hunger strike’ after Russian capture
Description Dolphins were trained to serve in the Ukrainian navy Credits YURIY LASHOV/AFP/Getty Images Alt Text Dolphins in Ukraine Kiev official claims mammals starved themselves to death following takeover of military base One-Minute Read …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 17 May 2018
Maximum stake on betting machines to be £2 The Government is to reduce the maximum permitted stake on fixed odds betting terminals – machines which simulate roulette and other games and which have been dubbed the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’ – to £2. Currently, users can bet £100 every 20 seconds. KPMG says a £2 limit...
They didn’t flip: Ukraine claims dolphin army captured by Russia went on hunger strike
Russia captured the dolphins in 2014 and says the trained mammals refused both to interact with their coaches, and to eatUkraine is home to some of the more adventurous military blue-sky thinking, mostly hangovers from the Soviet era. As well as a 160-meter high, 500-meter long radar, that was supposed to be able to warn of nuclear attack, it...
Putin made a show of crossing the new Crimea bridge. But he was upstaged by a cat
He inaugurated the bridge, 19 kilometres of concrete and steel over the Black Sea’s Kerch Strait, by leading the first-ever convoy from Russia into Crimea, but was beaten across the bridge by an orange-and-white cat. …read more Source:...
Russian bikers, Crimeans cross ‘Putin’s bridge’ in inaugural drive
KERCH (Reuters) – Leather-clad bikers with Russian national flags joined motorists driving for the first time across a newly-opened bridge linking Crimea with Russia on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Premier League: David Moyes leaves West Ham
Description David Moyes has waved goodbye to the West Ham manager’s job Credits Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Alt Text David Moyes West Ham next manager betting odds Manuel Pellegrini and Paulo Fonseca are favourites to take over at the Hammers One-Minute …read more Source: The...
