Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Jewish pilgrims blocked from entering Ukraine over Covid fears
Two thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews held at Belarus border after warnings not to travelCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTwo thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews are being blocked by armed guards from entering Ukraine for an annual pilgrimage to a rabbi’s grave, creating a makeshift camp at the country’s border with...
House Democrats launch contempt proceedings against Mike Pompeo
Committee says secretary of state has refused to comply with subpoenas for documents connected to Ukraine scandalCongressional Democrats have launched contempt proceedings against Mike Pompeo for his refusal to comply with subpoenas for documents connected to the Ukraine scandal that led to Donald Trump’s impeachment.The move is the...
Ukrainian president endorses animal rights documentary to end hostage siege – video
A gunman in Ukraine has released 13 hostages after the country’s president agreed to post a video on Facebook recommending a 2005 animal rights documentary.Volodymyr Zelenskiy promoted Earthlings, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, to help end an hours-long standoff in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk, where 44-year-old Maksym Kryvosh had...
Hostage siege ends after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix film
Gunman surrenders after video recommending 2005’s Earthlings posted on FacebookA gunman in Ukraine armed with an automatic rifle and grenades has surrendered to police and released 13 hostages after the country’s president consented to his demand to recommend the 2005 film Earthlings starring Joaquin Phoenix.The niche film...
‘Horror scene’ in Canada after 38 dead puppies found on plane
Bodies of French bulldogs were among about 500 dogs discovered on flight from Ukraine at Toronto airportCanada has launched an investigation after some 500 puppies – 38 of them dead – were found on board a Ukraine International Airlines plane at the Toronto airport, officials said Saturday.The surviving French bulldogs, a popular breed in Canada,...
The stranded babies of Kyiv and the women who give birth for money
Lockdown exposed the scale of the commercial baby business in Ukraine, and now women hired for their wombs are speaking outSome are crying in their cots; others are being cradled or bottle-fed by nannies. These newborns are not in the nursery of a maternity hospital, they are lined up side by side in two large reception rooms of the improbably...
Black boxes of downed Ukrainian plane of ‘no help’, Iran claims
Tehran says it will transfer boxes of Flight 752 abroad but insists investigation is nearly completeThe black boxes of a Ukrainian plane mistakenly downed near Tehran airport will be of “no help” in any investigation, but Iran is ready to transfer them abroad, state media said Saturday.Flight 752, an Ukraine International Airlines jetliner, was...
Ukranian prosecutors finds no evidence against Hunter Biden
Audit probed energy company Burisma, of which Biden was a board member from 2014-2019An audit of thousands of old case files by Ukrainian prosecutors found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Hunter Biden, the former prosecutor general, who had launched the audit, told Reuters.Ruslan Ryaboshapka was in the spotlight last year as the man who...
Ukraine to investigate leaked calls between Joe Biden and ex-president
Recordings containing edited conversations between the two while in office published by Ukrainian associate of Rudy GiulianiUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said that leaked recordings of phone calls allegedly between Joe Biden and former president Petro Poroshenko would be investigated by the country’s law enforcement...
Mosaic glorifying Crimea annexation ditched from new Russian cathedral
Kremlin distances itself from artwork of Putin and other officials after leaked photographs prompt ridiculeA mosaic depicting Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials will not be mounted in the Russian military’s new megachurch, a senior church official has said, after leaked photos of the artwork prompted public ridicule and received...