Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Explosion at U.S. embassy in Kiev investigated as terrorism
Although the U.S. embassy in Kiev denies an explosive device thrown over the fence just after midnight Wednesday evening was a terrorist act, the Ukrainian police are not so sure. There were no injuries in the blast. U.S. officials consider the explosion too small to be considered terrorism. “We can … …read more Source: The...
Putin visits France, hopes to mend strained ties with West
VERSAILLES, France (AP) — On a visit likely to shape Russia-France ties for years, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at the sumptuous Palace of Versailles on Monday for what the newly elected French leader said would be “demanding” talks on Syria, the Ukrainian crisis and other …...
Ukraine blocks social networking sites with new sanctions against Russia
The president of Ukraine banned four of the nation’s most popular websites Monday with a new round of sanctions targeting Russia over its 2014 annexation of Crimea and subsequent aggression. President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree Monday evening broadening anti-Russian sanctions and expanding Kiev’s blacklist to 468 companies and...
Cyberattack across Europe closes hospitals, disrupts phone service
Government agencies and leading companies from Britain, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Ukraine have reported being hit by an extensive cyberattack on Friday. Officials from Britain’s National Health Service said hospitals across the country were hit by a “ransomware” cyberattack that has blocked some access to patient information...
U.N. court rejects Ukraine request to block rebel funding
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice has rejected Ukraine’s request for measures aimed at blocking Russian support for rebels in eastern Ukraine, but imposed measures to rein in discrimination by Moscow against ethnic Tatars and other minorities in Crimea. The U.N. court also said Wednesday that …...
Paul Manafort’s firm received Ukraine ledger payout: AP exclusive report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, a handwritten ledger surfaced in Ukraine with dollar amounts and dates next to the name of Paul Manafort, who was then Donald Trump’s campaign chairman. Ukrainian investigators called it evidence of off-the-books payments from a pro-Russian political party — and part of a larger pattern … …read...
Ukrainian corruption casts a nuclear pall over all of Europe
In 2016 the No. 1 tourist destination of Ukraine was the lifeless town of Pripyat, evacuated after the deadly reactor meltdown at Chernobyl in 1986. Today, Ukraine relies on nuclear power for 53 percent of its power generation, but is risking another nuclear accident on a scale greater than Europe … …read more Source: The Washington...
Denis Voronenkov, Kremlin critic, killed by Russian agent, Ukraine says
MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Ukrainian official says the killer of Kremlin critic Denis Voronenkov, who was gunned down in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, was a Russian agent. Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, identified the man who shot Voronenkov on Thursday as 28-year-old Pavel Parshov and … …read more...
Ukraine bans Russia’s entry to Eurovision song contest
MOSCOW (AP) – The Eurovision song contest, nominally an apolitical festival of pop music confections and cheerfully tacky costumes, erupted into a political dispute Wednesday after Ukraine banned Russia’s contestant from entering the country. Yulia Samoylova, who was to represent Russia in the May 11-13 contest in the Ukrainian...
Crimea gambles on gamblers to ease isolation
What happens in Crimea stays in Crimea, if top officials of the Black Sea peninsula now claimed by Russia has anything to say about it. Crimean Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov announced that construction work will start later this year on a “gambling zone” targeting international visitors near the port city … …read more...
