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Reuters: Between 700-900 migrants may have died at sea this week – NGOs
At least 700 migrants may have died at sea this past week in the busiest week of migrant crossings from Libya towards Italy this year, Medecins San Frontieres and the UN Refugee agency said on Sunday, according to Reuters.About 14,000 have been rescued since Monday amid calm seas, and there have been at least three confirmed instances of boats...
Kyiv celebrating its day (Photos)
On May 28-29, Kyiv is celebrating its day, the Day of Kyiv, offering a number of cultural and educational events to residents and guests of Kyiv.This year`s celebration program was considerably broader, including 35 different cultural, sports and educational events, Kyiv City State Administration`s press service has reported.On Saturday, May 28,...
17 killed in Ukraine care home blaze
Seventeen people have been killed after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, emergency service said. ||| Kiev – Seventeen people have been killed after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, Ukraine’s state emergency service said on...
Bloomberg: Brexit campaign shifts focus to immigration in attack on Cameron
Two of Brexit`s leading campaigners attacked U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron for failing to keep his pledge to cut immigration, pushing the issue to the center of the debate on whether Britain should leave the European Union, according to Bloomberg.Former London Mayor Boris Johnson and Justice Secretary Michael Gove said Cameron, who is leading...
Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, four wounded in Donbas in last day
Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another four were wounded in hostilities in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, in the last day, according to presidential administration`s spokesman for ATO affairs Oleksandr Motuzianyk.”Unfortunately, five Ukrainian servicemen were killed in the past 24 hours. Another four...
Russian proxies attack Ukraine 30 times in last day
Russian proxies attacked Ukrainian troops in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, 30 times in the past day, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.In particular, 13 attacks were recorded in the Donetsk sector, 12 in the Mariupol sector, and five in the Luhansk sector.The town of Avdiyivka remains the hottest spot,...
Reuters: Sixteen killed in house fire in village near Kyiv
Sixteen people have been killed and one is missing after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kyiv, Ukraine`s state emergency service said in a statement on Sunday, according to Reuters.It said the fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning in a privately-owned two-storey building that was...
We’ll kill Savchenko – representative of Russian separatists in Minsk process Zaharchenko
Ukrainian pilot and MP Savchenko announced her participation in the process of exchange captured persons in Donbas but Russian separatist denied it. The Minsk representative of separatists and self-proclaimed head of the Russia-backed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko said that separatists will not conduct a dialogue...
Medical experts want Rio Olympics delayed or moved due to Zika
More than 100 medical experts, academia and scientists on Friday called for the Rio Olympic Games to be postponed or moved because of fears that the event could speed up the spread of the Zika virus around the world, according to Reuters.Their assessment counters the view of some leading experts of infectious disease who say that as long as the...
Former NATO chief Rasmussen comments on his appointment as Poroshenko`s advisor
The newly appointed freelance advisor to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that he will do his utmost to promote security, economic reforms and stronger EU ties.”Pleased to accept pre. Poroshenko`s appointment as advisor. Will do my utmost to promote security, economic reforms...