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Reuters: Oil prices dip on strong dollar, rising Canadian output
Oil prices dipped on Monday as a strong dollar weighed on markets and Canadian oil sands production was expected to increase this week, according to Reuters.Crude markets, however, did receive some support from the start of the U.S. summer driving season coinciding with a fall in U.S. crude output to its lowest since September 2014, Reuters...
Poroshenko: Another 25 captives may return from Donbas to Ukraine soon
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that another 25 Ukrainians who have been held captive in Donbas may return home soon, according to the presidential administration.”We are on the homestretch concerning the terms and conditions of their return,” the presidential press service quoted Poroshenko as saying in an interview with TV Channel...
TASS: Latvia claims to observe Russian warplanes near its borders
Four Russian warplanes have been seen near Latvia`s borders, Latvia`s national armed forces said in a press statement on Sunday, according to Russian news agency TASS.”Two Su-27 and two An-26 planes were identified flying over the Baltic Sea`s neutral waters near Latvia`s territorial waters on May 29,” the statement said, TASS wrote.According to...
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...