Ukraine

Several Nigerian parents have lamented the delay in payments of their children's tuition in foreign institutions. Some parents said it is now tough to access forex from banks in good time to pay their children's school fees abroad, with several dollar requests piling up in banks for weeks. The development,…

The Ukrainian government announced it will return ownership of an aircraft engine manufacturer from Chinese investors last week, ruling out the possibility of it falling into the power of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Motor Sich, one of the top jet engine makers worldwide, is a Ukrainian privately-owned company based…

In Crimea, Russian-backed forces stormed Ukraine's naval headquarters in Sevastapol, but no violence has been reported. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said other countries could face Ukraine's fate and that Russian President Vladimir Putin can't be allowed to annex Crimea. Anthony Mason reports. Read More

Scythian people of ancient Ukraine led more complex lives than commonly assumed, according to a study published March 10, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Alicia R. Ventresca Miller of the University of Michigan and colleagues. The Scythian people, who lived across the Pontic steppe around 700-200 BCE,…

Ukraine said Friday that renewed fighting with Russian-backed separatists is undermining a fragile ceasefire in the east of the country, and urged Western backers to intervene. The halt to fighting agreed last July raised hopes for a resolution to the bitter trench war that was sparked in 2014 by the…

Vinesh Phogat Vinesh Phogat had pinned 2017 world champion V Kaladzinskay to grab a gold medal at the Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial tournament in Kiev, Ukraine last week. Vinesh Phogat bagged a gold medal at the the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event in Rome. (Twitter/wrestling) India's star wrestler Vinesh Phogat…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the decision on Twitter, noting the danger that Ihor Kolomoyskyy poses to the rule of law in Ukraine. Ihor Kolomoyskyy speaks during an interview in Dnipropetrovsk May 24, 2014. (photo credit: REUTERS/VALENTYN OGIRENKO) Ukrainian-Israeli billionaire Ihor Kolomoyskyy was prohibited from entering the US…

KYIV (Reuters) - Kateryna Monzul made history in 2016 when she became the first female referee in Ukraine to officiate a soccer match in the men’s top division, a game between Chornomorets Odesa against Volyn Lutsk. “Despite the mental training, when I went out on the soccer pitch and watched…

FILE PHOTO: Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, October 15, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic apologised on Thursday after jokingly suggesting that Russia take a part of western Ukraine as payment for delivering doses…

© Reuters. Australian Open Top-seeded Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine recorded 26 winners to cruise to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Misaki Doi of Japan in the second round of the Qatar Total Open in Doha. Second-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic had a much more difficult time against…