Ukrainian dance crews amaze with skills, modern choreography (video)
Although contemporary dance styles have appeared in Ukraine not so long time ago, some Ukrainian dance crews are capable of stunning routines. The Kyiv Post is highlighting some exceptional ones: Kyiv Modern Ballet Kyiv Modern Ballet was the first one modern dance theater that appeared in Ukraine in 2006. It is lead by...
Super-typhoon Dujuan ravages Taiwan, leaving half-a-million without power
‘Super typhoon’ Dujuan, which has been sweeping across northern Taiwan, has killed two people and displaced 12,000, while also cutting electricity to about half a million Taiwanese. More than 300 people have been injured. The storm also hit the Chinese coastal city of Putian on Tuesday morning, according to Xinhua,...
131 civilians killed in alleged Saudi airstrike on Yemen wedding
The bombing of a wedding party in Yemen by an apparent Saudi Arabia airstrike has killed over 130 people, medics said on Tuesday. Riyadh, who has air supremacy in the area, denied responsibility for the tragedy. Two missiles tore through two tents in the Al-Wahijah village in southwestern Yemen, where a wedding celebration was...
Poll: Russians oppose sending troops to Syria Read more on
The majority of Russians are opposed to sending troops to Syria, according to the results of a survey carried out by the Levada Center, an independent Russian polling and sociological research organization. The overwhelming majority of Russians, or 69%, believe that Russia should not provide direct military support to Syria to...
CNN: Obama, noting world calamities, urges diplomacy
With progress fighting ISIS moving slowly, and Russian fighters entrenched in Eastern Ukraine, President Barack Obama returned to the United Nations General Assembly this week anxious to shore up international support for U.S. plans to counter various global crises, according to CNN. Calling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a...
Russian proxies attack Ukrainian troops five times overnight
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine five times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. Last night, the militants were firing rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns on the Ukrainian fortified positions in the...
Poroshenko and Obama hold unscheduled, serious conversation
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday held a conversation at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. "A very serious conversation between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States took place," Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Yuriy Sergeyev...
Top 17 Countries With The Most Beautiful Women In The World (Photos)
NOTE: All women are beautiful in their own right. There is no accurate measure for beauty. This list is based on Internet polls and searches. We all know beauty is on the inside, and different people find different things attractive. For some, it's all on the outside, while for others it's something like a...
Taliban assault Afghanistan’s Kunduz city from three directions
Hundreds of Taliban fighters have launched an attack on the strategic northern Afghan city of Kunduz. Militants are attacking from several directions and are reported to have briefly entered a hospital. There are casualties on both sides, police say. Kunduz province has seen a number of attacks since April, with the Taliban...
Sunday blast near SBU’s Odesa office investigated as terrorist attack
Police have been investigating an explosion that occurred near the office of Ukraine's SBU Security Service in Odesa on Sunday as a terrorist attack, according to the press service of the Interior Ministry's main department in Odesa region. A criminal case has been opened to investigate the incident under Part 2 of...
Obama-Putin meeting makes sense
However distasteful he may find it, President Obama has no choice but to try to work with President Vladimir Putin if there is to be an end to the Syria debacle, just as Obama had no choice but to work with the Russian on the Iran deal. The editorial board of The New York Times writes in its article titled "An Obama-Putin...
‘Supermoon’ coincides with lunar eclipse (photo, video)
People around the world are watching the skies to observe a rare celestial event, as a lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called "supermoon". A supermoon occurs when the Moon is in the closest part of its orbit to Earth, meaning it appears larger in the sky. The eclipse — which made the Moon appear red...