Ukrainian got a final ticket at american’s got talent (VIDEO)
33-y.o. Vita Radionova from Stebnyk town (Lviv Oblast) took part at 10th America’s Got Talent TV show. Graceful Ukrainian won jury’s hearts and received a pass into the show’s final. The show final and award ceremony will take place on September, 18. Vita has been going info acrobatics since she was 4 y.o. She...
NASA tests super-engine that will one day take us to Mars (PHOTO, VIDEO)
NASA has just tested its next-generation, RS-25 super-engine that promises to take humans to Mars. Designed for the agency’s 70-ton Space Launch System rocket, it will be fitted onto the Orion spacecraft. The August 13 test-firing was carried out at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. It was the sixth out of seven...
Deadly aftermath of Chinese port blasts (PHOTOS)
At least 44 have been killed and some 500 injured after two blasts rocked the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin late...
Ukrainian soldiers expect to be attacked in Luhansk Oblast’s Svitlychne (PHOTO)
Ukrainian soldiers are holding their positions but awiating an attack in Svitlychne village, south of the provincial capital of Luhansk in Luhansk Oblast. According to Ukrainian military intelligence forces, thousands of Russian-separatist insurgents with heavy weapons arrived to Sokolniki, northwest of Luhansk and five...
Al-Qaeda ‘pledges allegiance’ to embattled new Taliban leader
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is believed to have broken an 11-month silence to promised its loyalty to the new leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, who has faced challenges to his authority. "We pledge our allegiance … to the commander of the faithful, Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, may...
Ukraine’s Heroes: Family of fallen ‘cyborg’ believes in Ukraine’s victory despite their grief
Editor's note: Ukraine's Heroes is a Kyiv Post project devoted to Ukrainian army heroes wounded and fallen in Russia's war against the nation. Periodically, we will tell stories of these wounded warriors, many of whom need money for treatment, surgery and prosthesis. Thousands of people holding candles turned out on...
Expert sees alternative to MH17 tribunal
A hybrid court may be an alternative to setting up an MH17 international criminal tribunal, thus bypassing the Russian veto, according to Andriy Kozlov, expert on international aviation law, Ukrainian TV Channel 5 reports. "We don’t see any signs that the Russian Federation will change its attitude towards setting up...
Donbas sees peak of 152 attacks by Russian proxies in last weeks
The combined Russian-separatist forces intensified their attacks over the last few weeks and fired almost all types of weapons on Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 152 times on August 12, including 102 times in the area of the militant-controlled city of Donetsk, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO)...
Amazing Perseid comet shower lights up night skies (PHOTOS)
This year’s dazzling light show in space, courtesy of the Perseid meteor shower, has lit up the skies. Many a barbecue was had and tents set up under the night sky to enjoy the display. Another really bright streak in tonight's #Perseids shower. Join us http://t.co/HwLWl9MzT3 for live commentary...
More than 50 killed, 200 wounded when truck bomb explodes in Iraqi capital Baghdad
A powerful truck bomb blast has reportedly killed dozens of people and injured about 200 in Baghdad, reports say. The blast hit the Shia-dominated Sadr-City district of the Iraqi capital. There are conflicting reports of the number of casualties. The Associated Press cited Iraqi officials who said that at least 54 were dead and...
44 dead, over 500 injured, after blast rocks busy Chinese port (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
Two blasts shook the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin late on Wednesday. Some 500 people have been injured, and 44 are dead, according to the latest report by Xinhua news agency. A total of nine firefighters have been confirmed dead, according to Chinese state television. It is unclear if that number is included in the...
«10 Commandments for young Ukrainian girls» (PHOTOS)
Ukrainian series of postcards in 1918 A series of "Ten Commandments for young girls" did ukrainian artist Vasiliy Gulak in 1918 year. In Ukrainian history are still many undiscovered pages, and one of these is work artist Vasily Gulak, who was the author of more than three hundred cards. We have not...