Germany will fully support a European pact on migrants, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told Italian daily la Repubblica in an interview published on June 21, adding that progress on the distribution of the burden was finally needed. Read more here. The ...

In 2016 North Korean hackers planned a $1 billion raid on Bangladesh’s national bank and came within an inch of success – it was only by a fluke that all but $81 million of the transfers were halted, report Geoff White and Jean H Lee. But...

Over the past day, Russia-occupation forces in Donbas fired four attacks at Ukrainian positions and launched a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) through a demarcation line, no casualties were recorded. Since the beginning of the current day, no ceasefire...

“The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” struck the top box office target. Read more here. The post Associated Press: ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ hits top mark at box office appeared first on KyivPost.

On a June afternoon, a very soon-to-be mother closely examined an expandable, hanging clothes dryer, replete with 16 clips and resembling a child’s mobile, at Kyiv’s latest shopping hotspot. “I can’t stop, I want everything,” Claudia Khod...

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has called for wide-ranging economic sanctions against Belarus ahead of an EU meeting to discuss further measures against the regime of authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko. Read more here. The post RFE/RL: Germ...

China has broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province. Read more here. The post Agence France-Presse: China broadens crackdown on crypto mining industry appeared first on Kyiv...

Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region’s fragile environment and historic sites. Read more here. The post Associated Press: Tourism boom pressures Tibet’s ...

Ukraine has registered 323 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on June 21. The total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic is over 2.2 million. In the past 24 hours, 677 COVID-19 patients have recovered and 16 have died. Since...

What we’re watching Monday, June 21. It’s a public holiday today in Ukraine — Pentecost or Trinity Day. Here’s the list of public holidays in 2021. Wednesday, June 23 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: US-Ukraine Business Council – A conversa...