Illia Novikov

3 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Illia Novikov |Hamish McNeilly |Michael Wright |Ripu Bhatia

Michael Wright and Hamish McNeillyGloria Kong kidnapping VIDEO CREDIT: John BissetThis story is the final in a three-part series by Stuff and The Press. You can read parts one and two here. After the dramatic kidnapping, ransom and escape of Gloria Kong in 1983, Oamaru was consumed by a week-long manhunt for the perpetrators. It led to four arrests and a 42-year legacy that has scarred the collective memory of the North Otago town. HAMISH MCNEILLY and MICHAEL WRIGHT report.

6 days ago | salemnews.com | Hanna Arhirova |Vasilisa Stepanenko |Illia Novikov

KYIV, Ukraine — “Everything will be all right.”Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hryhoriev said this so often during brief phone calls from the front that his wife and two daughters took it to heart. His younger daughter, Oksana, tattooed the phrase on her wrist as a talisman. kAmtG6? 27E6C wCJ9@C:6G H2D 42AEFC65 3J E96 #FDD:2? 2C>J :? a_aa[ 9:D 2?I:@FD 72>:=J 4=F?8 E@ E96 36=:67 E92E 96 H@F=5 F=E:>2E6=J 36 ~z] p7E6C 2==[ #FDD:2 :D 3@F?5 3J :?E6C?2E:@?2= =2H E@ AC@E64E AC:D@?6CD @7 H2C]k^Am kAm(96?

1 week ago | timesdaily.com | Illia Novikov

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following days of uncertainty over whether Kyiv would attend a further meeting proposed by Moscow. kAmqFE &<C2:?:2? @77:4:2=D 92G6 :?D:DE65 E92E E96 zC6>=:? AC@G:56 2 AC@>:D65 >6>@C2?5F> D6EE:?8 @FE :ED A@D:E:@? @? 6?5:?8 E96 >@C6 E92? E9C66\J62C H2C[ 367@C6 E96 EH@ 56=682E:@?D D:E 5@H?

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Stefanie Dazio |Barry Hatton |Katie Davies |Illia Novikov

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following days of uncertainty over whether Kyiv would attend a further meeting proposed by Moscow. But Ukrainian officials have insisted that the Kremlin provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the more than three-year war, before the two delegations sit down to negotiate.

1 week ago | bakersfield.com | Illia Novikov

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine is ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following days of uncertainty over whether Kyiv would attend a further meeting proposed by Moscow. But Ukrainian officials have insisted that the Kremlin provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the more than three-year war, before the two delegations sit down to negotiate. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.