Ukraine approves new PM in bid to end reform deadlock

By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament approved presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister on Thursday in the biggest political shakeup since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership. President Petro Poroshenko hopes the appointment of the former parliamentary speaker will end months of political deadlock that has delayed billions of dollars in foreign loans to shore up Ukraine's war-battered economy. Some deputies said the new governmen