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[PHOTOS, VIDEO] Anthony Joshua Visits Manchester United Training Base, Trains With Players
The Manchester United players recieved a special guest yesterday, May 13 as British-Nigerian boxer and World heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua trained with them at their training facility at Carrington base. The 27-year-old boxer who is still enjoying his triumphant win against Ukraine’s giant Wladimir Klitschko also took pictures with...
Schengen: EU approves visa-free travel for Ukrainians
Ukrainians have been allowed to make visa-free travel to the European Union’s Schengen Area, amid tensions between the Western-backed country and Russia. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that the EU had finally decided to approve Ukraine’s years-long bid to obtain visa-free travel for its citizens to Schengen...
Sergei Lavrov: Russia’s to diplomat to meet with Trump on Syria amid uproar
US President Donald Trump will receive Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov at the White House Wednesday even as a political firestorm has put Moscow's alleged meddling in the US election back in the spotlight. US President Donald Trump will receive Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov at the White House Wednesday even as a...
10 Notable Individuals That Became World Leaders Before They Clocked 40
The recent success recorded by 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential election has brought about the list on individuals that became leaders of their respective countries at tender ages. Emmanuel Macron resoundingly defeated Marine Le Pen, the far-right nationalist who had threatened to pull France out of the European Union if she...
Mike Tyson Reacts To Anthony Joshua’s Win Against Wladimir Klitschko
Former undisputed heavyweight Champion, Mike Tyson has reacted to the victory of British-Nigerian pugilist, Anthony Joshua against Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko. Tyson tipped Joshua to carry the torch for boxing’s heavyweight division for many years to come after his victory. Joshua added the WBA and IBO heavyweight title to his IBF...
Politics: The Senate is giving Putin a lifeline, and Russia hawks are furious
"We're not going to do a Russia sanctions bill," Bob Corker said. The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told Politico on Monday that the committee is not going to issue new sanctions against Russia over its election interference, saying it would instead work on new bills to sanction Iran over its ballistic missile...
Politics: The Senate is giving Putin a lifeline and won’t slap new sanctions on Russia
"We're not going to do a Russia sanctions bill," Bob Corker said. The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told Politico on Monday that the committee is not going to issue new sanctions against Russia over its election interference, saying it would instead work on new bills to sanction Iran over its ballistic missile...
Merkel Meets Putin Over Syria, Ukraine Crisis
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel has begun talks with President Vladimir Putin on her first visit to Russia since 2015. The meeting, at Mr Putin’s summer residence in Sochi, comes at a low point in bilateral relations over the war in Syria and Russia’s annexation of Crimea. They are expected to discuss both issues during their meeting...
Bilyi Slon: New lease of life for Ukraine’s war-torn mountain observatory
Scientists hope that significant progress on the restoration will be made by next year, when the observatory marks its 80th anniversary. Perched spectacularly 2,000 metres up on a snowcapped peak in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains, the Bilyi Slon observatory has stood empty and battered by the elements for some seven decades.Abandoned only a...
Anthony Joshua: Stadium, street to be named after boxing champ in Sagamu
Joshua a British fighter, is born to Nigerian parents and has his ancestral home in Sagamu, Ogun State. WBA and IBF Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is set to have a stadium and a street named after him in Ogun State. Joshua a British fighter, is born to Nigerian parents and has his ancestral home in Sagamu, Ogun State. After his Saturday,...
