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News24.com | Ukrainian official says judge kept bribes in a glass jar
A top Ukrainian prosecutor says the country’s anti-corruption task force has caught a judge receiving a $150 000 bribe and that he kept his money in a glass jar. …read more Source:...
Russia says foiled Crimea ‘terrorist attacks’ by Kiev
Russia’s security service on Wednesday said it had thwarted “terrorist attacks” in Crimea by Ukrainian military intelligence and beaten back an armed assault by Kiev’s forces. …read more Source: Daily...
World No 1, Serena Williams Crashes Out Of Olympics
Serena Williams’ reign as Olympic singles champion came to a shuddering halt Tuesday as the tennis star suffered a shock defeat by Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina. The world No. 1 was beaten 6-4 6-3 by a player to whom she had never lost in their four previous meetings. Williams, who had already been knocked out of the doubles tournament...
Serena Williams Out Of 2016 Olympics
World number one Serena Williams is out of the Rio de Janeiro games after she suffered shocking defeat to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Tuesday during their tennis tournament. The tennis player was beaten for the first time by Svitolina who is ranked 20th in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association. According to the guardian […]...
Rio 2016: Serena Williams crashes out Olympics
Williams was visibly frustrated throughout the match as she struggling to find her range, making 37 unforced errors compared to 17 by Svitolina. Olympic champion and world number one Serena Williams tumbled out of the Rio de Janeiro singles competition in the third round on Tuesday, August 9, after a shock defeat to Ukraine’s Elina...
Republican national security officials reject Trump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a purple heart medal given to him by Lt. Col. Louis Dorfman during a campaign event in Ashburn, Virginia, on August 2, 2016 © AFP/File / Molly RileyWashington, United States, Aug 9 – Fifty senior Republican national security officials have issued a stinging rejection of their party’s White...
Putin and Erdogan meet to mend ties after jet downing rift
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) jets into Russia on August 9, 2016, for a meeting with his counterpart Vladimir Putin © AFP/File / Eric FeferbergSaint Petersburg, Russian Federation, Aug 9 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan jets into Russia on Tuesday for his first meeting with counterpart Vladimir Putin since the two strongmen...
Ibtihaj Muhammad: First American athlete to compete in the Olympics wearing hijab
Muhammad wore a plain black Muslim head scarf under a red, white and blue mask as she won her opening bout. Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad on Monday, August 8 became the first American to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab.Muhammad wore a plain black Muslim head scarf under a red, white and blue mask as she won her opening bout in the women’s...
Putin and Erdogan: kissed and made up?
Vladimir Putin welcomes Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the start of the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg in 2013 © AFP / ALEXANDER NEMENOVIstanbul, Turkey, Aug 8 – Sometimes even good friends can have a bad falling out. Ankara’s downing of a Russian war plane over the Syrian border last November prompted rapid retaliation from Moscow and a bitter...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in fresh clashes
More than 9,500 people have been killed since a Moscow-backed insurgency erupted in eastern Ukraine in April 2014 © AFP/File / Anatolii StepanovKiev, Ukraine, Aug 7 – Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and four others injured in fresh clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in Ukraine’s war-scarred east, the military...
