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Svitolina ends Osaka’s run to reach third round
Ukrainian fourth seed Elina Svitolina ended Naomi Osaka’s remarkable recent run with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over the Indian Wells champion in the second round of the Miami Open yesterday. The 20-year-old Japanese, who followed her Indian Wells title run with a first-round victory over eight-times Miami champion Serena Williams this week, simply...
US showcases stealth fighter training on amphibious carrier
The US military yesterday launched vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) F-35Bs from the deck of the USS Wasp amphibious carrier in the waters around Okinawa in its first show of stealth aircraft force at sea. The exercise comes at a time when concerns remain high over North Korea’s nuclear programme, although regional tension has eased in...
Ukraine: Saving white storks from the spring snow
Locals help migrant birds through bad weather. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine detains MP over attack plot: Prosecutor
KIEV: Ukrainian MP Nadiya Savchenko, once hailed as a symbol of resistance against Russia, was detained on Thursday over accusations she plotted a terrorist attack in Kiev, authorities said. “She was detained after the prosecutor general read out her indictment,” the prosecutor’s spokesman Andriy Lysenko said by phone hours after lawmakers...
Osaka powers past Serena in Miami
Serena Williams crashed out of the Miami Open in the first round here Wednesday, slumping to a straight sets defeat against Japan’s Naomi Osaka in the latest setback to the former world number one’s comeback.Osaka, who won her first major title in Indian Wells last weekend, was superior throughout and fully deserved her 6-3, 6-2 win...
Ukraine: Nadiya Savchenko held over alleged coup plot
Prosecutors allege Savchenko planned to attack Ukrainian parliament building with guns and grenades. …read more Source: AL...
Anti-Russia Ukrainian MP to be arrested on treason charges
A Ukrainian MP once hailed as a symbol of resistance against Russia stands accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Kiev. …read more Source:...
Anti-Russia Ukrainian MP to be arrested on treason charges
A Ukrainian MP who was once hailed as a symbol of resistance against Russia, but now stands accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Kiev, has been stripped of her immunity by parliament. …read more Source: Iran...
Ukraine to memorialize historic Lviv synagogue destroyed by Nazis
City planning to erect a subtle, outdoor monument to mark site of Eastern Europe’s first Reform temple …read more Source: The Times of...
Kiev seizes Gazprom assets in Ukraine
Authorities in Ukraine have seized nearly four million worth of assets belonging to the Russian gas giant Gazprom. …read more Source:...
