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Two Ukraine soldiers killed despite Easter lull
Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in clashes with Russian-backed insurgents in the separatist east, the military said Friday, after a lull in bloodshed due to an Easter truce …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine nabs top state executive and ex-premier ally for graft
Ukraine’s stuttering fight against high-level corruption gathered pace Friday as a top state energy executive was detained a day after the arrest of a close ally of former premier Arseniy Yatsenyuk …read more Source: The Daily...
Joshua’s mind on Fury despite Klitschko fight
Anthony Joshua is just days away from a world heavyweight title fight with Wladimir Klitschko in front of the largest British boxing crowd for nearly 80 years but the Briton says he would rather be facing former champion Tyson Fury.Fury beat Klitschko in 2015, handing the Ukrainian his first loss in 11 years, to become the IBO, WBA, IBF and WBO...
Relentless Monaco dream on after reaching semis
A brilliant Monaco side that has taken Europe by storm will not relent in their bid for glory after beating Borussia Dortmund to reach the Champions League semi-finals, promised coach Leonardo Jardim.The team from the Mediterranean principality were too good for their German opponents in Wednesday’s quarter-final second leg, winning 3-1 at...
Exxon Mobil requests sanctions waiver for Russia projects
The Texas-based oil giant has projects lined up in the Black Sea alongside Russian state-owned Rosneft. A previous partnership in 2014 was broken over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and ensuing Western sanctions.American oil giant Exxon Mobil is seeking the green light from President Trump’s administration in order to resume drilling...
Russian tourists will not return to Sharm El-Sheikh before 2018: Hisham Ali
The head of the Tourism Investors Association in South Sinai, Hisham Ali, does not see a glimmer of hope that indicates the return of Russian and English tourists to Sharm El-Sheikh before mid-2018. He said that the Egyptian government has exerted great efforts to review the security at various Egyptian airports in order to resume Russian flights...
UK’s Jones first two-peat champion of Dubai Open Chess
UAE’s Saeed Ishaq scores second international master norm Dubai – Defending champion Grandmaster (GM) Gawain Jones of the UK became the first person to win a second title in the Dubai Open Chess Tournament–Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup after winning one of the more hotly contested editions of the region’s longest-running...
Trump’s North Korea dilemma
In the wake of the Tomahawk cruise missile strikes on a Syrian airbase and after dropping a 2,100-pound “Mother of all Bombs” – MOAB – in Afghanistan, North Korea had threatened to test another nuclear weapon, her sixth test. In reaction, senior U.S. intelligence officials told the media that the U.S. is prepared to launch a preemptive strike...
Worsening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine’s restive east
The situation in Ukraine’s volatile east has deteriorated since the biggest humanitarian organization in the region stopped its activities there. …read more Source:...
UN court rejects Ukraine’s case against Russia
International Court of Justice says allegations of terror funding in Donbass ‘limited in scope’ …read more Source: World...
