Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Spain top medals chart despite Brazil gold surge
Brazil scooped three gold medals on the final day of the ANOC World Beach Games yesterday, as the curtain came down on the inaugural edition of the event hosted impeccably by Qatar across various venues in the country. Katara Beach was the magnificent setting for the last day of the competition as medals were handed out in 3×3 basketball,...
Thrills and spills on final day of beach wrestling
Nip and tuck finals in women’s competition and convincing performances by the hot favourites in the men’s brackets was what the enthusiastic fans enjoyed on the second and final day of wrestling action at Katara Beach on Tuesday.The prologue to the play introduced to the spectators was not intriguing at all with Shauna Kemp from the...
Trump impeachment probe claims ‘dramatic progress’
The leader of the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump said Tuesday that witnesses had provided substantial support for allegations that Trump illegally tried to force Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. While the White House and Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani refused to turn over subpoenaed documents...
Pentagon chief vows to co-operate with probe
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said yesterday that the Pentagon would co-operate with the congressional impeachment inquiry – in an apparent break with President Donald Trump’s policy to thwart the probe.Esper said his department would try to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats seeking records relating to the withholding of US...
First man to perform a spacewalk dies at 85
Alexei Leonov, a legendary Soviet cosmonaut who was the first man to perform a spacewalk in 1965, died in Moscow yesterday, aged 85, after a long illness.The Russian space agency Roscosmos said it was saddened to announce the death of “cosmonaut No 11” who was twice decorated with the country’s top honour, the Hero of the Soviet...
India may restrict imports of palm oil, other goods from Malaysia: Sources
India is considering restricting imports of some products from Malaysia including palm oil, according to government and industry sources, in reaction to the Southeast Asian country’s leader criticising New Delhi for its actions in Kashmir.India is looking for ways to limit palm oil imports and may place restrictions on other goods from the...
Trump seeks to discredit entire impeachment bid
Donald Trump yesterday again called for outing the whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency and sought to transform the entire scandal into a boost for his 2020 re-election campaign.Trump began his attempt to crush impeachment on Tuesday with a breathtaking show of defiance to Congress. In an eight-page letter...
Trump seeks to discredit entire impeachment
Donald Trump on Wednesday called for outing the whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency and sought to transform the entire scandal into a boost for his 2020 reelection campaign. Trump began his attempt to crush impeachment on Tuesday with a breathtaking show of defiance to Congress. In an eight-page letter signed...
Netherlands, Australia vow to pursue convictions for downing of MH17
Australia and the Netherlands said on Wednesday they will pursue criminal prosecutions for those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that killed 298 people even if it takes many years. The airliner was shot down on July 17, 2014, over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine as it was flying from...
US meddling in Ukraine is a disaster
Thanks to a newly released trove of US official correspondence, the world now knows just how clumsily the Trump administration tried to get Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to serve its political ends. Perhaps the embarrassment will finally teach the Americans a lesson: This kind of meddling in foreign governments’ affairs will do...
