Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Trump’s Ukraine call runs some impeachment traps
“Listen to me. Listen. Listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me. I assume many people are on the line. I know that before I make the call. And you have intelligence agencies, everybody listening. That call was a great call. It was a perfect call. A perfect call.” – US President Donald Trump, telling reporters on Sunday about a phone call in which...
PSG thrash Real in campaign opener as Man City cruise
Paris Saint-Germain launched their latest quest for Champions League success with a statement win over Real Madrid on Wednesday, while a late Atletico Madrid comeback foiled Juventus as Manchester City eased to victory in Ukraine. French giants PSG have failed to make their mark in Europe, crashing out of the Champions League in the last 16 each...
Portugal rekindle Euro hopes with 4-2 win in Serbia
European champions Portugal got their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign back on track with goals from William Carvalho, Goncalo Guedes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernardo Silva helping them to a pulsating 4-2 Group B victory in Serbia on Saturday.The victory lifted the Portuguese to second place in the group on five points from three games, eight behind...
Russia, Ukraine in landmark prisoner swap
Russia and Ukraine swapped dozens of prisoners yesterday in a carefully-negotiated rapprochement that brought Western praise and could thaw a freeze in relations since Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea region in 2014.While the exchange of 35 prisoners on each side could help rebuild confidence between Moscow and Kyiv and allow them to start...
Russia exports to Turkey, southeast Europe squeezed by LNG and Azeri gas
Russian gas exports to Turkey and eight other southeast European nations fell by more than a quarter in the first half of 2019 as cheaper liquefied natural gas (LNG) and new Azeri supplies helped the region reduce reliance on Russia.Russian exports to Turkey, the biggest regional market, fell 36% compared to the first half of 2018, while exports...
Preparations for Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange underway: state TV
A long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev has begun, Russian state television reported on Saturday, broadcasting footage of buses leaving a jail in the capital. ‘Buses have left the Lefortovo jail within the framework of preparations for a prisoner exchange,’ the Rossiya 24 rolling news channel said. AFP correspondents at...
Serena plots Olympic revenge as Svitolina blocks path
Serena Williams will look to avenge a 2016 defeat at the Rio Olympic Games in today’s US Open semi-final against Elina Svitolina as the American targets a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title.A run to the last four in New York, bookended by crushing routes of long-time foe Maria Sharapova and China’s Wang Qiang, brought up a...
Arora is new head of World Election Bodies Association
India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora has been elected as chairman of the Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB) for two years, an official statement said yesterday.“Arora, who succeeded Romania’s Lon Mincu Radulescu, assumed chairmanship for the next two years up to 2021 at the three-day fourth general assembly...
Germany asks Polish forgiveness 80 years after WWII outbreak
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday asked Poland’s forgiveness for history’s bloodiest conflict during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first World War II bombs fell 80 years ago. “I bow before the victims of the attack on Wielun. I bow before the Polish victims of German tyranny. And I ask your...
Ukraine president picks young lawyer as prime minister
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday picked untested 35-year-old lawyer Oleksiy Goncharuk as his prime minister, as a new parliament met for the first time. Zelensky, who was a popular comedian until winning the presidency this year, has promised to bring in fresh faces to clear away an establishment that he says has ruled Ukraine...
