Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Primed for a rebound? US growth set to stabilise
The US economy is set to show fresh signs of stabilising and indeed even strengthening after its recent soft patch.After a run of data last week exceeded forecasts, the government on Friday reveals its first estimate of gross domestic product for the first quarter.Wall Street estimates are creeping higher with the consensus of economists surveyed...
Ukraine poll rivals clash ahead of Sunday’s vote
A comedian tipped to take over Ukraine’s presidency and his incumbent rival went head-to-head in a bitter stadium debate yesterday, as campaigning reached its grand finale before a weekend vote.Polls show Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a 41-year-old stand-up comic with no political experience, handily defeating President Petro Poroshenko in a...
Asher-Smith, Guliyev headline classy 200m line-ups
Triple European champion Dina Asher-Smith and reigning world and European champion Ramil Guliyev will both launch their seasons in earnest over 200m in the Doha Diamond League – the first stage of the IAAF Diamond League – on 3 May. Asher-Smith conquered the European stage last year, winning gold medals in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay at...
Russia sentences Norwegian charged with espionage to 14 years
A Moscow court on Tuesday convicted a retired Norwegian border guard who was charged with spying on Russian nuclear submarines and sentenced him to 14 years in prison. Frode Berg, 63, was detained in Moscow in 2017 following a sting operation by Russia’s FSB security service. A former Russian police officer was accused of handing Berg files...
Qatar and Ukrainian officials hold political consultations
The ministries of foreign affairs of Qatar and Ukraine have held a round of political consultations in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The talks were chaired by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General HE Dr Ahmed bin Hassan al-Hammadi and Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergiy Kyslytsya. The two sides discussed the relations...
Measles cases rose nearly four-fold in first quarter 2019: WHO
The number of measles cases worldwide nearly quadrupled in the first quarter of 2019 to 112,163 against the same period last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, citing provisional data. Higher rates of the preventable but contagious disease – which can kill a child or leave it blind, deaf or brain-damaged – have...
Poroshenko puts on one-man show as rival skips debate
Ukraine’s leader yesterday held a one-man debate next to an empty lectern, roused thousands of supporters at a stadium and even sang, as a comedian tipped to become the next president skipped the event before a high-stakes run-off vote.A week before the second round of voting, President Petro Poroshenko failed to lure his rival Volodymyr...
Lomachenko beats Crolla with fourth round knockout
Southpaw Vasiliy Lomachenko brutally knocked out former title holder Anthony Crolla in the fourth round on Friday to retain his World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization lightweight titles.The 31-year-old Lomachenko delivered a devastating right hook to the temple that sent the Englishman crashing face first to the canvas just 58...
London police fire shots after vehicle rams Ukraine embassy car
Police opened fire outside Ukraine’s embassy in London on Saturday after a vehicle rammed into the ambassador’s parked car and then drove at officers called to the scene. No diplomatic staff were injured in the incident and nor was the suspect, a man in his 40s, but he was taken to hospital as a precaution after being arrested, police...
Ukraine presidential rivals court French, German leadership
The Ukrainian comedian tipped to become president and his incumbent rival travelled to Paris and Berlin yesterday to seek international backing, nine days before the run-off in a high-stakes vote.French President Emmanuel Macron first hosted comic Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a political novice, for talks in Paris before meeting later with current...
