Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Fans can fire Man Utd to final: Herrera
Ander Herrera wants Manchester United’s supporters to turn Old Trafford into a cauldron when his side look to complete victory over Celta Vigo in today’s Europa League semi-final return leg.Marcus Rashford’s sweet second-half free-kick brought United a 1-0 win in last week’s first leg, putting Jose Mourinho’s side...
Putin urges fight against terror during Victory Day
President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia could defeat any aggressors but insisted that the world come together to fight “terrorism” as Moscow marked 72 years since victory in World War II.Soldiers and military hardware paraded across Red Square in Moscow as the country held its annual pomp-filled celebration of the defeat of Nazi Germany...
Putin holds out an olive branch
Russian President Vladimir Putin told France’s President-elect Emmanuel Macron yesterday that he wanted to put mistrust aside and work with him, in a change of tack after the Kremlin expressed support for Macron’s rivals in the presidential race.“The citizens of France have trusted you with leading the country at a difficult time for...
Putin holds out olive branch to France’s Macron
Russian President Vladimir Putin told France’s President-elect Emmanuel Macron on Monday he wanted to put mistrust aside and work with him, in a change of tack after the Kremlin expressed support for Macron’s rivals in the presidential race. “The citizens of France have trusted you with leading the country at a difficult time...
French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked
Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a “massive” computer hack that dumped its campaign emails online 1-1/2 days before voters choose between the centrist and his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen. Macron, who is seen as the frontrunner in an election billed as...
New lease of life for Ukraine’s war-torn mountain observatory
Scientists aim to restore the wreck and transform it into a learning centre for young researchers studying wildlife, plants and weather patterns …read more Source: Gulf...
Joshua knocks some prestige into heavyweight boxing
Those were the times… This is an often repeated phrase by the old timers when it comes to the world of boxing. First-account tales of Mohamed Ali winning the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ with George Foreman in Zaire and that ‘Thrilla in Manila’ against Joe Frazier, leave the current generation of boxing fans in a wish-I-was-there scenario....
Joshua stops Klitschko in epic heavyweight fight
Young gun Anthony Joshua got up off the canvas to stop former champion Wladimir Klitschko Saturday in the 11th round of a heavyweight world title fight that is being hailed as an epic.In a tumultuous atmosphere at Wembley Stadium, 90,000 fans saw the undefeated 27-year-old add the World Boxing Association (WBA) title to his International Boxing...
QA participation in Arabian Travel Market successful
Qatar Airways brought its participation in Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2017, the region’s largest travel show, to a successful conclusion by revealing a host of new destinations, showcasing product innovations and displaying the airline’s new business class – Qsuite for the first time in the Middle East. A number of exciting...
Libya seizes oil tankers and crew after shootout at sea
Libya has seized two foreign-flagged oil tankers and detained their crews for allegedly smuggling fuel after an hours-long gunbattle off the west coast, authorities said. Oil is Libya’s main natural resource, with reserves estimated at 48bn barrels, the largest in Africa. Libya had an output capacity of about 1.6mn barrels per day before...
