Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Ukraine’s first wheelchair model breaks taboos
Becomes first model with a disability to take the lead in a high-profile event in the country …read more Source: Gulf...
EU approve visa-free travel for Georgia
European Union member states on Monday approved visa-free travel for Georgia, after agreeing safeguards to prevent any upsurge in arrivals from the former Soviet satellite. Georgia, along with much larger Ukraine, has been urging the EU to grant visa-free travel so as to show its citizens that close ties with Europe can deliver concrete benefits....
EU member states approve visa-free travel for Georgia
Georgia, along with much larger Ukraine, has been urging the EU to grant visa-free travel so as to show its citizens that close ties with Europe can deliver concrete benefits …read more Source: Gulf...
Trump scorns IMF globalism, and now he gets to vote on it
Christine Lagarde is racing through Uganda in a black SUV. It’s a bumpy road – not the only one the IMF chief is likely to encounter in the age of President Donald Trump.Since World War II, America has set the agenda for the world economy. The International Monetary Fund has been one of its main tools. The Fund helped steady the finances of...
Wilder stops Washington to retain WBC crown
Undefeated Deontay Wilder stopped Gerald Washington in the fifth round to retain his World Boxing Council heavyweight world title. The 31-year-old champion started poorly in front of hometown fans in Birmingham, Alabama, and was trailing on the scorecards when he sprang to life in the fifth round, knocking Washington down with a right-left...
Wilder stops Washington to retain WBC crown
Undefeated Deontay Wilder stopped Gerald Washington in the fifth round to retain his World Boxing Council heavyweight world title. The 31-year-old champion started poorly in front of hometown fans in Birmingham, Alabama, and was trailing on the scorecards when he sprang to life in the fifth round, knocking Washington down with a right-left...
Svitolina breaks into top 10 after winning title in Dubai
Elina Svitolina beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-2 to win a rain-delayed final at the Dubai Tennis Championships yesterday which sent her into the top 10. The Ukrainian cracked the elite on tenth for the first time as she defeated 2011 champion Wozniacki, a former world number one seven years ago. Svitolina’s victory in a match which began...
Russian writer sparks war of words by joining Ukraine rebels
By becoming one of the most high-profile Russians to join east Ukraine’s fighters, Prilepin has prompted outpourings of bile from top literary figures with more liberal views …read more Source: Gulf...
Ensuring Euro-Atlantic security
The chasm between Russia and the West appears to be wider now than at any point since the Cold War.But, despite stark differences, there are areas of existential common interest.As we did during the darkest days of the Cold War, Americans, Europeans, and Russians must work together to avoid catastrophe, including by preventing terrorist attacks...
Three deadly viruses that could spawn pandemic
Bird flu is back.Chinese authorities are closing live poultry markets as H7N9 courses through the country, infecting 192 and killing 79 in January alone.So far, this strain of avian flu appears to have been transmitted only through contact with live poultry, but there’s always a fear it will mutate and start passing between...
