Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Man United and Inter look for Europa boost
Zenit, Ajax, Shakhtar and Schalke 04 can qualify for the knock out round with wins today Misfiring Manchester United and an Inter Milan who have fired coach Frank de Boer can take a welcome boost from the Europa League in matchday four of the group phase today. The epic Group phase of 12 round robin pools of four teams is remarkably close so far...
Big guns aim for spot in next round of Champions League
Here is a look ahead to tonight’s Champions League action as Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City host Barcelona with a number of sides, including the Spanish champions, looking to seal a place in the next round (all kick-offs 9:45pm Qatar time unless stated): Group A At Sofia, Bulgaria: Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) vs Arsenal (ENG) Mesut Ozil...
We need an ‘energetic’ push for global peace
Energy is one of the most essential elements that humans depend on to survive. It is indispensable for economic development. It is vital for heating, food production and manufacturing of goods. Energy has also shaped nation states’ foreign policies for centuries. Since the 17th century, imperialist powers have been struggling to get their...
Georgia ruling party scores win in disputed polls
Georgia’s ruling party has scored a landslide win in disputed parliamentary polls, official results showed on Monday, as the main opposition cried fraud. ‘Georgian Dream won in all but two of 50 single-mandate constituencies’ where a second round was held on Sunday, central election commission spokeswoman Ketevan Dangadze told AFP....
Moldova in tug-of-war vote between Russia, EU
Ex-Soviet Moldova went to the polls yesterday in its first popular presidential election since the 1990s, seen as a tug-of-war between supporters of closer relations with Russia and those seeking EU integration. The crisis-hit country of 3.5mn wedged between Ukraine and Romania is the poorest in Europe and has struggled with a string of...
US, Russian, Japanese astronauts return from ISS
Three astronauts landed safely in Kazakhstan Sunday following a 115-day mission aboard the the International Space Station, including US astronaut Kate Rubins, the first person to sequence DNA in space. Russian mission control confirmed the touchdown of NASA’s Rubins, Roscosmos’ Anatoly Ivanishin and Takuya Onishi of the Japan...
Children ‘forget Ukrainian’ as schools drop classes in rebel area
Schools have doubled the number of Russian language and literature classes …read more Source: Gulf...
ICC’s toughest trial: Africa vs ‘Infamous Caucasian Court’
South Africa and Burundi’s decision to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) and an attack by Gambia against its supposed “Caucasian” justice are likely to embolden other African states to leave the world’s only permanent war crimes tribunal. Although criticising the Hague-based institution for perceived anti-African bias has...
Ex-Putin aide’s death ruled accidental in US
US prosecutors yesterday said the sudden death of a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Washington hotel was an accident, and occurred after days of heavy drinking and successive falls. Mikhail Lesin, 57, a former press minister accused of curtailing media freedoms in Putin’s Russia, was found dead at the Dupont Circle...
What comes next after election in America?
The ongoing presidential campaign in the United States stands out for its lack of civility and the vast differences between the candidates: the anti-establishment businessman Donald Trump on the Republican side and the polished politician Hillary Clinton representing the Democrats.The contest has exposed deep fault lines within American society...
