Section: United Arab Emirates
Kuznetsova opens defence with win, seeds withdraw
Svetlana Kuznetsova opened the defence of her Sydney International title with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu yesterday as the Australian Open warm-up event suffered a pair of big-name withdrawals. The Russian fifth seed started strongly by winning 10 of the first 11 games and after her Romanian opponent rallied in the...
MH17 crash debris seized from Dutch journalist
THE HAGUE: Dutch police have taken from a journalist items, including possible human remains, which he found at the crash site of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, prosecutors said on Sunday. Freelancer Michel Spekkers was met by police as he returned to Schiphol airport late on Saturday after visiting the region and writing an article about his...
Barclays flags ‘black swan threats’ to commodities
Watch out for the unexpected in commodities in 2017. Barclays said raw materials markets from energy to metals face the high likelihood of disruptions, giving a laundry list of possible threats including a default by Venezuela, riots in Chile and a trade war with China. “The new politics of populism and protectionist trade policies have the...
Europe’s new ‘indispensable nations’
After the shock of the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States in 2016, this will be a decisive year for Europe. Upcoming parliamentary elections in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and possibly Italy will decide whether the European Union will hold together, or whether it will...
Aggressive Raonic ousts Nadal, in semis
A more aggressive Milos Raonic moved into the semi-finals of the Brisbane International when he beat Spaniard Rafael Nadal in a high quality quarter-final yesterday. Raonic, the defending champion, came back from losing the first set to overhaul Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, disappointing the sell-out crowd who were almost all cheering for a Spanish...
On the eastern front
The forgotten residents of eastern Ukraine are shivering through a third cold winter …read more Source: Gulf...
Was Trump the ‘Siberian Candidate’?
President-elect Donald J. Trump won the U.S. presidency by virtue of the electoral vote. This is what the U.S. Constitution prescribes upon whom the presidency is given to. However, he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by 2.9 million votes. More than half of the American voters believe that Trump’s come-from-behind victory happened...
Filipino fitness coach joins next top model search
‘I joined because I want to give pride to my country’ Modelling is his passion. But, as of this moment, he is still unsure of what to do in the future because he has a lot of things in mind. A lot of things to do, a lot of things to conquer, and a lot of things to learn, try and experience. Ruperto Marquez III, 28, is working as a fitness...
Raonic sets up mouthwatering clash with Nadal
Defending champion and top seed Milos Raonic cruised into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International with a regulation 6-3, 6-2 win over Argentine Diego Schwartzman yesterday. Raonic, who beat Roger Federer to win the 2016 Brisbane title, will now take on Rafael Nadal for a place in the semi-finals after the Spaniard crushed Germany’s...
Is Russia’s ‘ghost train’ a sign of new Cold War?
Russia’s “ghost train” is coming back. Just like in the grim Soviet-era days, a military train will soon be rolling through Russia’s vast terrain. It’s not just any kind of train: This one will be loaded with nuclear-tipped missiles, their guidance systems programmed to strike strategic targets in the West. Amid rising tensions...
