Section: United Arab Emirates
Golden double for Shakhova
Elizaveth Shakhova completed a golden double at Amir Cup Shooting and Archery Championships yesterday.The Ukrainian, who had won a Prone gold on Friday, scored a total of 1155 with 42 hits to the bull’s eye to claim the 50m Rifle 3 Positions gold at the Losail Shooting Ranges yesterday. Haya Mohamed al-Boloushi defeated Matara Fahad...
The transatlantic continental drift
The Earth’s continental plates broke apart and first began to shift hundreds of millions of years ago. But anyone visiting European capitals or following events in President Donald Trump’s Washington can be forgiven for thinking that another tectonic divergence is underway. Of course, transatlantic mistrust is not new. In the run-up...
German FA president resigns over watch gift
The president of the German Football Association (DFB) Reinhard Grindel confirmed yesterday that he had stepped down with immediate effect, ending three controversial years in charge. The 57-year-old has been under growing pressure following controversies culminating in a newspaper report on Monday that he had accepted the gift of a 6,000 euro...
Comedian takes huge lead in Ukraine vote
A comedian with no political experience has taken a commanding lead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election, offering a fresh face to voters fed up with corruption in a country on the front line of the West’s standoff with Russia. With three-quarters of votes counted yesterday, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a 41-year-old comic...
Vote count confirms comic’s lead in Ukraine elections
* Comedian in lead with 30% of votes * Appeals to voters fed up with corruption, status quo * No candidate expected to win outright * Incumbent Poroshenko staunchly pro-West A comedian with no political experience raced ahead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, offering a fresh face to voters fed up with...
Ukraine police seize $60mn of heroin, say ‘never seen so much’
Ukraine police seized heroin worth about $60 million — over half a tonne of the powder — in raids in the country’s centre and west, officials said Sunday, describing it as the biggest haul they had ever seen. Chief of the national police Sergiy Knyazev announced on Facebook two raids in Kiev region yielding “600...
Polls open in Ukraine’s presidential election
Ukrainians are casting ballots in Sunday’s presidential election that follows a campaign marred by vicious political infighting and allegations of bribing of voters.The 42-million nation will …read more Source: Al...
Ukrainians to elect president; three-way race foreseen
Ukrainians were heading to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president from among dozens of candidates, though pundits expect a tight three-way race with a comedian who plays a fictional president on television in the lead. Two political heavyweights, incumbent Petro Poroshenko and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, have faced formidable...
When European politics becomes personal
More often than not, Europe is invoked in abstract terms, such as when politicians argue that European sovereignty is the only path to security in a world dominated by great powers. But as the original Brexit deadline (March 29) drew nearer these past few weeks, the idea of a European identity became more concrete; the political suddenly became...
Swedbank CEO fired as dirty-money saga spins out of control
Swedbank AB has fired its chief executive officer, Birgitte Bonnesen, amid allegations the bank was used to launder billions of dollars in Russian money on her watch. Bonnesen, 62, will be replaced on an interim basis by chief financial officer Anders Karlsson, the bank said yesterday as the board prepared to face shareholders at an annual...
