Section: United Arab Emirates
Svitolina ends Osaka’s run to reach third round
Ukrainian fourth seed Elina Svitolina ended Naomi Osaka’s remarkable recent run with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over the Indian Wells champion in the second round of the Miami Open yesterday. The 20-year-old Japanese, who followed her Indian Wells title run with a first-round victory over eight-times Miami champion Serena Williams this week, simply...
US showcases stealth fighter training on amphibious carrier
The US military yesterday launched vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) F-35Bs from the deck of the USS Wasp amphibious carrier in the waters around Okinawa in its first show of stealth aircraft force at sea. The exercise comes at a time when concerns remain high over North Korea’s nuclear programme, although regional tension has eased in...
Ukraine detains MP over attack plot: Prosecutor
KIEV: Ukrainian MP Nadiya Savchenko, once hailed as a symbol of resistance against Russia, was detained on Thursday over accusations she plotted a terrorist attack in Kiev, authorities said. “She was detained after the prosecutor general read out her indictment,” the prosecutor’s spokesman Andriy Lysenko said by phone hours after lawmakers...
Osaka powers past Serena in Miami
Serena Williams crashed out of the Miami Open in the first round here Wednesday, slumping to a straight sets defeat against Japan’s Naomi Osaka in the latest setback to the former world number one’s comeback.Osaka, who won her first major title in Indian Wells last weekend, was superior throughout and fully deserved her 6-3, 6-2 win...
Top teams meet as friendlies point the way to World Cup
World Cup hosts Russia take on five-time champions Brazil, holders Germany meet the 2010 winners Spain, and Argentina are up against Italy in some of the top games in a big day of friendly internationals tomorrow.With the World Cup now less than three months away, national team coaches are fine-tuning their squads. Some teams at the June 14-July...
Trump congratulates Putin, summit on cards
US President Donald Trump congratulated Vladimir Putin Tuesday on his re-election, as the leaders raised the prospect of a summit in the near future — while sidestepping both the issue of election meddling and a spy attack that has rocked Moscow’s relations with the West. Trump told reporters at the White House he had spoken with...
Essar Oil picks Trafigura, BP for $1bn loan
Essar Oil has picked Trafigura and BP to lend it $1bn to be repaid with cargoes of refined products as the Indian refiner’s new owners seek to diversify the firm’s financing base, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.Russian oil major Rosneft, fund UCP and Swiss commodities trader Trafigura bought Essar Oil’s large...
Russia hits back in spy poisoning row as experts called in
Russia hit back at Britain in the spy poisoning row, demanding proof of its alleged involvement in a nerve agent attack, as international weapons experts arrived to take samples of the toxic substance. The March 4 poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal, which took place just two weeks ahead of Russia’s presidential poll in which...
Ukraine urges sanctions against German ex-leader Schroeder
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said the EU should consider levelling sanctions against Germany’s former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for his vocal support of the Russian government.“It is important that there are sanctions against those who advance (Russian President Vladimir Putin)’s projects abroad,” Klimkin told German...
Egypt reign as darling of emerging market debt is nearing end
Egypt is losing ground as a top haven for emerging market debt investors, and interest rate cuts could make its short-term treasuries less attractive to foreign buyers in coming months, a report by CI Capital Asset Management said yesterday.Egypt last year emerged as one of the world’s hottest destinations for portfolio investors after its...
