Section: Africa&ME
Klitschko going for Olympic gold in Rio
Former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko hopes to box for a second Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro, if the timing of his rematch against Tyson Fury allows. Hamburg-based Klitschko turns 40 on Friday and would relish the chance to box for more Olympic medals having won the Super heavyweight gold for Ukraine at the 1996 Atlanta Games....
Djokovic backs off money remarks
MIAMI — World No. 1 Novak Djokovic backed off comments that men’s tennis players should make more than women Tuesday as Serena Williams and Andy Murray led a stinging chorus of criticism at the remarks. A furious row over the gender pay gap in tennis erupted at the weekend, when Indian Wells tournament director Raymond Moore said women...
Poroshenko tells parties to pick new PM this week
KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko urged parties from Ukraine’s ruling coalition to decide this week on a candidate to lead the government, part of a personnel shake-up aimed at kick-starting stalled reforms and resuming the flow of international financial aid. “I’ll support any candidate for the prime minister’s post who’s...
Kerry to visit Belgium on Friday in show of US support after bombings
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Belgium Friday to voice U.S. support for investigations of Tuesday’s bombings, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday after Kerry arrived in Moscow for talks on Syria and Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
News24.com | Kerry off to Russia for Syria talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Moscow for talks on Ukraine and Syria as the attacks in Brussels underscored the urgency of fighting the Islamic State group. …read more Source:...
A World War Has Begun; Break the Silence
By John Pilger I have been filming in the Marshall Islands, which lie north of Australia, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Whenever I tell people where I have been, they ask, “Where is that?” If I offer a clue by referring to “Bikini”, they say, “You mean the swimsuit.” Few seem aware that the bikini swimsuit was named to celebrate the nuclear...
Poroshenko says new Ukrainian government must be formed next week
Poroshenko attempted to resolve the political strains by asking Yatsenyuk to step down on February 16 …read more Source: Gulf...
New Ukraine govt expected to be formed next week
President Poroshenko has stressed that it’s in ‘Ukraine’s interests to see the government confirmed next Tuesday’ …read more Source: World...
Gareth Bale: Real Madrid star announces birth of second child
Bale took to Twitter to announce the arrival of his second child with his childhood sweetheart, Emma Rhys-Jones Real Madrid star, Gareth Bale has announced the birth of his second child.Bale’s childhood sweetheart, Emma Rhys-Jones, was last seen with a baby bump at premiere of the James Bond movie, Spectre in November 2016.She gave birth to...
Turkish cargo vessel crashes into bridge construction in Crimea
A Turkish registered dry cargo vessel crashed into the supporting legs of a bridge construction on the Azov Sea, causing major damage on a project aiming to link Crimea to mainland Russia through a railway and a highway …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
