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Trump, Clinton compete to meet top leaders in New York
NEW YORK, – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton met Egypt’s president in New York on Monday as the two US presidential candidates tried to bolster their diplomatic credentials at the United Nations, reports BSS. Democratic standard-bearer Clinton said last week that she would meet Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, along with leaders from Japan and Ukraine...
Pro-Putin party wins Russian parliamentary election
Allies of Russian president Vladimir Putin comfortably won a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday, but low turnout suggested a softening of enthusiasm for the ruling elite 18 months before the next presidential election. The ruling United Russia party won 51 per cent in Sunday’s election, according to a preliminary central...
Rio Paralympics stages final show in shadow of tragedy
RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio on Sunday closes a Paralympic Games that many feared would be a fiasco but which turned into a triumph, though marred in the final hours by the death of an Iranian cyclist, reports BSS. Eleven days of competition where China dominated the medals table, followed by Britain, Ukraine and the United States, were ending Sunday with...
Russia votes in parliamentary election with firm Putin grip
Girls walk past election campaign posters of candidates running for deputies ahead of parliamentary elections in Russia.– Reuters photo Voting has begun in earnest in Russia’s parliamentary election, dominated by president Vladimir Putin’s supporters. Far Eastern regions were the first to vote in a country spanning 11 time zones. The...
Russian central bank cuts key interest rate
MOSCOW- Russia’s central bank cut Friday its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 10 percent, but warned it couldn’t provide another quick jolt to jump-start stalled economic growth, reports BSS. The Bank of Russia said in a statement that the cut, the first since June and widely expected by analysts, was possible thanks to...
US, Russia eye fresh Syria peace push
Forces loyal to Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad walk at a military complex, after they recaptured areas in southwestern Aleppo that rebels had seized last month, Syria, in this handout picture provided by SANA on Monday. The US and Russia conducted last-minute negotiations Thursday over a fresh bid for a Syrian peace deal ahead of an...
Russian jet ‘flew 10ft’ from US plane
— Reuters photo The Pentagon says a Russian fighter plane flew within about 10ft (3m) of one of its reconnaissance aircraft operating over the Black Sea. US officials described the intercept by the SU-27 jet on Wednesday as ‘dangerous and unprofessional’. Russia’s defence ministry said the US plane had been approaching Russian...
Obama, Putin meeting had ‘businesslike tone’
Russian president Vladimir Putin (L) meets with US president Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, September 5, 2016. — Reuters photo A meeting between US president Barack Obama and Russian president Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a G20 summit in China on Monday had a ‘businesslike tone’ and went on longer...
CUTS, CUTS, CUTS: Life and times of Russia’s university teachers
Russia’s higher education sector is at a crossroads. A few universities are trying to raise their game for international ranking, but most barely survive staff and funding cuts, writes Tatyana Dvornikova RUSSIA’S higher education sector is braced for significant cuts, with up to 10,300 jobs disappearing. At the end of July 2016, the...
United omit Schweinsteiger from Uefa Europa League squad
Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has been left out of Manchester United’s Europa League squad. The ex-Germany captain, who has trained alone or with the Under-23s under new boss Jose Mourinho, was named in their 25-man Premier League squad on Friday, reports BBC. The 32-year-old World Cup winner retired from international football this...
