Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Gunmen attack hotel in central Mali, one dead
At least one person was killed in an attack early on Friday by unidentified gunmen on a hotel in central Mali frequented by United Nations peacekeepers in the West African nation, a witness and a military spokesman said. The raid targeted a hotel on the road to the airport in Sevare, which services the larger town of Mopti. The body of one victim...
UEFA Champions League play-off draw: Who will Manchester United face for group stage qualification?
After a rare season out of the UEFA Champions League, the former Premier League champions finally have a chance to get back to Wednesday night football. After finishing fourth place last season, United have a chance to qualify in UEFA Champions League group-stage as they wait for a team to face in the play-off. According to the rules of the...
NASA extends contract with Russia for rides to International Space Station
NASA extended its contract with Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station due to budget cuts that have delayed commercial US alternatives, the US space agency said on Wednesday. Extending the contract through 2017 will cost the United States about $490 million, NASA chief Charles Bolden wrote in a letter to Congress. The deal...
Russia accuses Britain of forcing out its diplomats
Russia has accused the British government of forcing out its diplomats in violation of international law, saying it believes some of the country’s politicians have taken a strategic decision to worsen relations with Moscow. In a series of statements and interviews this week, the Russian embassy in London and its ambassador, Alexander...
Putin puts Crimean archaeological site under federal control
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has placed a major archaeological site in Crimea under federal control following turmoil over the appointment of its director. The Kremlin said on Saturday that Putin ordered the area of the ancient Greek city of Chersonesus to be placed under federal oversight. The site is located just outside Sevastopol,...
Ukraine faces ‘hidden crisis’ as displacement soars
Ukraine is facing a “hidden emergency” because of the government’s failure to plan for nearly 1.4 million people uprooted by the war in the east, which has left many struggling to find shelter, charities say. They accused the government of breaking its promise to provide housing for people displaced by the conflict and urged it...
Not all that glitters is gold
‘The risk of investing is the highest when the perception of risk is lowest, and vice versa.’ What this essentially implies is that when the situation is benign, most people are confident about investing in a particular asset class — the risk, in all probability, in that asset class, is the highest. I have been negative on gold...
Spain and Italy paired in 2018 World Cup qualifiers draw
Spain and Italy were placed in the same qualifying group for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, as were the Netherlands and France, but holders Germany were handed a kinder campaign with the Czech Republic their chief rivals in the draw made on Saturday. Spain, world champions in 2010, and Italy, who won the last of their four titles in 2006, are...
Ban on Dutch flowers ‘highly probable’: Russian watchdog
Dutch flowers represent a sanitary “threat” to Russia and could be banned in the country, its agricultural watchdog said on Tuesday, as Moscow’s relations with The Hague have reached their nadir. The watchdog said in a statement that a ban on flower deliveries from the Netherlands — a country that prides itself on its...
Ceasefire brings limited respite for east Ukrainians
Natalya Brazhnikova goes to sell bread each day at a badly charred market on the outskirts of Donetsk in east Ukraine despite the risk of shelling and gunfire. Since her husband lost his job when the local coal mine closed because of fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists, their family has depended on the money she makes...
