Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Ukraine drops WTO case against Australia’s tobacco-packaging laws
Ukraine has suspended a case it was pursuing through the World Trade Organization aimed at overturning Australia’s strict tobacco packaging laws, a WTO panel of adjudicators said in a statement published on Wednesday. Ukraine asked the panel to suspend the proceedings on May 28 and said it will try to find a mutually agreed solution with...
Flight MH370: Disappearance suit settled out-of-court in Malaysia
The Malaysian government and Malaysia Airlines have reached an out-of-court settlement with the family of a man who was on Flight MH370, a lawyer said today, in the first legal claim linked with the plane’s mysterious disappearance. Jee Jing Hang, who operated an Internet business, was one of 239 passengers onboard the aircraft enroute from...
French Open: Ana Ivanovic sails into semi-finals
Former champion Ana Ivanovic was at her brilliant, aggressive best as the seventh seed swept aside Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-2 on Tuesday to storm into the French Open semi-finals. The Serb, who lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in 2008, shrugged off the windy conditions to set up a meeting with Spain’s Garbine Muguruza or Czech...
MH17 shot down by Ukrainian missile: Russian missile maker
The Russian maker of the Buk air defense missile system said on Tuesday that it has concluded that Malaysian Airlines flight 17 was downed by an older version of the missile, which isn’t in service with the Russian military but is in Ukrainian arsenals. Controversy continues over who shot down the plane last summer over eastern Ukraine,...
French Open: Tsonga, Wawrinka shine while weather interrupts Federer, Sharapova games
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga illuminated a grey day in Paris with a thrilling win over Tomas Berdych to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Sunday but Maria’s Sharapova’s title defence was put on hold by the rain. Roger Federer, the 2009 men’s champion, was another player kept waiting by the weather and although the Swiss...
Deepika Kumari wins bronze in Archery World Cup
Ace Indian archer Deepika Kumari outclassed Chang Hye Jin of Korea in straight sets to clinch the bronze medal in the women’s individual recurve event of the World Cup, in Antalya on Sunday. Seeded ninth in the event, Deepika came out all guns blazing to deflate her second-seeded opponent 6 (26, 29, 26, 28)- 2 (25, 26, 28, 27) to come up...
Six powers agree way to restore UN sanctions in push for Iran deal
Six world powers have agreed on a way to restore UN sanctions on Iran if the country breaks the terms of a future nuclear deal, clearing a major obstacle to an accord ahead of a June 30 deadline, Western officials told Reuters. The new understanding on a UN sanctions “snapback” among the six powers – the United States, Britain,...
Russia bans entry of 89 European politicians, officials; EU slams ‘travel blacklist’
Russia has imposed an entry ban on 89 European politicians and military leaders, according to a list seen by Reuters, a move that has angered Europe and worsened its standoff with the West over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine conflict. The list, which says it was compiled by the Russian foreign ministry and handed to a European Union...
French Open: ‘Phoenix Monfils’ leads France brigade on Day 6
Just after lunch Alize Cornet collapsed on her back in joy and several hours later as dusk arrived Gael Monfils danced a jig of delight as home hopes soared at the French Open on Friday. In between there were routine third-round victories for defending women’s champion Maria Sharapova and Swiss great Roger Federer, but day six was a...
Second most wanted Nazi dies in Canada
One of the top suspects of Nazi war crimes during the Second World War has died at the age of 93, the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reported. A Canadian of Ukrainian descent, Vladimir Katriuk, was listed as the second most wanted Nazi this year by the US-based Simon Wiesenthal Center that focuses on war criminals. Katriuk died last week,...
