Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Russia, in spy rift riposte, expels 59 diplomats from 23 countries
Russia expelled 59 diplomats from 23 countries on Friday and said it reserved the right to take action against four other nations in a worsening standoff with the West over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain. Russia said it was responding to what it called the baseless demands for scores of its own diplomats to...
Miami Open: Qualifier Danielle Collins stuns idol Venus Williams to reach semi-finals
Qualifier Danielle Collins overpowered her childhood idol Venus Williams 6-2 6-3 in a stunning quarter-final upset at the Miami Open on Thursday. Collins, belying her 93rd ranking, pounded winner after winner to beat fellow American Williams at her own game and set up a semi-final against French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko. Latvian Ostapenko...
Russia nerve agent row: Doubts emerge over Australia’s participation in 2018 FIFA World Cup
Australia said on Tuesday it will expel two Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that the British government has blamed on Moscow and hinted at a possible boycott of the World Cup. The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in...
Miami Open: Venus, Azarenka canter into quarter-finals
Venus Williams upended defending champion Johanna Konta 5-7 6-1 6-2 on Monday to reach the Miami Open quarter-finals while a dominant Victoria Azarenka also advanced with a straightforward win over Agnieszka Radwanska. Three-times champion Williams stormed back from an early deficit to cruise past the British 11th seed, who needed several bouts...
Venus survives marathon battle against Kiki Bertens in Miami
Venus Williams fended off three match points before outlasting Dutch 29th seed Kiki Bertens 5-7 6-3 7-5 in a three-hour marathon to reach the fourth round of the Miami Open on Sunday. Ukrainian fourth seeded Elina Svitolina, Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko and British defending champion Johanna Konta also won their third round encounters....
Cold War 2.0? Russia rubbishes US general’s comments that Moscow supplying weapons to Taliban in Afghanistan
Russia has rejected comments by NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan that it has been supporting and even supplying weapons to the Taliban, in a clash of words that underlines growing tension over Moscow’s involvement in the conflict. In an interview with the BBC last week, General John Nicholson said that Russia had been acting to...
Miami Open: Monica Puig stuns Caroline Wozniacki; Naomi Osaka’s run over
Monica Puig shrugged off an opening set bagel to rally for a 0-6 6-4 6-4 victory over world number two Caroline Wozniacki in the second round of the Miami Open on Friday. Australian Open champion Wozniacki breezed through the opener in just 25 minutes before world number 82 Puig started the comeback. Puig broke Wozniacki’s serve in the...
Theresa May welcomes EU support over Russia’s nerve-agent attack on former spy
British Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed the support offered by other European Union leaders on Friday when they agreed with London’s assessment that it was highly likely that Moscow was behind nerve-agent attack on a former Russian spy. “I welcome the fact that the EU Council has agreed with the UK government’s assessment...
Miami Open: Red-hot Naomi Osaka downs Serena Williams in opener
Naomi Osaka continued her stunning run of form with a 6-3 6-2 victory over 23-times grand slam champion Serena Williams in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday, the latest big win for the 20-year-old Japanese player. Osaka backed up last week’s Indian Wells title triumph with a brilliant display in the eagerly-anticipated showdown...
US backs UK over nerve gas attack, agrees that Russians responsible
The White House today threw its weight behind the UK in the case of a nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter, saying it shares the British assessment that Russia is responsible for the attack. It also said that the UK’s decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation for the alleged attack was a “just...
