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War turns Ukraine into ‘supermarket’ for illegal weapons
Ukrainian Police in operation against weapon dealers in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Photo: Ukrainian Security Service photo via AP) KIEV: A former Ukrainian soldier-turned-arms dealer agrees to meet in Kiev, where he offers to sell a Makarov semi-automatic pistol for about $160. Amid haggling, he drops the price to $120. He...
Hungarian foreign minister says Russia poses no threat to NATO members
Hungarian Foreign and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto delivers a speech during a foundation stone ceremony at Daimler’s Mercedes car plant in Kecskemet, Hungary, April 29, 2016. REUTERS Hungary’s foreign minister said on Tuesday he thought it “unrealistic” that Russia would attack any NATO member, a view that contrasts with some other...
Poland midfielder Blaszczykowski joins Wolfsburg from Dortmund
Poland’s Jakub Blaszczykowski celebrates after scoring a goal against Ukraine during Euro 2016 at Stade Velodrome, in Marseille, on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Photo: Reuters BERLIN: Wolfsburg have signed Poland midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski from Borussia Dortmund on a three-year contract, the Bundesliga side confirmed on Monday. The...
Russian television shows what the Kremlin thinks of Clinton
File- Russian President Vladimir Putin meets US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her arrival at the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia on September 8, 2012. MOSCOW: To understand what the Kremlin thinks about the prospect of Hillary Clinton becoming the US president, it was enough to watch Russian state television coverage of her...
Trump suggests US accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Denver, on July 1, 2016, Photo: AP WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is suggesting the US accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea if it would lead to better relations with Moscow and stronger cooperation in fighting Islamic State militants. That view runs counter...
Germany’s Schweinsteiger ends international career
Germany’s Bastian Schweinsteiger in action during International friendly against Hungary at Gelsenkirchen, Germany on Saturday, June 4, 2016. Photo: Reuters BERLIN: Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger announced his retirement from international football on Friday, bringing to an end a glittering career that ended in disappointment...
100-year global study finds world’s tallest are Dutch, Latvians
A woman walks past a H&M advertisement in Riga September 25, 2013. REUTERS LONDON: Dutch men and Latvian women are the planet’s tallest people but Iranian men and South Korean women have grown the fastest in the last century, according to the largest ever study of height around the world. Americans, once among the world’s tallest...
Journalist who died in Ukraine car bombing buried in Belarus
A portrait is displayed as colleagues and people gather at the coffin of Pavel Sheremet to pay their respects at his memorial ceremony in Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday, July 22, 2016. Photo: AP MINSK: Prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet, who died when his car was bombed in Ukraine, has been buried in his hometown of Minsk, Belarus. Sheremet, who once...
Isner, Monfils cruise into quarters
Washington, July 22 US top seed John Isner and French second seed Gael Monfils breezed into the ATP and WTA Washington Open quarter-finals Thursday with impressive serving performances in straight-set triumphs. Isner blasted 15 aces in downing Cypriot 15th seed Marcos Baghdatis 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 while Monfils fired 12 aces and won 22 of 23...
