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Sharapova starts to count cost of failed drug test, likely ban
Mar 7, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Maria Sharapova arrives for a press conference announcing a failed drug test after the Australian Open during a press conference today at The LA Hotel Downtown. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer said on Tuesday it was severing ties with Maria Sharapova as the...
Finland environment nuclear pollution causes emergency
HELSINKI, March 8, 2016 (AFP) – Finnish authorities are investigating a mysterious highly exceptional spike in levels of radioactive caesium-137 detected over Helsinki, officials said Tuesday.Nuclear safety regulator STUK said that while the radioactive surge last week posed no danger to human health, it was keen to get to the bottom of the...
Ukrainians Picket Russian Embassy Over Jailed Pilot
Hundreds of angry Ukrainians picketed Moscow’s embassy in Kiev today as global calls grew for a hunger-striking helicopter pilot’s release and return from Russia. …read more Source:...
Netherlands ‘has all US information’ on MH17 — Investigator
BUNNIK, Netherlands: The Netherlands has received “all available information from the United States” for the inquiry into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine nearly two years ago, the chief investigator said Monday. The announcement came after a meeting between investigators and relatives of the victims who were...
Union of Armenians of Ukraine bestows medals upon famous Polish politicians
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World Bank Nepal new Country Director assumes office
KATHMANDU: The newly-appointed Country Director of the World Bank to Nepal, Qimiao Fan assumed office from today. Fan has been assigned the responsibility of the World Bank’s country director to Bhutan and Bangladesh also, the World Bank (WB) Nepal Country Office stated. Fan’s appointment was communicated to senior Government of Nepal...
Ukraine is not yet ready for NATO membership
Earlier Junker stated that Ukraine won’t be able to join NATO, EU for another decade …read more Source:...
Action in Yerevan in support of Nadezhda Savchenko
A protest action has been held outside the Russian Embassy in Armenia with the demand to release Nadezhda Savchenko, officer of Ukrainian Army, who is kept in the prison of Donetsk. “Today brave woman, patriot, freedom fighter, Ukrainian officer Nadya Savchenko is judged under shameful conditions,” noted Tigran Khzmalyan, one of the action...
Things to know about Meldonium after Sharapova fails test
Tennis star Maria Sharapova speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday, March 7, 2016. Sharapova says she has failed a drug test at the Australian Open. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova says she failed a drug test for meldonium at the Australian Open. The drug was only banned in January and there has been a...
Sharapova fails drug test, Nike suspends ties
Russian star Maria Sharapova comes up with a powerful shot against Estonian Kaia Kanepi en route to a 6-2, 6-4 win during their second round match in the French Open Monday in Paris. (AP)Sharapova By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES — Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova said on Monday she had failed a drug test at the Australian Open due to a...
