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Russia says will respond in kind to new U.S. sanctions over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow said on Wednesday it would react in kind to United States’ widening of sanctions imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, criticising the move as straining relations and posing risks for international stability. …read more Source: The...
Russia says will respond in kind to new US sanctions over Ukraine
Moscow said on Wednesday it would react in kind to United States’ widening of sanctions imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, criticising the move as straining relations and posing risks for international stability. …read more Source: Channel...
Fitch downgrades rating of Ukraine: default is inevitable
International rating agency Fitch downgraded the sovereign credit rating of Ukraine in foreign currency from the pre-default level “CC” to “C”, which means that default is inevitable. …read more Source: Kazakh...
Russian, Danish, Kazakh crew launches towards ISS
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: A Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts on board, including the first Dane to fly into space, blasted off towards the International Space Station on Wednesday. The trio launched on schedule at 0437 GMT (12.37pm Malaysia) from the same launchpad in Kazakhstan that Yuri Gagarin used for his historic entry into the cosmos in...
Russian, Danish, Kazakh astronauts blast off for ISS
BAIKONUR (AFP) – A Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts on board, including the first Dane to fly into space, blasted off towards the International Space Station on Wednesday.The trio launched on schedule at 0437 GMT from the same launchpad in Kazakhstan used by Yuri Gagarin on his historic entry into the cosmos in 1961.The crew is doing...
Russia risks Japanese ire with Far East war commemoration
MOSCOW- Russia staged a military parade on Wednesday to commemorate seizing a group of Pacific islands from Japan at the end of World War Two, a move likely to inflame tensions over a long-running territorial dispute with Tokyo.The show of force, the first of its kind on the island of Sakhalin in Russia’s Far East, is part of a push by...
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine not join EAEU – Kommersant
…read more Source: AKIpress News Agency
Russia expels Ukrainian diplomat
MOSCOW: Moscow has expelled Ukrainian diplomat in retaliation for Kiev s expulsion of a Russian diplomat, RIA news agency on Tuesday quoted a source a …read more Source: The News...
Tennis: Federer cruises as US Open quit list hits record nine
NEW YORK (AFP) – Five-time champion Roger Federer breezed through sweltering conditions at the US Open on Tuesday as the crushing heat and humidity took the number of first-round retirements to a record nine.Second-seeded Federer had little trouble in seeing off Argentinas world number 34 Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in just 77 minutes on...
Tennis: Halep through to US Open second round, Tennis, Sports
NEW YORK (AFP) – Second seed Simona Halep reached the US Open second round on Tuesday when New Zealand opponent Marina Erakovic retired with a knee injury.Halep was leading 6-2, 3-0 when her 99th-ranked rival called it quits, having received a medical timeout for treatment on her right knee at the end of the first set.Romanian 23-year-old...
