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Trump heads to G7 with potshot at French hosts over taxes
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump threatened his French hosts with taxes on their wines Friday as he headed to a G7 summit in France with a series of parting shots, including another broadside at the Federal Reserve’s chairman.After a day that saw big falls on Wall Street after he announced new tariffs against China, Trump was in no...
Attorney killed in Ukraine, media report killers’ actual target was his Armenian acquaintance
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Serena, Sharapova to clash in US Open first round blockbuster
CHARLESTON: Serena Williams will begin her quest for a seventh US Open title and record-tying 24th Grand Slam victory against long-time rival Maria Sharapova in the US Open women’s singles draw unveiled Thursday. Williams has dominated the Russian star in their head-to-head rivalry, winning 19 times with only two defeats, including their...
‘EU believes inviting Russia to rejoin G7 would be sign of weakness’
Monitoring Desk BRUSSELS: The European Union is against inviting Russia to the G7 format and thus resuming the G8 format until the country addresses the issues that led to its exclusion back in 2014, a high-ranking source in EU institutions told reporters on Thursday in Brussels. According to the source, the European Union believes that since...
Kazakh musician is youngest graduate of Italy’s oldest academy
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh composer and pianist Rakhat-Bi Abdysagin recently completed the doctoral programme at Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome. He is among the institution’s five best musicians of 2017 and the youngest graduate of the nation’s oldest musical...
Kazakhstan leads among CIS countries in attracting international development bank loans
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan led among the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries in attracting project funding from international development banks in April-June, reports Finprom.kz. Photo credit: kazpravda.kz. With 24.9 percent, Kazakhstan exhibited the...
Ukraine, EU oppose Trump’s suggestion of readmitting Russia to G7
Ukraine’s president backed leading European powers on Thursday in opposing the readmission of Russia to the Group of Seven advanced economies, saying Moscow still occupied Crimea and was frustrating peace in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Germany supports virology center at ICCBS-UoK
KARACHI: German universities were providing technical assistance to Dr Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, University of Karachi (UoK) to set up a Virology Center. Pakistani and German scientists expressed these views in a meeting recently held at the Dr Panjwani Center, said a statement on Thursday. They observed that...
Azerbaijani U17 footballers to compete at Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament
The Azerbaijan national under-17 football team will contest medals at Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine on August 24-31. Azerbaijan are pitted against Ukraine, Latvia and Israel in Group A …read more Source: Azerbaijan State News...
Two more Congo fever cases surface in Karachi
KARACHI: Two more Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) cases surfaced in Karachi on Thursday, taking the reported toll of cases to 27 in the provincial metropolis during the current year. The patients have been identified as 54-year-old Zulhaja Shah and the 32-year-old Muhammad Kafeel. Zulhaja and Kafeel are being treated in different private...
