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Kazakh-Ukrainian duo claims ITF Futures doubles title
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstani Timur Khabibulin in tandem with Ukrainian Vladyslav Manafov won the Men’s Doubles title at the M25 Andijan ITF Futures in Andijan, Uzbekistan, Kazinform has learnt from Olympic.kz. …read more Source:...
Uzbekistan: Navoi to host international business forum
TASHKENT (TCA) — International Business Forum “Invest in Navoi” will be held in the Navoi region of Uzbekistan from April 30 to May 1. The two-day event, organized by the regional administration, will take place in the Navoi Free Economic Zone, the Jahon information agency reports. Representatives of more than 250 foreign companies from 40...
Political Metamorphosis in Ukraine
Editorial, Acnis.am The April 21 presidential elections in Ukraine caused a shock not only in this country, but throughout the world. Two circumstances contributed to this: the victory of the “commoner” – the showman and a high percentage of the votes he received (73%). In the country, in fact, there was a velvet revolution. Observers claim that...
Former US senator Lugar dies at 87
US senator Richard Lugar (R) with co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative Sam Nunn. (Reuters pic) WASHINGTON: Centrist Republican Richard Lugar, a soft-spoken foreign policy powerhouse who championed nuclear nonproliferation during 36 years in the US Senate, died on Sunday at age 87. The Lugar Center, a...
Ukraine?s president-elect offers passports to Russians
KIEV: President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed an offer by Vladimir Putin to provide passports to Ukrainians, and pledged instead to grant citizenship to Russians who “suffer” under the Kremlin’s rule.The Russian president on Saturday said Moscow was considering plans to make it easier for all Ukrainians to obtain Russian...
US military spending up for first time in 7 years
US Marines watch the US Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship ‘USS Wasp’ during the annual joint US-Philippines military exercise on April 11, 2019. (AFP pic) STOCKHOLM: US military spending has risen for the first time in seven years, reflecting Trump administration policy, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm...
Russian citizenship may be offered to all Ukrainians: Putin
April 29, 2019 5:00 AMMOSCOW • Russian President Vladimir Putin said he may extend an offer of citizenship to cover all Ukrainians, after he sparked controversy by ordering that passports be made available to people in areas of the country controlled by pro-Moscow separatists. …read more Source: The Straits...
CITY NOTES: Imran’s brave new world
I suppose the question was inevitable, though it cast an unheard-of aspersion on the prime minister. Imran Khan not just cast a new light on history for his Iranian audience when he said that Germany and Japan had built industries in their border areas to make peace, but he revised geography. True, his statement was not much of an advertisement...
Ukraine’s president-elect offers passports to Russians
President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed an offer by Vladimir Putin to provide passports to Ukrainians, and pledged instead to grant citizenship to Russians who “suffer” under the Kremlin’s rule. Kiev has been fighting Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine since 2014 in a war that has killed 13,000. …read more...
Ukraine’s president-elect offers passports to Russians
KIEV: President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed an offer by Vladimir Putin to provide passports to Ukrainians, and pledged instead to grant citizenship to Russians who “suffer” under the Kremlin’s rule.The Russian president on Saturday said Moscow was considering plans to make it easier for all Ukrainians to obtain Russian citizenship,...
