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- Malaysia (6,377)
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- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
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- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
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- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
PWL: Jaipur Ninjas advance to semis after defeating UP Dangal 4-3
Jaipur Ninjas registered a narrow 4-3 win over UP Dangal to book a berth in the semifinals of the Pro Wrestling League Season 2 at the K D Jadhav Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. UP won the toss and decided to block the 57kg Men’s category, thereby preventing Jaipur’s impressive Indian grappler Utkarsh Kale from participating...
Armenia and Ukraine pay their UN budget dues for 2017 in full
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Trillerson shows readiness to oppose Trump
Nominee for secretary of state prepared to diverge from US president-elect on multiple ‘dangerous’ fronts WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state signalled Wednesday he is prepared to diverge from the US president-elect on numerous key issues, notably nuclear non-proliferation, climate change and Russia, which he...
US troops enter Poland, 1st deployment to Russia’s doorstep
US Army vehicles cross the Polish border in Olszyna, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 heading for their new base in Zagan. Photo: AP WARSAW: American soldiers rolled into Poland on Thursday, fulfilling a dream Poles have had since the fall of communism in 1989 to have US troops on their soil as a deterrent against Russia. Soldiers in camouflage...
US Vice President Biden to make swansong visit to Ukraine
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will fly to Kiev on Sunday on a farewell visit by one of Ukraine’s strongest political supporters, as the country looks forward with apprehension to the new administration of Donald Trump. …read more Source: Channel...
Kremlin says hopes Putin and Trump will get along, disagrees with Tillerson
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks during a news briefing on the sidelines of the Russia-ASEAN summit in Sochi, Russia, May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin The Kremlin said on Thursday it hoped President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Donald Trump would get along and that there would be more mutual respect in U.S.-Russia relations than...
Trump secretary of state pick says Russia ‘a danger’
WASHINGTON: Accused of being too cozy with the Kremlin, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state called Russia a “danger” Wednesday as he appeared to contradict the US president-elect’s oft-proclaimed determination to improve ties with Moscow. While Rex Tillerson signaled his intention to be clear-eyed about Moscow, he refused to...
China muted after Tillerson vows islands blockade
BEIJING: China offered a muted response Thursday after Donald Trump’s secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson warned the US would stop it from using its artificial islands in the South China Sea. Tillerson’s comments, during his confirmation hearing in the US senate, are the latest salvo the Trump team has aimed at Beijing....
Moody’s: Flare-up of aggression between Armenia and Azerbaijan to weigh on CIS economies
The stabilization of oil prices has eased the direct and indirect economic and fiscal pressures on the nine rated sovereigns in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region. Still, the region’s overall credit outlook for 2017 is negative, driven by subdued economic recovery, external vulnerabilities in those countries with high...
U.S. Vice President Biden to visit Ukraine on January 15
KIEV – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Ukraine on Sunday and meet President Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s presidential office said on Thursday. Biden last visited Ukraine in December 2015…. …read more Source:...
