Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Pro-Kremlin demo vows ‘no Maidan’ for Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) – Thousands of pro-Kremlin activists took to the streets of central Moscow on Saturday vowing to prevent a Ukraine-style uprising in Russia.The rally by the Anti-Maidan movement marked one year since scores of demonstrators were gunned down in Ukraines pro-Western uprising that came to be known as the Maidan protests.Ukraines...
Young topples third-seeded Dolgopolov
DELRAY BEACH, United States (AFP) – Donald Young toppled third-seeded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday to book a semi-final showdown with Australian Bernard Tomic at the ATP Delray Beach Open.Young, ranked 56th in the world, withstood 11 aces from the 24th-ranked Dolgopolov in a match lasting one hour and 56 minutes.I...
Germany, France demand Ukraine ceasefire be ‘fully respected’
Debaltseve (Ukraine) (AFP) – Germany and France demanded Friday that a crumbling Ukraine truce be fully respected even as pro-Russian rebels celebrated a battlefield victory in a strategic town and exchanged artillery fire elsewhere with government troops.The ceasefire has been violated several times, French President Francois Hollande said...
Moody’s downgrades Russia debt to ‘junk’ level
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Moodys cut Russias debt rating by one notch into junk territory Friday, saying the Ukraine crisis and the fall in oil prices and the ruble will further undermine Russias economy.Russia is expected to experience a deep recession in 2015 and a continued contraction in 2016. The decline in confidence is likely to constrain...
US State Dept blocks thousands of hack attacks every day
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The State Department faces thousands of cyber attacks every day, a top US official said Friday, refusing to confirm that hackers who breached their system in November were reportedly still lurking in the network.We have robust security to protect our computer systems and our information, which includes access to an...
US senators urge Kerry to tighten sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON: (AP) – A bipartisan group of senators Friday called on Secretary of State John Kerry to tighten economic sanctions on Russia and provide defensive weapons to Ukraine after Russian-backed rebels breached this months cease- fire agreement and seized the Ukrainian town of Debaltseve.The senators, including No. 2 Senate Democrat...
Hollande, Merkel: Ukraine truce must be ‘fully respected’
PARIS (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for the Minsk II ceasefire deal in Ukraine to be fully respected after meeting in Paris on Friday.The ceasefire has been violated several times. It must now be fully respected along the entire front line, Hollande told a news conference.A ceasefire...
2014 – A year of crisis in Ukraine
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines worst political crisis since its independence in 1991 has witnessed a full year of bloody turmoil.Here are key dates of a conflict that has already seen Russia seize a chunk of its western neighbours territory and sparked the worst standoff in East-West relations since the Cold War:2013November 21: Ukraines...
Tennis: Japanese teen Nishioka reaches Delray quarter-finals
DELRAY BEACH, United States (AFP) – Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka booked his first ATP quarter-final on Thursday with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Marinko Matosevic at Delray Beach.Nishioka, a 19-year-old left-hander, notched just his second tour-level win, converting five of his nine break opportunities in the 69-minute encounter.Im so...
Poverty in Germany hits post-reunification high: study
BERLIN (AFP) – Poverty in Germany has risen to its highest level since reunification in 1990, with the gap between rich and poor in Europes top economy getting wider, a study said Thursday.Some 12.5 million people were classed as poor in 2013, up from 12.1 million a year earlier in the country of about 80 million, the report by Germanys...
