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    Tennis: Isner and Monfils both win in Vienna
    Oct21

    Tennis: Isner and Monfils both win in Vienna

    VIENNA (AFP) – American John Isner rained down 16 aces in an opening victory at the Austria Open on Tuesday as the third seed kept up a long-odds bid for an ATP year-end finals spot.One of the tallest men in tennis defeated an opponent he called a left-handed version of me, advancing to the second round over Frenchman Kenny De Schepper 7-6...

    Football: Kiev stalemate keeps Chelsea in suspense
    Oct21

    Football: Kiev stalemate keeps Chelsea in suspense

    KIEV (AFP) – Chelseas Champions League last 16 hopes remain in the balance after they drew 0-0 at Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday despite an improved display at the Olympic Stadium.On a cold, misty night in the Ukrainian capital, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho saw his side hit the woodwork through the recalled Eden Hazard and Willian, but had to...

    Pirates kidnap Lithuanian, Ukrainian sailors off Nigeria
    Oct20

    Pirates kidnap Lithuanian, Ukrainian sailors off Nigeria

    VILNIUS (AFP) – Gunmen have kidnapped two Lithuanian and two Ukrainian sailors off southern Nigeria, in the latest incident in a region described as a piracy hotspot, Lithuanias government said Tuesday.We have received information that it was an armed abduction, government official Rimantas Vaitkus told AFP in the Baltic states capital,...

    S&P upgrades Ukraine from ‘selective default’
    Oct19

    S&P upgrades Ukraine from ‘selective default’

    KIEV (AFP) – Standard and Poors upgraded Ukraines credit rating on Monday from selective default thanks to the cash-strapped former Soviet countrys ability to strike a major debt write-down deal.The New York-based agency said it was raising Ukraines foreign currency sovereign rating from SD to B-/B — a grade defined as highly...

    12 killed in Ukraine boat capsize near Odessa: official
    Oct17

    12 killed in Ukraine boat capsize near Odessa: official

    KIEV (AFP) – At least 12 people drowned Saturday when a boat capsized in the Black Sea near Odessa in southern Ukraine, regional authorities said.The reason for this tragedy were storms and an absence of life jackets. Twelve people drowned and one is missing, said Volodymyr Jmak, a deputy of the governor of Odessa region, adding that the...

    Tennis: Radwanska to face Pliskova in Tianjin
    Oct17

    Tennis: Radwanska to face Pliskova in Tianjin

    BEIJING (AFP) – World number six Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland beat Russias Elizaveta Kulichkova at the Tianjin Open on Friday, setting up a semi-final clash with Czech Karolina Pliskova.Second seed Radwanska won 7-6, 6-2 in an hour and a half, while third seed Pliskova beat Hungarys Timea Babos 6-3, 6-2.Fifth seed Kristina Mladenovic of...

    Negative outlook remains for recession-hit Russia: S&P
    Oct16

    Negative outlook remains for recession-hit Russia: S&P

    PARIS (AFP) – The outlook for Russias recession-hit economy remains weak, as it struggles with international sanctions and weak oil prices, ratings agency Standard & Poors said Friday.S&P said it expected the Russian economy to expand by about 0.4 percent annually between 2015 and 2018, well down on the average 2.4 percent seen in...

    Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay join UN Security Council
    Oct16

    Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay join UN Security Council

    UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay were elected on Thursday to the UN Security Council during an uncontested vote held at the General Assembly.The five countries ran unopposed for the non-permanent seats after regional groups put them forward as their choice, but the contenders still had to garner two-thirds...

    Ukraine, Japan face tense diplomacy as UN council newcomers
    Oct15

    Ukraine, Japan face tense diplomacy as UN council newcomers

    UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Ukraine and Japan are among five countries set to win election to the UN Security Council on Thursday, taking seats alongside Russia and China, countries with which they have tense relations.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said Kiev will definitely not be conciliatory towards Russia at the top diplomatic...

    MH17 wreckage reveals horror of plane’s last moments
    Oct14

    MH17 wreckage reveals horror of plane’s last moments

    Gilze-Rijen (Netherlands) (AFP) – A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine told the graphic story of its violent last moments after being hit by a surface-to-air missile.Dutch-led air crash investigators concluded some of the 298 people on board may have known for up to 90...