Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Tennis: Venus battles to next round in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AFP) – Seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams battled through a gruelling first-round match at the Hong Kong Open Tuesday, taking three sets to beat unseeded Yuliya Beygelzimer.The American finally sealed victory 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 after more than two hours on court.Williams, 35, is fighting for a place in the eight-player WTA...
Inquiry finds MH17 shot down by BUK missile: report
THE HAGUE (AFP) – International investigators have concluded that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a Dutch daily said Tuesday.The final report was due to be officially unveiled at 1115 GMT Tuesday at a Dutch military base.It seeks to end 15 months of...
Football: De Gea-inspired Spain deny Ukraine
KIEV (AFP) – Spain ended Ukraines hopes of automatic qualification for Euro 2016 as Mario Gaspars solitary goal on his international debut handed the European Champions a 1-0 win in Kiev on Monday.Cesc Fabregas also missed a penalty on his 100th cap, but Spain were grateful to a fantastic goalkeeping display from David de Gea to seal an...
Russia’s Gazprom resumes gas supplies to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AFP) – Gazprom on Monday resumed gas supplies to Ukraine after receiving prepayment of $234 million (206 million euros) from Kiev, assuaging European fears about a new energy crisis ahead of the winter heating season.The resumption of gas supplies comes as fighting in the east has largely died down, fuelling hopes that the conflict...
EU ministers agree to suspend Belarus sanctions: France
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) – EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to suspend sanctions against Belarus after elections won by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko passed off without incident, Frances European affairs minister said.We have taken the decision to suspend the sanctions for the next four months but they can be reinstated immediately...
Tennis: Svitolina makes early exit at Tianjin Open
BEIJING (AFP) – Elina Svitolina crashed out of the Tianjin Open in the first round Monday, continuing a poor run for the Ukrainian who dropped out of the world top 20 this week.Svitolina, who reached a career ranking high of 15 after making it to the semi-finals in Cincinnati in August, lost to 115-ranked Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-2, 6-4.At...
Football: Germany, Poland head to Euro 2016, play-offs for Ireland
PARIS (AFP) – World champions Germany secured their place at Euro 2016 despite labouring to a 2-1 win at home to Georgia on Sunday, while Poland also qualified for next summers finals after beating the Republic of Ireland 2-1.Germany needed just a point against Georgia in Leipzig to guarantee themselves a top-two finish in Group D but Max...
Belarus votes as Lukashenko aims to extend 21-year rule
MINSK (AFP) – Belarussians began voting Sunday in an election that is likely to see authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko claim a fifth term, with the EU possibly lifting sanctions against him if the polls take place without incident.Lukashenko, 61, a swaggering former collective farm director once called Europes last dictator by...
Russian missile firm to hold rival MH17 briefing as Dutch report released
MOSCOW (AFP) – The Russian manufacturer of the missile system blamed for shooting down flight MH17 said Friday it would unveil the real reasons for the disaster on the same day Dutch investigators present their final report on the tragedy.Almaz-Antey, the maker of the BUK surface-to-air system that the West and Kiev believe downed MH17,...
IMF told that amid ‘new mediocre’ no room for mistakes by central banks
LIMA (Reuters) Central banks have little room for error in a low-growth world in which over-leveraged and commodity-dependent emerging economies and a slowing China are major risks, top international financiers told the International Monetary Funds meeting.Despite $7 trillion in quantitative easing from banks in industrial nations since the...
