Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
IMF chief says ‘extremely encouraged’ by Ukraine reforms
KIEV (AFP) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday heaped praise on Ukraines reform efforts in a visit to Kiev following a deal to restructure the countrys debt burden.Im extremely encouraged by the progress that you have been achieving (over) the past few months, Lagarde said at a press conference alongside...
Djokovic and Cilic through to U.S. Open fourth round
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Novak Djokovic and defending champion Marin Cilic took different routes into the fourth round of the U.S. Open while pressure mounted on Serena Williams quest for a calendar grand slam on Friday.After two routine wins to open the years final slam, Williams was given a major fright by Bethanie Mattek-Sands before the...
Tennis: Venus eases Serena’s path, Cilic escapes upset
NEW YORK (AFP) – Venus Williams eliminated the highest-rated rival in her sister Serenas path to a historic US Open final by defeating 12th-seeded Swiss teen Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4 on Friday.Bencic, who inflicted the most recent defeat upon top-ranked Serena Williams in a Toronto semi-final last month, fell to 0-4 against Venus and has yet...
Two senior nationalists charged over Kiev clashes
KIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian authorities on Friday charged two senior members of an ultra-nationalist party over violent clashes in Kiev that killed three police this week.Former agriculture minister Igor Shvayka and Yuriy Syrotyuk, a former lawmaker, were charged with participating in mass disorder, an interior ministry spokesman told AFP.The...
BASF, Gazprom go ahead with asset swap after all
FRANKFURT (AFP) – German chemicals giant BASF said Friday it has agreed with Russian gas behemoth Gazprom to go ahead with an asset swap the two had abandoned due to tensions between Russia and the West.Due to the difficult political environment, BASF and Gazprom had decided not to complete the asset swap planned for the end of the 2014,...
Halep, Wawrinka beat the heat while Sock wilts
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Simona Halep and Stan Wawrinka beat the heat with straight-sets wins to reach the third round of a sweltering U.S. Open on Thursday while American hope Jack Sock wilted under the punishing conditions, collapsing on court.However, Andy Murray and Johanna Konta showed British players can sweat it out for a win as both went the...
Tennis: Murray escapes as heat victims hit new Slam record
NEW YORK (AFP) – Andy Murray escaped his earliest US Open exit in 10 years Thursday as the searing heat at Flushing Meadows took the number of mens singles retirements to a Grand Slam record 12.Third seed and 2012 champion Murray came back from two sets down to defeat tiring Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 on Arthur Ashe...
Tennis: Angry Stosur, Azarenka into US Open third round
NEW YORK (AFP) – Samantha Stosur, the last woman to beat Serena Williams at the US Open four years ago, and two-time runner-up Victoria Azarenka made the third round Thursday.Australian 22nd seed Stosur breezed past Russias Evgeniya Rodina — one of two mothers to have reached the second round — 6-1, 6-1.Stosur, 31, fired eight...
Russia rejects French proposal to limit UN veto
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Russia on Wednesday dismissed as populist a French proposal to limit the use of the veto at the UN Security Council and said it would oppose it.France has launched an initiative to persuade the other four Security Council permanent members — Britain, China, Russia and the United States — to refrain from...
Russian, Danish, Kazakh astronauts blast off for ISS
BAIKONUR (AFP) – A Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts on board, including the first Dane to fly into space, blasted off towards the International Space Station on Wednesday.The trio launched on schedule at 0437 GMT from the same launchpad in Kazakhstan used by Yuri Gagarin on his historic entry into the cosmos in 1961.The crew is doing...
