Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Credit scheme backfired, hiking greenhouse gases: study
PARIS (AFP) – A global scheme meant to keep atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in check instead caused some 600 million tonnes of excess emissions, researchers said Monday.They blamed a loophole in the Kyoto Protocols Joint Implementation (JI) mechanism which allowed countries to earn and sell credits for emissions cuts which were not...
Emerging economies let currencies slide to stay competitive
London (AFP) – The worlds emerging economies are allowing their currencies to slide in a quest to remain competitive, following Chinas devaluation of the yuan and the dollars strength in anticipation of US rate hikes.The currencies of emerging nations in Asia have especially suffered in recent weeks from market speculation that the US...
Athletics: Lopez breaks Chinese hearts to win 20km gold
BEIJING (AFP) – Spains Miguel Angel Lopez broke Chinese hearts to win the mens 20 kilometres walk at the world championships on Sunday.Olympic bronze medallist Wang Zhen had looked set to claim the host countrys first gold medal in Beijing after bursting clear at the 13km mark, only for the European champion to relentlessly reel him in over...
Tennis: Djokovic eyes history in Cincinnati final against Federer
CINCINNAT (AFP) – World number one Novak Djokovic will be aiming for a slice of ATP history on Sunday when he takes on six-time champion Roger Federer in the ATP Cincinnati Masters final.Djokovic battled back to beat Ukrainian qualifier Alexandr Dolgopolov 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 on Saturday to set up his 41st career meeting with Federer...
Tennis: Top seeds Djokovic, Federer reach Cincy semi-finals
CINCINNATI (AFP) – World number one Novak Djokovic brushed aside Switzerlands Stan Wawrinka in straight sets to advance to the semi-finals of the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters Friday.The top-seeded Serb breezed past Wawrinka with little difficulty in just over an hour, winning 6-4, 6-1 to avenge his defeat to the Swiss in the French Open...
Putin to be notable absence from Ukraine crisis talks in Berlin
KIEV (AFP) – The heads of Germany and France will meet Kievs pro-Western leader in Berlin on Monday for Ukrainian crisis talks most notable for their diplomatically-charged exclusion of Russias Vladimir Putin.German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have put enormous political stakes on resolving Ukraines...
NATO warns pro-Russia rebels against more Ukraine land grabs
BRUSSELS (AFP) – NATO on Wednesday warned pro-Russian separatists against grabbing more land in eastern Ukraine and stressed Moscow has a special responsibility to help restore peace as fighting escalates.It said the members of the 28-nation, US-led alliance expressed their serious concern about the recent sharp escalation of violence when...
Putin warns hostile states plotting ‘sabotage’ in Crimea
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Wednesday that several foreign states were recruiting and training people to carry out acts of sabotage on the Crimean peninsula seized by Moscow last year.Its obvious that a risk remains from outside forces to destabilise the situation on the peninsula in one way or another, Putin...
Russia jails Estonian officer for 15 years for spying
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia on Wednesday sentenced an Estonian intelligence officer to 15 years in jail, drawing ire from the EU after Tallinn said he was kidnapped at gunpoint on its territory.A court in the western Pskov region, which borders Estonia, sentenced Eston Kohver on charges of spying, weapon possession and illegally crossing the...
Ukraine, Russia trade blame for sharp violence spike
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines pro-Western leadership and Russia traded blame on Tuesday for a sharp escalation in violence that threatened to see all-out warfare return to the former Soviet nations separatist east.Kiev and the insurgents on Monday reported the deaths of at lest 10 soldiers and civilians — a dramatic escalation that sparked...
