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Putin’s party dominates in Russia parliament vote
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russias ruling United Russia party on Sunday cruised to an easy victory in parliamentary polls that could pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to glide to a fourth term in 2018 elections, partial results showed.The ballot for the 450-seat State Duma was smooth sailing for authorities desperate to avoid a repeat of mass...
Putin?s party dominates in Russia parliament vote
MOSCOW: Russia’s ruling United Russia party on Sunday cruised to an easy victory in parliamentary polls that could pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to glide to a fourth term in 2018 elections, partial results showed. The ballot for the 450-seat State Duma was smooth sailing for authorities desperate to avoid a repeat of mass...
Russia votes in parliamentary polls, Putin secure
MOSCOW: Russians on Sunday voted in parliamentary polls, with parties loyal to President Vladimir Putin set to maintain their dominance despite the Kremlin making a show of cleaning up the vote after mass protests last time around. The nationwide elections follow several years of tumult that have seen the country annex Crimea from Ukraine, lurch...
German restaurant throws Muslim woman out ‘for refusing to remove veil’
A restaurant owner in Germany has provoked outrage after reportedly ordering a niqab-clad Muslim woman to leave the establishment when she refused to remove it. Christian Schulz, the manager of a Seekrug restaurant in Bielefeld, western Germany, asked the woman to remove the full-face veil as she sat in the busy beer garden during an annual light...
Ukraine hands back stolen Dutch masterpieces
THE HAGUE: Five stolen 17th and 18th-century masterpieces were handed back to the Netherlands on Friday, foreign ministry officials said, and will soon return to a local museum from where they disappeared 11 years ago. “Ukrainian authorities have handed over five Dutch paintings to the Westfries Museum. The handover has just taken place at the...
Aligned with Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly treads on new terrain
For Pentagon officers who cut their teeth during the Cold War, the prospect of U.S. battlefield cooperation with Russia in Syria is not only uncomfortable. It’s also unprecedented. Against that background, the reactions of U.S. military officials range from caution to outright scepticism over a Geneva-based “joint integration centre” that...
Aligned with Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly treads on new terrain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For Pentagon officers who cut their teeth during the Cold War, the prospect of U.S. battlefield cooperation with Russia in Syria is not only uncomfortable. It’s also unprecedented.Against that background, the reactions of U.S. military officials range from caution to outright skepticism over a Geneva-based joint...
Mourinho demands Europa reaction after derby defeat
PARIS (AFP) – Fresh from giving his players a rollicking Jose Mourinhos focus turns from Manchester Uniteds derby defeat to European action with a tricky Europa League opener at in-form Feyenoord on Thursday.It will be the Portuguese managers first game in the second-tier European competition since winning its predecessor the UEFA Cup with...
Kyrgios Davis Cup fitness ‘encouraging’ – Hewitt
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt said Monday Nick Kyrgios had a good chance of playing in this week’s World Group playoff and backed his young star after a slew of on-court controversies.Australia’s number one, who Monday rose to a career-high 15th, in the world, was forced to quit his third round US...
Football: Red-hot Lewandowski fires Bayern past Schalke
BERLIN (AFP) – Robert Lewandowski and Joshua Kimmich struck late goals in Bayern Munichs 2-0 win at Schalke in the Bundesliga on Friday as teenage Portugal star Renato Sanches made his debut for the Bavarian giants.Dutch forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar rattled the crossbar for Schalke early in the second half as the hosts frustrated the...
