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Europeans, Asians battle for UN power seats
United Nations: Three European countries and two Asian nations are battling for seats on the UN Security Council in elections on Tuesday that are drawing attention to the refugee crisis and human rights. Five non-permanent seats are up for grabs in the vote at the UN General Assembly, but two are all but decided.Ethiopia and Bolivia are running...
US accuses Russia of harassing, intimidating diplomats
The United States has complained to Russia about a mounting campaign of harassment and intimidation of American diplomats and their families in Moscow, the State Department said on Monday. Among those to raise objections, US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin in March, State Department...
Russia secures energy deals, talks security with China as Putin visits
BEIJING: Russia and China sealed a raft of energy deals during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing on Saturday, strengthening economic ties while pledging to preserve the strategic balance of power among nations. The deals involve the sale of stakes in a number of Russian projects to Chinese firms, an oil supply contract and joint...
China, Russia eye closer friendship
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin promised ever-closer cooperation and oversaw a series of deals on Saturday, as the two countries deepen ties in the face of growing tensions with the West. In what was Putin’s fourth trip to China since Xi became President in 2013, the two men stressed their...
Italy hopeful of hurting champions Spain
LILLE (AFP) – Italy coach Antonio Conte believes his team can thrive as the underdogs when they face Spain in the first knockout round at Euro 2016 next Monday.The Azzurris reward for finishing top of Group E is a meeting with the reigning champions in a repeat of the Euro 2012 final, when Spain outclassed the Italians 4-0 in Kiev.Given...
Croatia beat Spain 2-1 to go top of Group D
Spain have suffered a shocking 2-1 defeat at the hands of Croatia in Bordeaux to play with Italy in the last 16 of Euro 2016. The Spaniards just couldn’t have asked for a better start on Tuesday as they took the lead after just 7 minutes through Alvaro Morata. But, the Croatians managed to level the scoring just a few seconds from half-time...
Football: Gomez guides Germany into Euro 2016 knockouts
PARIS (AFP) – Mario Gomez struck as world champions Germany beat Northern Ireland 1-0 in Paris on Tuesday to qualify for the Euro 2016 knockout phase as winners of Group C.Drafted in to address the goal-scoring problems witnessed in Germanys 0-0 draw with Poland, the on-loan Besiktas striker netted from Thomas Muellers pass in the 30th...
Football: Poland ease into last-16 over hapless Ukraine
MARSEILLE (AFP) – A second half strike by substitute Jakub Blaszczykowski booked Polands ticket into the last-16 at Euro 2016 and sent Ukraine home without a point. The Group C win in Marseille propelled Poland further than they have ever gone in a European Championship and they will meet Switzerland in the last-16.For the first time in...
China’s Xi weaves Poland into ‘new silk road’ plan
WARSAW, June 20, 2016 (AFP) – The presidents of China and Poland greeted a Chinese freight train as it rolled into the Polish capital on Monday, part of a drive to drum up business between the Asian giant and the European Unions largest eastern economy.Chinas Xi Jinping and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda were on hand as the China...
Putin Walks Back Trump Praise, Says US Is the Only Superpower
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he accepted the United States was probably still the world’s sole superpower and he was ready to work with whoever won the presidency, but didn’t want to be told how to live by Americans. Putin’s comments follow a rocky period in US-Russia relations, which have been undermined by...
