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Serena, Murray ousted in Miami shockers
MIAMI (AFP) – World number one and three-time defending champion Serena Williams and second-ranked Andy Murray both crashed out of the ATP and WTA Miami Open on a Monday filled with upsets.Russian 15th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova stunned 21-time Grand Slam champion Williams 6-7 (3/7), 6-1, 6-2 while British world number two Murray dropped a...
Tennis: Serena sent packing by Kuznetsova in Miami shocker
MIAMI (AFP) – World number one and three-time defending champion Serena Williams crashed out of the Miami Open on Monday, falling to Russias Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-7 (3/7), 6-1, 6-2.Williams fired 13 aces and 43 winners but also made 55 unforced errors, prompting questions about her fitness and movement that irked the 21-time Grand Slam...
Tennis: Nishikori rolls into fourth round at Miami
MIAMI (AFP) – Japanese sixth seed Kei Nishikori cruised into the fourth round at the ATP and WTA Miami Open on Monday by routing Ukraines 27th-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-2, 6-2.The 26-year-old Asian number one needed only 72 minutes to advance into a matchup for a quarter-final berth against the winner of a later match between French...
After Brussels, spies debate security risks of Brexit
LONDON (AFP) – The Brussels attacks have pushed security to the forefront of Britain’s EU referendum campaign this week, as intelligence experts came out of the shadows to press the benefits and disadvantages of membership.A claim by the former head of foreign spy agency MI6, Richard Dearlove, that leaving the bloc would have few...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 8 wounded in fresh clashes in rebel east
Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the latest uptick in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the country’s war-torn east, a Kiev military official said Saturday. “As a result of fighting two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and another eight were wounded,” Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told journalists. He...
Giant holes found in Siberia could be signs of a ticking climate ‘time bomb’
Courtesy Tech Insider When a helicopter pilot spotted the first crater in summer 2014, everyone was baffled. The 100-foot-wide hole appeared on the Yamal Peninsula seemingly out of nowhere, during a tense season of Russian military action in Ukraine and international sanctions. And then more appeared. Lacking a better explanation, aliens and...
Serena withstands fightback to advance at Miami
MIAMI (AFP) – World number one Serena Williams launched her bid for a ninth Miami Open crown Thursday by outlasting US compatriot Christina McHale 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 to reach the third round.The 34-year-old defending champion, who like all seeds received a first-round bye, will next face Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan, who ousted Australian Daria...
Tennis: Serena withstands fightback to advance at Miami
MIAMI (AFP) – World number one Serena Williams was forced to regroup but launched her bid for a ninth Miami Open crown Thursday by defeating US compatriot Christina McHale 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.Three-time defending champion Williams had the match on her racquet before having to withstand a fightback from her 23-year-old rival and taking two hours...
Kerry says US, Russia to push Syria political transition
MOSCOW (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russias President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to intensify the drive for a political settlement in Syria but remained divided over Bashar al-Assads future.After four hours of talks at the Kremlin, Kerry said the United States and Russia had found common ground on the Syrian peace...
Kerry in Moscow to sound out Putin on Assad regime
MOSCOW – US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Moscow on Thursday to see if President Vladimir Putin can be convinced to support an end to Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Syria. Kerry met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and was later to head to the Kremlin for talks with the Russian leader and sound him out on the crises in Syria...
