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Football: Rashford ends Man City bid as United rise again
MANCHESTER (AFP) – Teenage sensation Marcus Rashford struck again as Manchester United won 1-0 at Manchester City on Sunday to rekindle their top-four challenge and fatally compromise their derby rivals Premier League title hopes.Rashford embarrassed hapless City defender Martin Demichelis to score the games only goal in the 16th minute,...
Coach carrying foreign students crashes in Spain, killing 13
TORTOSA (AFP) – Thirteen foreign students were killed and dozens more injured in Spain Sunday when a bus carrying them back from a popular traditional festival crashed into an incoming car.The students, who were on a European exchange programme in the northeastern region of Catalonia, came from 16 different countries including Britain, the...
Southern Russian city grieves as plane crash kills 62
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia, March 20, 2016 (AFP) – Tearful residents in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Sunday laid flowers and lit candles at the airport where a flydubai passenger jet crashed a day earlier killing all 62 people on board.A constant stream of mourners flocked to near the site where the Boeing 737 ploughed into the...
Investigators probe south Russia flydubai crash that killed 62
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AFP) – Investigators in southern Russia on Sunday were probing the causes of a flydubai passenger jet crash that killed all 62 people on board, as emergency workers at the site wrapped up the salvage operation.The Boeing 737, which flew from Dubai to the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, exploded into a fireball...
Risk of nuclear war in Europe growing warns Russian ex-minister
The East-West standoff over the Ukraine crisis has brought the threat of nuclear war in Europe closer than at any time since the 1980s, a former Russian foreign minister warned on Saturday. “The risk of confrontation with the use of nuclear weapons in Europe is higher than in the 1980s,” said Igor Ivanov, Russia’s foreign minister from 1998...
Russian spacecraft with US grandpa onboard docks at space station
BAIKONUR (AFP) – A Russian spacecraft carrying three crew to the International Space Station, including a US grandfather who is poised to enter the record books, has successfully docked with the orbital outpost, NASA said.The crew docked at 0309 GMT Saturday some 407 kilometers (253 miles) above the Pacific Ocean, off the western coast of...
‘Russia can ramp up military presence in Syria within ‘hours’ if needed’
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned Russia could ramp up its military presence in Syria within several hours if needed, as he urged all sides of the conflict to respect a ceasefire.Putin spoke during a ceremony in the Kremlins sumptuous St Georges Hall to bestow awards on servicemen who fought in Syria, with the...
Sadiq for greater cooperation with Ukraine
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Thursday said relations with Ukraine form an important pillar of Pakistan’s outreach to the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia as part of its endeavours to forge stronger connectivity and deeper cooperation. He was speaking to Ukrainian Ambassador Volodymyr Lakomov, who...
Donald Trump victory a major global risk: EIU
The prospect of Donald Trump winning the US presidency represents a global threat on a par with jihadist militancy destabilising the world economy, according to British research group EIU. In the latest version of its Global Risk assessment, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked victory for the Republican front-runner at 12 on an index where the...
2 soldiers, 3 militants killed during raid in Gilgit-Baltistan
Two soldiers and three militants were killed in an exchange of fire during an intelligence-based raid on a militant hideout near Chillas town of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) on Thursday, the military’s media wing, ISPR, said. “Three wanted terrorists were killed by security forces in a successful IBO in Tarel valley in village Gayyal near Chillas...
