Section: Pakistan
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Ukraine reporter receives death threat over corruption investigation
KIEV (AFP) – A well-known Ukrainian reporter said Friday she had received a death threat after publishing an investigation into a gas company controlled by a relative of a former minister.Kristina Berdynskykh, a reporter with pro-Western Ukraines independent weekly Novoye Vremya, received an anonymous text message which said she risked...
Tennis: Bencic to face Kasatkina in St Petersburg semis
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) – Top seed Belinda Bencic battled from a set down to claim a semi-final spot at the St. Petersburg Open on Friday, beating Russias Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-7 (7/4), 6-4, 6-2.The 18-year-old Swiss, ranked 11th in the world, won in two hours and 32 minutes to record her second win over Pavlyuchenkova in three...
Christine Lagarde again selected as IMF chief
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund, became assured Thursday of a second term as managing director to steer it through a global economic slowdown.The executive board of the global crisis lender announced that there were no challengers facing Lagarde, for the five-year term that...
Lagarde set for second term as IMF chief
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund, became assured Thursday of a second term as managing director to steer it through a global economic slowdown.The executive board of the global crisis lender announced that there were no challengers facing Lagarde, for the five-year term that...
Tennis: Top seed Nishikori, qualifier Nishioka advance
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Three-time defending champion Kei Nishikori and Japanese compatriot Yoshihito Nishioka, a 130th-ranked qualifier, advanced to the quarter-finals of the ATP Memphis Open on Wednesday with straight-sets triumphs.Top seed Nishikori defeated 124th-ranked Ryan Harrison 6-2, 7-5 to book a last-eight date against Kazakstans...
Pentagon chief seeks more help in anti-IS fight
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Pentagon chief Ashton Carter and dozens of defence ministers from the US-led coalition striking Islamic State jihadists meet in Brussels on Thursday to take stock of the difficult campaign.More than 18 months after the United States and the quickly assembled alliance began bombing IS targets, Carter hopes renewed alarm over...
Ukrainian companies keen to invest in CPEC project, says envoy
ISLAMABAD: A number of Ukrainian companies are keen to invest in China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project beside other sectors like textile and agriculture. Ambassador of Ukraine to Pakistan Volodymyr Lakomov said CPEC would be a guarantee for economic stability in the region besides Pakistan and China particularly for Central and South...
Kremlin slams White House over Putin corruption claim
The Kremlin on Friday lashed out at the White House after it backed up an allegation from the US Treasury that President Vladimir Putin is corrupt. US Treasury acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence Adam Szubin said in a BBC documentary aired Monday that Putin was a “picture of corruption”. White House spokesperson Josh...
Oil crash has economic benefits but geopolitical risks for US
NEW YORK (AFP) – The oil price crash is mostly a godsend for the United States, delivering American consumers and businesses cheaper gasoline prices while hobbling the economies of adversaries like Russia.But analysts say that the longer the oil price stays so low, the greater the chances it will generate new geopolitical problems that...
Protests greet ‘executioner’ Rouhani’s visit to France
PARIS (AFP) – Hundreds of protesters on Thursday condemned Iranian President Hassan Rouhanis visit to France, with a Femen activist dramatising a surge in executions in Iran by staging a mock hanging on a bridge near the Eiffel Tower.Welcome Rouhani, executioner of freedom, read a banner on the Paris bridge from which the woman was...
