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Tennis: Murray demolishes Groth to reach third round
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Andy Murray made dealing with the worlds biggest serve look easy on Thursday as he reached the Australian Open third round alongside Ana Ivanovic, who was shaken by an elderly spectators courtside fall.Murray, faced with the world record-breaking serve of the physically imposing Sam Groth, had all the answers as he won...
Lagarde gets strong backing from Europe to stay at IMF
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Christine Lagarde garnered strong backing from Europe Thursday for a second mandate as IMF managing director.With her term coming to an end in July, the International Monetary Fund formally began accepting nominations for who will guide the global crisis lender for the next five years.Lagarde, who has led the IMF through...
Euro dips after ECB signals more stimulus
NEW YORK (AFP) – The euro slipped against the dollar Thursday after the European Central Bank signaled further stimulus could soon be on the way for the eurozone.In volatile trade, the euro tumbled to a two-week low of $1.0778, before regaining its footing at $1.0878 around 2200 GMT.Nevertheless, that was weaker than the $1.0890 trade at...
Putin, Qatari Emir talk Syria, economic cooperation
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin and the Emir of Qatar on Monday discussed the Syrian crisis, as global powers seek to push the warring sides towards the negotiating table. Russia plays a main role when it comes to stability in the world, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said at the start of the meeting at the Kremlin.We very much...
Five French Foreign Legionnaires killed in Alps avalanche
GRENOBLE (AFP) – Five French Foreign Legionnaires on a training exercise in the French Alps were killed Monday by an avalanche, the second mountain tragedy in France in less than a week.Another six soldiers were injured near the resort of Valfrejus, with one in intensive care in hospital after suffering hypothermia.They were among a group...
Ukraine truimph to go level at the top of World Cup standings
Winter Olympic champions Olena Pidhrushna and Valj Semerenko helped Ukraine to biathlon 4.6km relay World Cup victory in Ruhpolding, Germany on Sunday. With compatriots Iryna Varvynets and Yiliia Dzhima completing the quartet, Ukraine clocked 1 hour 16 minutes 14.2 seconds to clinch victory. Hosts Germany had to settle for second place as Karolin...
Top US, Kremlin officials meet at Russian border for closed Ukraine talks
MOSCOW (AFP) – Top US and Russian officials met Friday in Russias westernmost outpost to discuss the Ukraine crisis amid a fresh international drive to bolster a fragile truce in the east of the ex-Soviet country.US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and top Kremlin aide Vladislav Surkov met near the city of Kaliningrad in Russias...
Lavrov and Kerry to meet in Zurich for Syria talks
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Zurich on Tuesday next week for talks on Syria and Ukraine. During a telephone call, Lavrov and Kerry agreed to hold a personal meeting on January 20 in Zurich, the Russian foreign ministry said Thursday.The foreign affairs chiefs in...
U.S. official sees more cyber attacks on industrial control systems
MIAMI (Reuters) – A U.S. government cyber security official warned that authorities have seen an increase in attacks that penetrate industrial control system networks over the past year, and said they are vulnerable because they are exposed to the Internet.Industrial control systems are computers that control operations of industrial...
Obama, Putin discuss Ukraine, Syria: White House
nbsp Last Updated On 14 January2016 Aboutnbsp45 minutes ago …read more Source: The Frontier...
