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Boxing: Fury’s potential rivals to fight it out on same card
NEW YORK (AFP) – Four fighters seeking a potential showdown for an undisputed heavyweight boxing crown against Britains Tyson Fury will meet on the same New York card on January 16, promoters revealed Tuesday.Undefeated challengers Charles Martin and Vyacheslav Glazkov will fight for the vacant International Boxing Federation world title on...
Key world events in 2015
PARIS (AFP) – Here is a panorama of world events in 2015:JANUARY7-9: FRANCE – Seventeen people are slaughtered in attacks in Paris on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket two days later.26: SYRIA – The Islamic State militant group is driven out of the Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border after...
The announcement was made by Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow.
Russia has announced it will introduce a food embargo against Ukraine from next month over Kiev’s trade agreement with the European Union. This was stated by the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at an official meeting in Moscow. …read more Source: Radio...
Russia opens new Stalin museums, grapples with his legacy
A bust of Josef Stalin stands on the front lawn of a house-turned-museum in this small village, where the Soviet leader is said to have stayed the night on his only visit to the front during World War II. Inside, the museum director, a sturdy woman armed with a wooden pointer, takes a group of pre-teen students around the two-room house where...
Russian secret services foiled 30 planned attacks in 2015: Putin
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday hailed the countrys secret services for foiling around 30 planned attacks and uncovering more than 320 foreign spies in 2015.I want to point out that this year, thanks to the efforts of the FSB employees, more than 30 crimes of a terrorist nature have been prevented, said Putin in a...
Greek tennis player banned for life
Greek tennis player Alexandros Jakupovic has been banned for life after being found guilty of five corruption charges, the Tennis Integrity Unit said on Friday. The 34-year-old, who spent his career playing in the lower rungs of the professional game, was charged with various offences including “directly or indirectly contriving the outcome of an...
EU leaders tackle terrorism in wake of Paris attacks
EU leaders vowed on Friday to step up the fight against terrorism in the wake of the Paris attacks, wrapping up a dramatic 2015 plagued by a series of crises. Leaders of the bloc’s 28 member states assembled in Brussels for their last summit of a year which opened with the threat of a Greek exit from the euro and ended with a refugee crisis...
EU agrees to extend Russia economic sanctions for 6 months: sources
BRUSSELS (AFP) – EU member states agreed Friday to roll over for another six months damaging economic sanctions against Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis, EU sources said.COREPER agreed to the extension of sanctions against Russia, one of the sources told AFP, referring to a formal meeting of the 28 country ambassadors to the...
Contenders to reinstate Mourinho during Chelsea
PHOTO: AFP LONDON: Jose Mourinho was sacked as Chelsea manager on Thursday after a gloomy run that left his group grieving only above a Premier League relegation zone. Here is a demeanour during intensity possibilities to reinstate Mourinho during Stamford Bridge: Interim candidates Guus Hiddink PHOTO: AFP With Chelsea owners Roman Abramovich...
Number of people forced to flee war, violence to hit record in 2015: UN
GENEVA (AFP) – The number of people who have been forced to flee war, violence and persecution looks set to soar in 2015 past last year’s record of nearly 60 million, the UN said Friday.The UN refugee agency released a report showing rocketing numbers of people living as refugees, asylum seekers or displaced within their countries...
