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Polio case detected in Mali, country on ‘high alert’: WHO
GENEVA (AFP) – Mali is on high alert after a baby was found to have the highly contagious, crippling polio virus, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming low vaccination coverage.A case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) has been confirmed in Bamako, WHO said in a statement.Mali authorities had detected...
US asks Greece to deny Russian flights to Syria
ATHENS (AFP) – The United States has asked Greece to bar Russian supply flights to Syria from its airspace, a Greek official said Monday, as Moscow vowed to continue arming the regime of Bashar al-Assad.We received the (US) request on Saturday and are examining it, a Greek foreign ministry official said on condition of anonymity.Washington...
New Ukraine truce: rays of hope and clouds of doubt
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines warring sides marked a week without heavy fighting Monday in a tentatively encouraging change to a 17-month war that has debilitated Western relations with Russia and unsettled eastern Europe.The pro-European leaders in Kiev and separatist eastern rebels whom Russia denies arming are preparing a meeting Tuesday that...
IMF chief says ‘extremely encouraged’ by Ukraine reforms
KIEV (AFP) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday heaped praise on Ukraines reform efforts in a visit to Kiev following a deal to restructure the countrys debt burden.Im extremely encouraged by the progress that you have been achieving (over) the past few months, Lagarde said at a press conference alongside...
Djokovic and Cilic through to U.S. Open fourth round
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Novak Djokovic and defending champion Marin Cilic took different routes into the fourth round of the U.S. Open while pressure mounted on Serena Williams quest for a calendar grand slam on Friday.After two routine wins to open the years final slam, Williams was given a major fright by Bethanie Mattek-Sands before the...
Tennis: Venus eases Serena’s path, Cilic escapes upset
NEW YORK (AFP) – Venus Williams eliminated the highest-rated rival in her sister Serenas path to a historic US Open final by defeating 12th-seeded Swiss teen Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4 on Friday.Bencic, who inflicted the most recent defeat upon top-ranked Serena Williams in a Toronto semi-final last month, fell to 0-4 against Venus and has yet...
Two senior nationalists charged over Kiev clashes
KIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian authorities on Friday charged two senior members of an ultra-nationalist party over violent clashes in Kiev that killed three police this week.Former agriculture minister Igor Shvayka and Yuriy Syrotyuk, a former lawmaker, were charged with participating in mass disorder, an interior ministry spokesman told AFP.The...
BASF, Gazprom go ahead with asset swap after all
FRANKFURT (AFP) – German chemicals giant BASF said Friday it has agreed with Russian gas behemoth Gazprom to go ahead with an asset swap the two had abandoned due to tensions between Russia and the West.Due to the difficult political environment, BASF and Gazprom had decided not to complete the asset swap planned for the end of the 2014,...
Halep, Wawrinka beat the heat while Sock wilts
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Simona Halep and Stan Wawrinka beat the heat with straight-sets wins to reach the third round of a sweltering U.S. Open on Thursday while American hope Jack Sock wilted under the punishing conditions, collapsing on court.However, Andy Murray and Johanna Konta showed British players can sweat it out for a win as both went the...
Ukraine foils bombing
KIEV: Ukraine´s security services said on Thursday they had detained four members of a pro-Russian group suspected of plotting to blow up a block of f …read more Source: The News...
