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Olympics: Beijing clinches historic 2022 Winter Games vote
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Beijing on Friday narrowly won a historic International Olympic Committee vote for the 2022 Winter Games that secured its place in sporting history.The Chinese capital beat Almaty in Kazakhstan by just 44 votes to 40, with one abstention, to become the first city to be awarded both the summer and winter Games.Beijings...
Island nations seek UN help combatting climate change
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – More than a dozen small island nations made an urgent appeal to the UN Security Council for help in combatting climate change, which they said poses a threat to their very existence.The Council — more typically a forum for heated debates on the plight of refugees in Syria or efforts to stem the...
Russia vetoes UN tribunal to investigate MH17 crash in Ukraine
Russia has blocked a UN Security Council resolution that would have created an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for bringing down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine. Russia was alone in the 15-member council in voting Wednesday in New York against the establishment of the tribunal. Eleven members voted in favor. China,...
Russia was the only nation at the fifteen-member Security Council to oppose the move.
In the United Nations, Russia has vetoed a draft resolution to set up an international tribunal into a Malaysia airliner crash in July 2014. The flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. Russia was the only nation at the fifteen-member Security Council to oppose the move. Pro-Russian rebels...
Russia vetoes UN resolution on MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that sought to set up a special tribunal to try those responsible for shooting down flight MH17 over Ukraine.Eleven of the 15 members of the Security Council voted in favor of the resolution, which had been drafted by Australia, Belgium, Malaysia,...
Google adds 20 languages to instant translation app
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Google announced Wednesday it was adding 20 new languages for its mobile translation application that reads text and instantly converts to another tongue.The smartphone app now can read 27 languages and instantly convert the text without an Internet connection, the tech giant said.Google also said it was making voice...
Olympics: Smooth piste for Beijing’s 2022 bid
BEIJING (AFP) – China came of age as an Olympic power when it hosted the spectacular Beijing 2008, a display of the unlimited resources and political will some say are essential to its bid for the 2022 Winter Games.The capital emerged as the frontrunner for 2022 — which would make it the first city ever to host both summer and winter...
Two killed, power station hit in Ukraine violence
DONETSK, Ukraine: At least two people were killed on Monday and a regional power station was knocked out of action after being damaged by shelling in …read more Source: The News...
Swimming: Chinese divers make it five golds from five
KAZAN (AFP) – China could repeat their 2011 sweep of the diving gold medals at the world aquatic championships after Mondays double victory left them with five wins from five in Kazan.Teenager Xie Siyi claimed the mens 1m springboard title to give his country their fifth straight win in the event having only switched from platform diving at...
Marry in haste, repent at leisure: lowest, highest age for marriages worldwide
(Web Desk) – Government of Spain announced that it will raise the minimum age for tying the matrimonial knot from 14 to 16 in order to bring it with par with standards prevalent Europe-wide.The decision has brought into highlight an issue not commonly debated upon; the lowest and highest ages worldwide for trying the knot.According to a list...
