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US official says they will pre-position significant equipment, for the purpose.
The United States has planned to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine. A senior US official said in Washington that they will pre-position significant equipment, for this purpose. …read more Source: Radio...
New deaths and diplomatic warfare rattle Ukraine truce
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines faltering peace deal suffered fresh setbacks on Saturday when Kiev reported the deaths of six soldiers and accused Moscow of abetting an attack on one of its Russian consulates.The latest fatalities in the twisting and hotly disputed zone separating Ukrainian forces from their pro-Russian foes in the separatist east...
New deaths and diplomatic warfare shake Ukraine truce
KIEV: Ukraine s faltering peace agreement suffered fresh setbacks on Saturday when Kiev reported the death of six soldiers and accused Moscow of abett …read more Source: The News...
Maimed in war, Ukraine rebels recover in Russia
ROSTOV-ON-DON (AFP) – Former Ukrainian rebel fighter Valery glances down at where his right leg should be as he confronts lifes new reality across the border in Russia.Hopefully I will get my prosthetic soon and in a month try to learn to walk again with it, the father-of-one, 40, told AFP, refusing to give his surname as his son lives in...
IMF: Ukraine cannot use reserves to pay bondholders
WASHINGTON (AFP) – IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Friday that Ukraine cannot use its central bank reserves to pay creditors, rebuffing a suggestion by bondholders that it do so.The reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine cannot be used for sovereign debt service without the government incurring new debt, which runs against the aims of...
Teenager Bencic to face Jankovic in Topshelf Open semi-finals
S-HERTOGENBOSCH (AP) – Teenager Belinda Bencic of Switzerland will face veteran Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the semi-finals of the Topshelf Open after saving three match points in a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-5 win against seventh-seeded Kristina Mladenovic of France on Friday.The 18-year-old Bencic had match point at 6-5 in the second set, only...
Paris Air Show goes green but sales war takes centre-stage
PARIS (AFP) – With air passenger numbers set to double to six billion annually by 2030, the worlds premier air show in Paris will next week focus on green issues even as the aircraft sales war remains centre stage.The Paris Air Show brings together some 315,000 visitors and 2,260 exhibitors from 47 countries, with much of the attention...
Boxing: Wilder wants big KO in heavyweight title defense
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Deontay Wilder vowed to deliver the kind of savage knockout that helped forge his name when he makes his first defense of his World Boxing Council heavyweight world title Saturday against Eric Molina.Ive definitely got to knock him out, said the explosive Wilder, who in January became the first American since Shannon...
Athletics: Bislett Games world record hopes dashed
OSLO (AFP) – The celebrations of the Bislett Games 50th edition fell flat Thursday when anticipated world records in the mens high jump and womens 5,000m failed to materialise.Ethiopias Genzebe Dibaba finished way off her target in the 5,000m after being off the pace for large parts of the race and could only finish in 14min 21.29secThe...
Italy gives Putin stage to petition case on ‘sanctions’
ROME: Russian President Vladimir Putin used a trip to Italy on Wednesday to press his case against international sanctions and was urged by Pope Francis to make a “sincere effort” for peace in Ukraine. After telling Italian premier Matteo Renzi that Western sanctions imposed over Russia’s actions in Ukraine would cost Italian companies a...
