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Tennis: Japanese teen Nishioka reaches Delray quarter-finals
DELRAY BEACH, United States (AFP) – Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka booked his first ATP quarter-final on Thursday with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Marinko Matosevic at Delray Beach.Nishioka, a 19-year-old left-hander, notched just his second tour-level win, converting five of his nine break opportunities in the 69-minute encounter.Im so...
Britain, Spain oppose military aid for Ukraine
MADRID: Britain and Spain said on Thursday the solution to the Ukrainian conflict had to come through dialogue and should not involve military aid to …read more Source: The News...
Poverty in Germany hits post-reunification high: study
BERLIN (AFP) – Poverty in Germany has risen to its highest level since reunification in 1990, with the gap between rich and poor in Europes top economy getting wider, a study said Thursday.Some 12.5 million people were classed as poor in 2013, up from 12.1 million a year earlier in the country of about 80 million, the report by Germanys...
Russia starts sending gas to east Ukraine rebel zone
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russias Gazprom on Thursday started supplying gas directly to the rebel-controlled area in east Ukraine after pro-Moscow separatist leaders said Kiev had cut supplies, the companys chief said.From 1600 (1300 GMT) on February 19, Gazprom is supplying gas to Ukraine including through the Prokhorovka and Platovo gas metering...
London and Madrid say still opposed to military aid for Ukraine
MADRID (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Britain and Spain said Thursday the solution to the Ukrainian crisis had to come through dialogue and could not involve military aid to Ukrainian forces.We dont not believe that at the moment it would be helpful to provide lethal support to the Ukrainian armed forces, British Foreign Secretary Philip...
Eighty-two were still missing after rebels seized key town of Debaltseve.
Ukrainian army says more than 90 Ukrainian troops were captured and 82 were still missing after rebels seized the key town of Debaltseve on Thursday. The Ukrainian military said in Kiev that it had asked observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to help to locate the missing troops. Meanwhile, France, Germany,...
Ukraine troops pull out of besieged flashpoint town
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine – Ukrainian troops pulled out of a besieged flashpoint eastern town on Wednesday after it was stormed by pro-Russian rebels in what the EU said was a “clear violation” of an internationally-backed truce. The retreat from Debaltseve – a strategic railway hub sandwiched between the main rebel-held cities of Donetsk...
U.N. asked to monitor ceasefire in Ukraine
KIEV- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for U.N. peacekeepers to be deployed to monitor a ceasefire in east Ukraine, a proposal that pro-Russia rebels swiftly said would be in breach of a peace deal. At an emergency meeting late on Wednesday, Ukraine’s national security and defense council approved Poroshenko’s request,...
Rebels assault Ukrainian forces
Ukraine- Government forces were pulling out of an encircled town in eastern Ukraine today after a fierce assault by Russian-backed separatists which Kiev and Europe said violated a crumbling ceasefire. President Petro Poroshenko said more than 80 percent of his troops had left the rail hub following a heavy bombardment and street-by-street...
Russia’s Yandex files antitrust complaint against Google
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russias search engine provider Yandex asked local antitrust authorities Wednesday to investigate Google for unfairly keeping its rivals services off its mobile devices.The request came with Google making recent inroads in the Russian market thanks to its popular Android-powered smartphones.The European Commission last year...
