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Felix falls short as Kerley, Kendricks shine
Jul28

Felix falls short as Kerley, Kendricks shine

Allyson Felix’s bid to qualify for the World Championships fell just short while 400m runner Fred Kerley and pole vaulter Sam Kendricks lit up the US Athletics Championships on Saturday. Felix, 33, racing in her first meeting for more than a year after taking time off to give birth to her daughter, finished sixth in the 400m final at Drake...

Journalists investigating Russia targeted by cyberattacks
Jul28

Journalists investigating Russia targeted by cyberattacks

Reporters investigating Russian military intelligence have been targeted by highly sophisticated cyberattacks through their encrypted email accounts, with evidence suggesting Moscow was responsible, the email service provider ProtonMail and journalists said Saturday. The phishing attack, which sought to dupe users into sharing their ProtonMail...

Britain fines Russia’s RT for breaking broadcast rules over Skripal and Syria
Jul26

Britain fines Russia’s RT for breaking broadcast rules over Skripal and Syria

LONDON: Britain’s media regulator fined Russia’s RT 200,000 pounds for breaching broadcasting impartiality rules in its coverage of the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal, the policies of Ukraine and the conflict in Syria. Relations between London and Moscow sank to a post-Cold War low over the 2018 poisoning of Skripal, a mole...

Patient diagnosed with Congo virus admitted at Jinnah Hospital Karachi
Jul26

Patient diagnosed with Congo virus admitted at Jinnah Hospital Karachi

KARACHI: Ashraf Khan, a resident of Quetta, was admitted to Jinnah Hospital of Karachi after being diagnosed with Congo virus or Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) on Friday. According to Executive Director of Jinnah Hospital Dr Simi Jamali, a patient infected with the Congo virus was brought to Jinnah Hospital. She further said that upon...

Zelensky?s party heads for absolute majority in Ukraine
Jul23

Zelensky?s party heads for absolute majority in Ukraine

Ukraine’s comedian-turned-President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to control an absolute majority in parliament, ushering in a generational shift in the ex-Soviet country’s political arena.The 41-year-old became Ukraine’s youngest ever post-Soviet leader when he took office two months ago and has promised to stamp out corruption and...

Ajax face awkward Champions League qualifier against PAOK
Jul22

Ajax face awkward Champions League qualifier against PAOK

ATHENS: Last season’s Champions League semi-finalists Ajax were on Monday drawn to face Greek champions PAOK Thessaloniki in the third qualifying round for this year’s group stages. The Dutch side do not get automatic entry into the group stages despite winning the Eredivisie for the 34th time and coming within seconds of reaching the...

Ukrainian president’s party seeks majority in new parliament
Jul21

Ukrainian president’s party seeks majority in new parliament

KIEV: Ukrainians are voting in a snap parliamentary election in which the party of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to take the largest share of votes. Polls ahead of Sunday’s balloting showed Zelenskiy’s Servant of the People party getting the support from a little more than half of those who intended to vote. But only 225 of the...

Putin, Macron call for efforts to save Iran deal: Kremlin
Jul19

Putin, Macron call for efforts to save Iran deal: Kremlin

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and French leader Emmanuel Macron agreed on Thursday on the need to “consolidate efforts” to save the Iran nuclear deal following months of soaring tensions, the Kremlin said.In a phone call, Putin and Macron agreed the Iran deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was an...

US bars Turkey from F-35 program over Russian missiles
Jul18

US bars Turkey from F-35 program over Russian missiles

WASHINGTON: The White House confirmed Wednesday that Turkey would be excluded from NATO’s F-35 stealth fighter jet program after it purchased a Russian missile defense system in defiance of warnings from Western allies. “Unfortunately, Turkey’s decision to purchase Russian S-400 air defense systems renders its continued involvement...

UK urges Russia to take responsibility for MH17 downing
Jul17

UK urges Russia to take responsibility for MH17 downing

LONDON (AA): Britain on Wednesday reiterated its support to demands from the Russian government to “accept state responsibility for the downing of flight MH17”. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt paid tribute to the victims on the fifth anniversary of the downing of the Malaysian airplane in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Hunt has announced that the U.K....