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14 dead after fire on two vessels off Crimea
MOSCOW: Fourteen people were killed and five were missing off Russia-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea on Monday after a fire engulfed gas tankers sailing under the flag of Tanzania, authorities said. “There are 11 bodies,” Alexei Kravchenko, spokesman for Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport, told AFP. “Another three...
WhatsApp limits message-forwarding to counter fake news
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform, reported BBC. The Facebook-owned business had already introduced the policy in India six months ago. The move followed a number of mob lynchings that were blamed...
Missile treaty crisis Nato, Russia to hold talks
BRUSSELS: Nato and Russian officials will hold talks this week, the alliance said Monday, with the future of a key Cold War era arms treaty hanging by a thread.Diplomats said the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty will be on the agenda for Friday’s meeting of the Nato-Russia Council, which is also expected to cover the crisis in...
WhatsApp restricts message-forwarding to fight fake news
WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform, reported BBC. The Facebook-owned business had already introduced the policy in India six months ago. The move followed a number of mob lynchings that were blamed on fake reports spread via...
Serena beats top seed Halep as Zverev implodes at Australian Open
MELBOURNE: A fired-up Serena Williams slugged past world number one Simona Halep Monday as she inches ever closer to a 24th Grand Slam title on a day that saw Alexander Zverev implode at the Australian Open. In a towering performance, the American great scored her biggest win since giving birth to break down the Romanian top seed 6-1, 4-6, 6-4...
Halep sets up Serena showdown as Djokovic relentlessly marches on
MELBOURNE (Agencies): World number one Simona Halep set up a headline last 16 showdown with Serena Williams by beating her sister Venus Saturday as Novak Djokovic’s relentless drive towards more Australian Open glory cranked up another gear. On day six at Melbourne Park, the Romanian finally hit form to pull off her best win of the year and...
Halep sets up Serena showdown as Djokovic relentlessly marches on
MELBOURNE: World number one Simona Halep set up a headline last 16 showdown with Serena Williams by beating her sister Venus Saturday as Novak Djokovic’s relentless drive towards more Australian Open glory cranked up another gear. On day six at Melbourne Park, the Romanian finally hit form to pull off her best win of the year and cruise...
Strong Sanctions Still Needed to Stop Putin’s Vision of a ‘Pan Russian State’
MOSCOW: DC DISPATCH-I had a conversation with a former Republican Senior military officer yesterday about allegations that Trump was looking into withdrawing the United States from NATO. He told me that NATO was a relic from the past and that China posed a more serious threat to the United States overall. He believes that with over half of the...
Serena Williams rolls into Aussie Open last 16
MELBOURNE: Serena Williams swatted aside Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska in straight sets Saturday, powering into the Australian Open last 16 as she chases a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. Williams defeated world number 57 Yastremska 6-2, 6-1 and next faces either sister Venus, who is unseeded this year, or world number one Simona...
EU reiterates call on Russia to free Ukrainian sailors
Monitoring Desk BRUSSELS: The EU on Thursday reiterated its call on Russia to “immediately and unconditionally” release two dozen Ukrainian sailors captured last November. In a written statement, Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy/European neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, said: “We expect Russia...
