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Simona Halep beats Maria Sharapova to reach final
May20

Simona Halep beats Maria Sharapova to reach final

ROME: Simona Halep profited from a miserable day on serve for Maria Sharapova to reach the Italian Open final with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 defeat of the five-time Grand Slam winner on Saturday. The Romanian world number one will bid for the title on Sunday against Elina Svitolina in a repeat of last year´s final won by the Ukrainian. Svitolina booked her...

Simona Halep beats Maria Sharapova to reach final
May20

Simona Halep beats Maria Sharapova to reach final

Monitoring Desk ROME: Simona Halep profited from a miserable day on serve for Maria Sharapova to reach the Italian Open final with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 defeat of the five-time Grand Slam winner on Saturday. The Romanian world number one will bid for the title on Sunday against Elina Svitolina in a repeat of last year´s final won by the Ukrainian....

Sharapova edges Ostapenko, to play Halep in Rome semis
May19

Sharapova edges Ostapenko, to play Halep in Rome semis

ROME: Former world number one Maria Sharapova stepped up her French Open preparations with a battling 6-7(6) 6-4 7-5 win over reigning Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko in the Italian Open quarter-finals on Friday. Sharapova, 31, will play top seed and world number one Simona Halep in the semis after the Romanian crushed Caroline Garcia 6-2...

Putin, Merkel discuss gas pipeline project in Sochi
May19

Putin, Merkel discuss gas pipeline project in Sochi

Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed Friday that Russia would continue gas transit through Ukraine after the construction of the Nord Stream 2. The Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project is aimed at linking Russia and Germany, but it is vastly opposed by Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic...

After four years of Western sanctions, Russia digs in for long haul
May18

After four years of Western sanctions, Russia digs in for long haul

MOSCOW: Russians have been living under Western sanctions for four years now, and they have undeniably survived. But the debate now unfolding in Russia’s parliament, and its expert community at large, seems to be no longer about how to manage the temporary burden of sanctions. Rather, it seems to be about how to adjust to permanent life...

Putin: Russia to press ahead with military modernisation
May17

Putin: Russia to press ahead with military modernisation

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin says Russia will maintain a high tempo of modernising its military arsenals this year. Speaking Thursday at a meeting with the top military brass in the southern Russian city of Sochi, Putin said the Russian air forces would receive 160 new aircraft this year and the army is to get 500 new armored vehicles and...

Slovak president says EU countries ignoring Russian interference
May17

Slovak president says EU countries ignoring Russian interference

BRATISLAVA: European countries are ignoring evidence of Russian interference in their politics and the destabilizing effect on the region of policies that will make Europe more reliant on Russian energy, Slovakia’s President Andrej Kiska said on Thursday. Kiska, who is not a member of any political party, is a pro-Western voice in NATO and...

Salah scores again as his boots displayed at British Museum
May17

Salah scores again as his boots displayed at British Museum

LONDON: Mohamed Salah fever has swept Britain since his arrival with Liverpool’s goal machine earning two players awards and now a pair of his boots are to sit alongside Egyptian artefacts at the British Museum. The 25-year-old Egyptian — who set a new Premier League scoring record last season with 32 — will have his boots on display in...

Russia, China tighten ties with Iran
May17

Russia, China tighten ties with Iran

ASTANA: Russia and China moved Thursday to extend their economic influence in Iran, while Europeans are finding it harder to ignore efforts by Washington to isolate Tehran economically. In one of the most concrete moves yet against renewed US efforts to choke off Iran economically, a Russian-led trade bloc signed an interim trade deal with Iran...

Cumberbatch Cold War thriller becomes one of Cannes big sellers
May17

Cumberbatch Cold War thriller becomes one of Cannes big sellers

A Cold War spy thriller starring Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has been one of the big sellers at the Cannes film festival, reports said Thursday. Ironbark is based on the story of British spy and businessman Greville Wynne, who handled the double agent Oleg Penkovsky, a Russian military intelligence officer who tipped off Britain and the US...