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Tennis: Federer, Djokovic get free passes at injury-hit Wimbledon
LONDON (AFP) – Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic barely had to break sweat to make winning starts at Wimbledon as their injury-hit opponents retired hurt amid a plague of withdrawals that blighted the first round on Tuesday.Federer is chasing a record eighth Wimbledon title and he was already well on top at the start of his 19th All England...
Putin and Xi talk trade, N.Korea at Kremlin
Xi and Putin slammed the US THAAD missile system installed in South Korea. -AFPMOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met Tuesday against a backdrop of mounting tensions over North Korea ahead of G20 summit talks with US President Donald Trump.The sit-down in Moscow is meant to focus on bolstering trade ties...
Tennis: Five matches to watch at Wimbledon – Day 2
LONDON (AFP) – Five matches to watch at Wimbledon on Tuesday:Federer begins record bidRoger Federer has his sights set on a record eighth Wimbledon title as the Swiss star starts his 19th All England Club campaign against Alexandr Dolgopolov on Centre Court. Having unexpectedly won the Australian Open in January before taking the clay-court...
Tennis: Federer poised for record Wimbledon triumph
LONDON (AFP) – Twelve months after shutting down his season in the wake of a devastating semi-final defeat, Roger Federer returns to Wimbledon as favourite to capture a record-breaking eighth title and become the tournament’s oldest champion.The evergreen Swiss, who turns 36 in August, has stunned the critics who wrote him off as...
Ukraine points finger at Russian security services in recent cyber attack
Ukraine said on Saturday that Russian security services were involved in a recent cyber attack on the country, with the aim of destroying important data and spreading panic. The SBU, Ukraine’s state security service, said the attack, which started in Ukraine and spread around the world on Tuesday, was by the same hackers who attacked the...
Murray v Nadal, Federer v Djokovic in potential Wimbledon semi-finals
LONDON (AFP) – Defending champion Andy Murray was drawn to potentially face fellow two-time winner Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday while Roger Federer, chasing a record eighth crown, was lined up to face three-time titlist Novak Djokovic.Top seed Murray will start his campaign on Monday against a qualifier while second seed...
US President Trump to meet with Putin at G-20 summit next week
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the White House said Thursday. U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster made the announcement at a White House briefing, adding that “there is no specific agenda. It’s really going to be...
EU urges more action on cyberattacks
BRUSSELS: The EU must boost its defences against cyberattacks, which have fallen behind the modern world’s reliance on the internet and mobile devices, the bloc’s security chief warned on Thursday. Brussels will give 10.8 million euros to 14 EU countries to boost their cyber response teams following this week’s massive global...
Mattis says NATO must finish the job in Afghanistan
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Pentagon chief Jim Mattis told NATO allies Thursday they must finish the job in Afghanistan or risk terrorist revenge as the alliance readied a troop increase to counter a resurgent Taliban.Mattis however refused to give a firm number for how many troops US President Donald Trump would commit under a new strategy, just two...
NATO agrees Afghanistan troop boost but no combat role
BRUSSELS: NATO will increase troop numbers in Afghanistan to help train local forces facing a resurgent Taliban but will not return to a combat role, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.The alliance ended its longest-ever military operation in 2014 when it handed over post-9/11 frontline duties to the Afghan military and took on an...
