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PSG, Bayern join Real, Porto in Champions League last eight
Paris (AFP) – Ten-man Paris Saint-Germain sensationally came from behind twice to dump Chelsea out of the Champions League on away goals after extra time as Bayern Munich also qualified for the quarter-finals with a 7-0 rout of ten-man Shakhtar Donetsk.Held 1-1 in their last 16, first leg tie at Parc des Princes, the Parisians needed an...
Bayern rout Shakhtar to advance to quarter-finals
Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Bayern Munich qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals with a 7-0 rout of 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.After playing out a drab goalless draw in the first leg in Ukraine, Bayern made no such mistake against a Shakhtar side reduced to 10 men in just the third minute.Shaktar’s horrendous start...
West boosts Ukraine aid as Russia bridles at sanctions
Washington (AFP) – The IMF handed Ukraine a $17.5 billion lifeline Wednesday as the United States agreed to send military aid to bolster its forces against pro-Russian rebels — but stopped short of promising weapons.The United States also expanded the reach of its economic sanctions targeting Russian banks and officials, a move Moscow...
IMF approves $17.5 bn lifeline for Ukraine
Washington (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund approved Wednesday a $17.5 billion (15.5 billion euro) bailout of crisis-wracked Ukraine, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said.”This new four-year extended arrangement will support immediate economic stabilization in Ukraine and a set of deep and wide-ranging policy reforms aimed at...
Expert: Putin is engaged in ‘an existential struggle’ with the West
Vladimir Putin sees Russia and the West as being locked in “an existential struggle,” reports USNI News, citing an expert at a Heritage Foundation event on Tuesday. Eugene Rumer, the director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Russia and Eurasia Program, told the audience at the event that the rising tensions...
US to ship Humvees, drones to Ukraine: US official
Washington (AFP) – The United States will send unarmed drones and more than 200 Humvees to Ukraine, a US official said Thursday.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Raven unmanned aircraft being sent will be equipped for surveillance missions. Among the 230 Humvees are 30 armored models that will be shipped “in...
Merkel snubs Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two due to tensions of the Ukraine crisis, government officials said on Wednesday. “In light of the developments in Ukraine, it is impossible for Merkel to take part in the...
Russian rights council: The suspect who was blamed for Putin critic’s killing likely confessed under torture
Moscow (AFP) – A former Chechen police officer who admitted to taking part in the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov “likely confessed under torture”, a member of the Kremlin’s rights council told AFP Wednesday. “There are reasons that lead us to believe Zaur Dadayev confessed under torture,”...
The 10 most important things in the world right now
Hello! Here’s what you need to know for Wednesday. 1. Iraqi forces retook control Tuesday of Tikrit, a city of strategic importance, from Islamic State militants. 2. Chinese economic data, including retail sales and industrial output was weaker than expected for January and February, indicating the world’s second-biggest economy is...
The complete destruction of Donetsk airport shows just how bad it’s gotten in Ukraine
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists have been fighting battles across Ukraine for almost a year, killing upwards of 6000 soldiers and civilians in the process. It’s been a bloody war, one which has completely rocked the country. Nowhere is that more apparent than at the Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in Donetsk, Ukraine....
