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Wayne Rooney’s England highs and lows
London (AFP) – After Wayne Rooney broke Bobby Charlton’s national goal-scoring record by scoring his 50th England goal, AFP Sports looks back at the highs and lows of his 12-year international career: HIGHSYoungest England goal-scorer- Rooney lost his record as England’s youngest player to Theo Walcott in May 2006, but he...
World Health Organization: Polio detected in Mali
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says a child has been paralyzed by polio which was detected in Mali.It is the first case of polio in Mali since 2011 and WHO says the 19-month-old child was stricken in Guinea before arriving in Bamako. In a statement issued this week, WHO said the polio strain responsible for the new outbreak is...
BREMMER: Putin is serious about entering Syria — and not to go after ISIS
The regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad is weakening, and one of Assad’s primary backers — Russian President Vladimir Putin — is upping the ante. “Assad has lost significant territory over the past months; Putin is not about to tolerate his ouster,” geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer, the president of Eurasia Group, told...
Putin jockeying for deal with US on Syria
MOSCOW (AP) — Signs of an ongoing Russian military buildup in Syria have drawn U.S. concerns and raised questions of whether Moscow plans to enter the conflict. President Vladimir Putin has been coy on the subject, saying Russia is weighing various options, a statement that has fueled suspicions about the Kremlin’s intentions.Observers in...
Putin orders Russian military drills amid Ukraine tensions
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian military units have been scrambled from their bases as part of snap drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin, the latest in a series of Russian war games amid tensions with the West over Ukraine.The Defense Ministry said the maneuvers that began Monday will last for five days and involve forces of the Central Military...
European farmers block Brussels streets in huge tractor protest
Brussels (AFP) – Belgian police on Monday fired water cannon at European farmers who lobbed hay and fireworks as they demanded EU intervention against plunging food prices partly blamed on a Russian embargo.The European Commission said it would release 500 million euros ($557 million) in emergency funds to help ease the pressure on farmers,...
For Russia’s Muslims, Mecca pilgrimage hopes drop with ruble
MOSCOW (AP) — The plunge in the ruble currency is making Russians’ travels abroad hugely more expensive. For thousands of the country’s Muslims, that means more than just canceling a beach vacation, but putting on hold a once-in-a-lifetime religious experience — the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.Islam’s hajj pilgrimage,...
Riot police in Brussels are struggling against 4,000 tractors blocking the streets
Up to 4,000 farmers and their tractors have blocked the streets of Brussels in protest against plunging food prices in the EU. The protest comes just one week after French farmers staged a similar protest in Paris, except this time around, things have become far more violent. Videos posted online show riot police firing water cannons at the...
France wants top-level Ukraine talks, hopes to end sanctions
PARIS (AP) — France wants to hold a meeting among the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Germany in the coming weeks to resolve tensions around eastern Ukraine, in hopes of eventually lifting EU sanctions.French President Francois Hollande said Monday that he will propose such a meeting in Paris ahead of the U.N. General Assembly later this month. He...
IMF chief says ‘extremely encouraged’ by Ukraine reforms
Kiev (AFP) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday heaped praise on Ukraine’s reform efforts in a visit to Kiev following a deal to restructure the country’s debt burden.”I’m extremely encouraged by the progress that you have been achieving (over) the past few months,” Lagarde said...
