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A ‘perfect demographic storm’ is crippling Russia
Like Japan, Russia is in a demographic crisis. The men are dying too young; the women aren’t having enough kids; the country has more immigrants than it knows what to do with; and it’s running out of working-age people to support everybody else. Plus: vodka. According to World Health Organization data cited by Quartz’s Matt...
Angry Stosur, Azarenka into US Open third round
New York (AFP) – Samantha Stosur, the last woman to beat Serena Williams at the US Open four years ago, and two-time runner-up Victoria Azarenka made the third round Thursday.Australian 22nd seed Stosur breezed past Russia’s Evgeniya Rodina — one of two mothers to have reached the second round — 6-1, 6-1.Stosur, 31, fired...
Ukraine: sufficient vaccine coming to block polio outbreak
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — One day after the World Health Organization confirmed two cases of polio in Ukrainian children, the country’s health minister says efforts are underway to import enough vaccine to prevent an outbreak.Health officials have warned for years that Ukraine was at risk of a polio epidemic because of low vaccination rates. The...
NATO opens military center in Lithuania amid Ukraine crisis
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — With fighter jets roaring overhead, NATO has inaugurated a military center in the Lithuanian capital amid growing regional concerns over Russia’s military presence, sparked by the fighting in Ukraine.Lithuania, which like its Baltic neighbors Latvia and Estonia, was occupied for nearly five decades by the Soviet...
Federer, Murray target US Open third round
New York (AFP) – Five-time champion Roger Federer and 2012 winner Andy Murray head the US Open line-up on Thursday while 2001 champion Lleyton Hewitt could play his final match at the tournament.World number two Federer, who reigned supreme in New York from 2004-2008 and was runner-up in 2009, faces Belgium’s Steve Darcis, the man who...
Vladimir Putin barbecues, sips tea, and pumps iron in a $3,200 track suit in his latest bizarre photo shoot
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made one small misstep in his efforts to show regular Russians how vital and relatable he is. In a bizarre photo shoot set in the gym of the state residence in Sochi, Russia, Putin pumped iron alongside Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The sweat pans he was wearing while doing so retail for $1,425 a...
2 parties stay within Ukraine’s governing coalition
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two parties in Ukraine’s governing coalition say that they won’t abandon the grouping amid intense disputes over a proposal to give more power to Ukraine’s regions, including the rebel-held east.However, the two parties’ opposition to the measure appears firm and President Petro Poroshenko faces a...
2 cases of polio found in Ukraine, caused by mutated virus
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says officials have found two children stricken by polio in Ukraine, the country’s first cases of the paralytic disease in nine years.Health officials had warned Ukraine was at high risk of a polio outbreak due to its low vaccination rates; only half of children were immunized against diseases...
Russia is clamping down on foreign internet companies
After briefly banning Wikipedia over a page related to drug use, new details have emerged from Bloomberg about the country’s efforts to block foreign internet companies. Putin’s regime appears to have no problem with the individual companies, just the content they host. Foreign companies, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google, have...
Soyuz rocket with three astronauts launches towards ISS
Baikonur (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – A Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts successfully launched towards the International Space Station on Wednesday, marking the 500th manned launch in space travel history. The trio — including the first Danish citizen ever to fly into space — blasted off in the Soyuz TMA 18M rocket on schedule at...
