The UN has suspended Maria Sharapova as a goodwill ambassador following the Russian tennis star’s admission that she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in January, the Guardian reports. The UN Development Programme, which works ...
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McCain: I fear bloody spring coming again to Ukraine
“The announcement that Russia will begin withdrawing some military forces from Syria signals Vladimir Putin’s belief that he has bombed and killed enough of the opponents of the murderous Assad regime to ensure its survival,” McCain said in a statement on March 14 on ...
Read More »First group of Russian war planes left Hmeymim air base in Syria
Russia’s Defence Ministry published video on Youtube on Tuesday, showing the first group of war planes leaving Hmeymim air base in Syria for permanent location airfields in the territory of the Russian Federation, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to TASS. The ...
Read More »Police hunting after gunfire in counter-terrorism raid in Brussels
Three officers were reportedly hurt, one of them seriously. Streets in the suburb of Forest have been sealed off, BBC reports. A BBC reporter at the scene says there has been more gunfire subsequently. The raid is linked to the ...
Read More »Google’s AlphaGo AI wins Go series 4-1
The final game proved to be a close one, with both sides fighting hard and going deep into overtime. AlphaGo is an AI developed by Google-owned British company DeepMind, and had already wrapped up a historic victory on Saturday by ...
Read More »Ukraine to merge cross-border gas pipelines with Poland, Slovakia and Romania
The Cabinet of Ukraine expects to sign by October 1, 2016 an agreement on the merger of cross-border gas pipelines (interconnection agreements) with Slovakia, Poland, and Romania, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Interfax-Ukraine. This will boost the technical ability to reverse ...
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