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Insiders warned that ATP and WTA reprisals might doom pre-Wimbledon tournaments
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) believes the ATP and WTA are serious about suspending its flagship events if the British ban on players from Russia and Belarus continues, which could destroy the organizations, UK media reported on Monday.
The LTA and the All England Club,
The bloc demands Belgrade’s de facto recognition of the breakaway province
The European Union on Monday published the text of the so-called Franco-German proposal for a “path to normalization” of relations between Serbia and its breakaway province of Kosovo. While implying that Belgrade and Pristina agreed to the plan, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said another meeting in March will discuss its implementation.
Janet Yellen took a surprise trip to Kiev amid rising inflation and recession fears back at home
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has traveled to Ukraine to meet with President Vladimir Zelensky and other top officials, vowing indefinite support for Kiev despite a lagging US economy and trillions in government debt.
The unannounced trip to the Ukrainian capital kicked off on Monday,
The breach allegedly poses no risk to those in the witness protection program
The US Marshals Service has suffered a significant cyber attack which targeted a system containing “sensitive information,” the federal policing agency said, deeming the hack a “major incident.”
Marshals Service spokesman Drew Wade confirmed the breach on Monday,
Insiders warned that ATP and WTA reprisals might doom pre-Wimbledon tournaments
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) believes ATP and WTA are serious about suspending its flagship events if the British ban on players from Russia and Belarus continues, which could destroy the organizations, UK media reported on Monday.
The LTA and the All England Club,
The bloc demands Belgrade’s de facto recognition of the breakaway province
The European Union on Monday published the text of the so-called Franco-German proposal for a “path to normalization” of relations between Serbia and its breakaway province of Kosovo. While implying that Belgrade and Pristina agreed to the plan, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said another meeting in March will discuss its implementation.
Janet Yellen took a surprise trip to Kiev amid rising inflation and recession fears back at home
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has traveled to Ukraine to meet with President Vladimir Zelensky and other top officials, vowing indefinite support for Kiev despite a lagging US economy and trillions in government debt.
The unannounced trip to the Ukrainian capital kicked off on Monday,
Rio de Janeiro has welcomed the Iranian Navy after a brief delay
Brazil has allowed two Iranian warships to dock in their country. The visit on Sunday comes after a diplomatic delay and in spite of US pressure.
Iranian warships IRIS Makran and IRIS Dena have docked in Rio de Janeiro,
The Chinese Foreign Ministry slammed the “intelligence” findings of the US Department of Energy
Washington should stop politicizing the origins of Covid-19 and “smearing” China with claims that the pandemic escaped from a laboratory, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters on Monday.
“The origins-tracing of SARS-CoV-2 is about science and should not be politicized,” Mao said,
Researchers say the pipeline explosions stirred up chemical waste and threaten cod and porpoise populations
The destruction of Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines did not just cut off the flow of Russian natural gas to western Europe, it killed and poisoned the already endangered fish and marine mammal species in the Baltic Sea,
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