Oleksandr Usyk is set to defend his WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles for the first time against Anthony Joshua on August 20 in Jeddah, with their rematch confirmed by Matchroom Boxing on Sunday evening. Usyk took the belts from Joshua at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London last September, in a …
Read More »French presidential election results announced
Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron scored 58.55% in the second round of the presidential election, according to the country’s Interior Ministry announcement following the completion of the vote count. Macron’s rival, leader of the far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, received 41.45%. The French Constitutional Council will sum up the …
Read More »Results of Hungarian election announced
The Fidesz-KDNP party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has secured 67.84% of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary election in Hungary, the National Election Office (NVI) has said after counting almost 99% of the ballots. The results mean that Orban, who pursues anti-immigration policies and maintains close ties with Russia, has …
Read More »Timeline for major Caspian oil pipeline repair announced
Repairs to two of the three mooring points of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline damaged by a storm in Russia’s section of the Black Sea “will take, tentatively speaking, at least three to four weeks,” its operator said on Monday. The CPC is one of the world’s key crude …
Read More »New arms shipments to Ukraine announced
Sweden and Germany both announced on Wednesday that they will send thousands of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine. Both countries have flooded Ukraine with anti-armor weaponry, with Germany renouncing earlier commitments to pacifism in light of Russia’s military offensive. Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said her country will send 5,000 anti-tank …
Read More »Date of Russian ‘invasion’ announced by Bloomberg
Bloomberg reported on Friday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine may happen as soon as Tuesday, citing anonymous sources. The outlet has accidentally broken news of an invasion before and was forced to apologize for the error. “Any action could start as soon as Tuesday,” Bloomberg reported on Friday afternoon, …
Read More »Plans for Kazakhstan ‘regime’ change announced
A Kazakh businessman living in France, described as the country’s “opposition leader” by US state-run media, has announced that he has a plan to take over the nation with the help of Western powers. Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh financier and political activist who has been living abroad for the past …
Read More »Official death toll in Kazakhstan unrest announced
At least 225 people, including 19 police officers and military servicemen, died in the recent violent unrest in Kazakhstan, the country’s prosecutors have said. More than 4,500 others were reportedly injured. The updated statistics relating to the wave of protest that gripped the country in early January were revealed by …
Read More »Death toll from harrowing Kentucky tornadoes announced
Speaking on Monday, Beshear told a news conference that authorities had confirmed 64 deaths, noting that the ages of the deceased range from five months to 85 years. The governor suggested the toll could rise further, given the number of people still missing. He also stressed that the numbers are …
Read More »Date of Putin-Biden talks announced
The date of the much-anticipated encounter was announced by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Saturday. Putin and Biden are expected to discuss a vast number of international issues, including the situation in Ukraine, Afghanistan and the Middle East region, a senior aide for Russian president, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters on …
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