Russian President Vladimir Putin will answer questions from members of the press as well as the general public at an annual marathon Q&A session on Thursday. The event combines two yearly question sessions that the Russian leader has been using to get feedback on his government’s policies. In previous years, …
Read More »Runner dies during half marathon
A 30-year-old man died on Saturday after collapsing at the Brooklyn Half Marathon’s finish line, according to officials. Local police say that the runner was taken to nearby Coney Island Hospital and pronounced dead, as six others also required medical assistance with non-life-threatening and minor injuries. Later on, New York …
Read More »Boston marathon bomber received Covid relief check
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of two brothers who perpetrated the deadly Boston Marathon bombing, was told he must give back $1,400 in Covid relief, in addition to other funds sitting in the same prison account. While the government cut a check to the 28-year-old Kyrgyz-American last summer as part of a …
Read More »Lebanon’s Pfizer & AstraZeneca vaccination marathon canceled due to lack of electricity and internet connection at sites
A weekend vaccination drive in Lebanon was postponed due to a blackout at the The event planned for Saturday has been canceled due to “technical reasons related to the internet and electricity outage in most [vaccination] centers,” the Lebanese Vaccine Executive Committee said. The agency announced that the marathon has …
Read More »Nightmare marathon: 20 dead after extremely bad weather upends 100-km cross-country race in China
The race kicked off Saturday morning in Jingtai Yellow River Stone Forest, a popular tourist attraction and a park sprawled across some 50 square kilometers and located southeast of Jingtai County in Gansu Province in northwest China, bordering Mongolia. It was about 1 p.m. Saturday when what was intended to …
Read More »Senate passes $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill after marathon session
The bill passed by 50 votes to 49 on Saturday, wrapping up a day-long session of amendments and debate. Every Democrat present voted in favor of the bill, and every Republican against. Republican Dan Sullivan (Alaska) was absent, which meant that Democrats did not have to bring in Vice President …
Read More »The tel Aviv marathon may be cancelled due to coronavirus
Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan announced that it would impose a mandatory check for coronavirus Covid-19 all coming from the Palestinian authority and Israel. The decision was made based on the recommendations of the Jordanian Ministry of health, the Agency Maan. Jordan has not yet identified any infected …
Read More »On Sakharov Avenue on August 31 to host dance marathon
Russian Union of youth on 31 August will take place on the Sakharov Avenue in Moscow part of the youth festival “PROлето”. According to TASS, this was announced by the Chairman of the Union Pavel krasnorutsky. At 15:00 on Sakharov Avenue will start a dance marathon, and after 20:00 guests …
Read More »South Africa suspended the Russian runners from participating in marathon
Track team runners-fans from Russia were forbidden to serve in the South African marathon. “Marathon Director does not like Russian, but he will not climb” – commented on the situation of the athletics Federation of Russia. It said that they believe the situation is hopeless. “We had long negotiations, knew …
Read More »In Kiev held a marathon: how operates the transport
Today is the Marathon Euro 2019. 12 may in the capital of Ukraine will host the sports event Euro Marathon 2019. The route of the race will pass through dozens of streets in the center of Kiev, which at some time will fully close the traffic. The changes will affect …
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