Retired Ukrainian tennis player Alexandr Dolgopolov has blasted his former sport’s men’s and women’s tennis tours, the ATP and WTA, for deciding to strip Wimbledon of its ranking points. The ATP and WTA made separate announcements revealing their moves on Friday night, which come as a response to the All …
Read More »UK points finger at Moscow over hoax calls
Downing Street has accused the Russian government of orchestrating hoax video calls to the UK defense and interior ministers in an alleged attempt by Moscow to “distract” from its “illegal activities in Ukraine.” On March 17, a prankster pretended to be Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and managed to engage …
Read More »Ukraine names key points for talks with Russia
The key question of the negotiations for Kiev is to achieve immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory, President Zelensky’s office announced as peace talks begin in Belarus. Kiev’s delegation on Monday arrived at the Ukraine-Belarus border to take part in the negotiations with the Russian delegation. …
Read More »China points finger over Ukraine offensive
China has blamed the US for creating the tensions which led to Thursday’s Russian attack on Ukraine. Beijing further called on the international community to avoid “stoking panic” over the situation. During a press briefing, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the key question was the role played by …
Read More »White House points to culprit behind soaring prices
After being asked on Tuesday for her opinion on the argument that high inflation in the US is being driven by “corporate greed,” Psaki responded that President Joe Biden and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack “have both spoken to what we’ve seen as the greed of meat conglomerates.” “That is …
Read More »White House points to surprising cause of crime wave
“A root cause in a lot of communities is the pandemic,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Thursday when questioned about reasons for a surge in lawlessness, including mass looting incidents. Psaki didn’t elaborate on the alleged connection between Covid-19 and the shelf-clearing thefts at luxury goods …
Read More »‘White nationalist talking points’: CNN’s Acosta scolds Andrew Yang for daring to talk to ‘bad person’ Tucker Carlson
“Tucker Carlson, I mean, let’s just say he’s just a bad person, and he represents so much of what is wrong in television news these days,” Acosta told Yang on Saturday. “You know this all too well: He spouts off white nationalist talking points. So why would you even go …
Read More »‘I’m devastated’: Brit boxer Courtenay points to menstrual cycle causing weight miss as she is stripped of title (VIDEO)
Courtenay, 28, came in at 120.5lbs in Liverpool on Friday – missing the limit by 2.5lbs – although the contest will still go ahead on the card headed by local rivals Anthony Fowler and Liam Smith at the M&S Bank Arena. “Thank you to everyone that’s been messaging to check …
Read More »Not on the box: Ukrainians were forced to watch on Russian TV as heavyweight hero Usyk won title in UK, points out politician
While newly-crowned heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk shut out three-belt king Anthony Joshua in London, TV channels in his homeland dealt a low blow to boxing fans by failing to broadcast the thrilling scrap. That meant that Usyk’s compatriots could not join the huge crowd at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – …
Read More »‘War zone’: Sweden rocked by two overnight explosions, and politician points to gang-crime
In the early hours of Thursday morning, police in Sweden were called to a residential estate in the town of Varnamo where a man was found severely injured after a reported explosion. He was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries. The explosive charge was so powerful that …
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