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`Wild-card` Sharapova set for Stuttgart return post doping ban
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Apr 26 (ANI): After serving a 15-month doping suspension, Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova is all set to make her return to competitive tennis when she takes on Italian veteran Roberta Vinci in the opening match of the WTA Tour clay-court tournament, Stuttga
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Russian airline representatives justify policing of overweight female flig
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr 26 (ANI): Representatives of the Russian airline Aeroflot have said that it is reasonable for the female flight attendants to face financial penalties if they are deemed overweight.
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Those criticising Sharapova's wildcard return are jealous 'journ
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Apr 22 (ANI): Maria Sharapova's agent has said that people, criticising the embattled Russian tennis star for possibly receiving a wildcard into the French Open, just want to keep another title threat out of Roland Garros.
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Syrian babies are being named `Putin` in honour of Russian President
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr 22 (ANI): Syrian families are naming their children Putin as a mark of gratitude for the Russian President's support for his Syrian counterpart in the six-year war, a government official has said.
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Trump`s remark raises fears of U.S. disengagement in Libya
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Apr 22 (ANI): Donald Trump's declaration that the United States had "no role" in Libya has raised doubts about whether a political compromise can still be reached with the help of Americans in the embattled oil-rich country, possibly opening the door to grea
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Russia tried to use Trump advisors to infiltrate campaign, sources say
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Apr 22 (ANI): The FBI gathered intelligence last summer that suggests Russian operatives tried to use Trump advisors, including Carter Page, to infiltrate the Trump campaign, according to the U.S. officials.
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Trilateral talks on Syria postponed after U.S. backs out
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 21 (ANI): The United States, Russian and United Nations trilateral talks on Syria scheduled for Monday have been postponed, says U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura.
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Meet the Russian 'father of all bombs'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Apr 21 (ANI): The Russian military says the "father of all bombs" is the most powerful thermobaric bomb of its kind, four times more powerful than the American "mother of all bombs," the largest non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal and the largest non-n
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U.S. complaints over Iran nuclear deal's implementation 'irrelev
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
The Hague, Apr 20 (ANI): Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, Mikhail Ulyanov, on Thursday said that the U.S. complaints over how the nuclear deal on Iran is being implemented are irrelevant.
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Sharapova's French Open fate on May 15
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Apr 20 (ANI): Embattled Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova will learn on May 15 whether she will be able to compete at the French Open as she prepares to make a return from a doping ban.
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American oil giant requests sanctions waiver for Russian projects
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Apr 20 (ANI): American oil giant Exxon Mobil is seeking permission from President Donald Trump's administration in order to resume drilling around the Black Sea with a state-owned Russian corporation.
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Soyuz space capsule carrying American, Russian blasts off to ISS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baikonur [Kazakhstan], Apr 20 (ANI): Russia's Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft has been launched to International Space Station (ISS) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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