Published: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:50:49 GMT
Lithuania begins work on anti-migrant fence along Belarus border
VILNIUS, Lithuania: Lithuania's government said work on the first section of a fence along its 420-mile border with Belarus, which will begin this month, should be completed by April. The fence, which seeks to stop migrants from the Middle East and Asia from crossing the border, measures 70 miles and is topped with razor wire. More than 4,100 migrants entered Lithuania this year, causing tension between t...[read more]
Published: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:37:36 GMT
Kim L.A. home under lawsuit over underground vault
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI): Reality star Kim Kardashian's neighbour has filed a restraining order against the star to prevent her from building an underground vault at her Hidden Hills, California, home.
According to the legal documents obtained by People Magazine, Kim's neighbour, Sarah Key, has filed a restraining order against the Hidden Hills Community Association to block Kim from building an underground vau...[read more]
Published: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:19:13 GMT
WTA roundup: Semifinals set in Luxembourg, Portoroz
Seventh-seeded Liudmila Samsonova of Russia rolled into the semifinals of the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open with a 6-1, 6-4 upset of No. 1 seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland on Friday.
Samsonova won 81 percent of her first-service points and saved both break points she faced. She will meet third-seeded Jelena Ostapenko following the Latvian's 7-6 (6), 6-2 quarterfinal win against France's Alize Cornet, the No. 8 seed.
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Published: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:37:19 GMT
Top economies must establish trust: EU
Brussels [Belgium], September 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The world's leading economies need to establish trust and start working together to keep up with the climate targets set out in the Paris Agreement, European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday.
"We must ensure trust among advanced economies. To keep the 1.5-degree [Celsius, 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit] limit within reach, the major polluters have to work together - c...[read more]
Published: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:18:32 GMT
India signs mutual legal assistance treaty with Belgium
Brussels [Belgium], September 17 (ANI): India signed an agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters with Belgium on Thursday at the Egmont Palace, Brussels.
The agreement was signed by India's Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union (EU) Santosh Jha and Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice and the North Sea Vincent Van Quickenborne.
Taking to Twitter, the Embassy of India i...[read more]
Published: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:55:30 GMT
Sania Mirza, Shuai Zhang knocked out of Luxembourg Open
Kockelscheuer [Luxembourg] September 17 (ANI): India's ace tennis star Sania Mirza and her partner Shuai Zhang were knocked out of the women's doubles event of the Luxembourg Open. The Indo-Chinese pair, seeded second in the tournament, lost 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the quarter-finals to the unseeded Belgian team of Greet Minnen and Alison Van Uytvanck on Thursday.
The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes, as per olympics.com. San...[read more]
Published: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 05:55:14 GMT
Australia withdraw from Junior Hockey World Cups
Melbourne [Australia], September 17 (ANI): The Kookaburras (Australian men's hockey team) and Hockeyroos (Australian women's hockey team) will not compete in the next edition of the FIH Pro League, with Hockey Australia (HA) also confirming non-attendance at various other FIH (International Hockey Federation) events over the coming months on Friday.
Australia and New Zealand will not take part in season 3 of the FIH Pro L...[read more]
Published: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 18:16:12 GMT
Sinking of submarine deal leaves Franco-US friendship in tatters
Australia's scrapping of the "contract of the century" with France in favour of a trilateral security pact with the US and UK has also seen the scrapping of a gala event in Washington Friday that was intended to celebrate the Franco-American friendship.The dust has yet to settle on Canberra's surprise decision to terminate a 56 billion euro deal with submarine maker Naval Group - a move described as a "stab in t...[read more]
Published: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:16:09 GMT
Paris attacks trial hears voices of the accused
On the sixth day of their trial on terrorism offences, linked to the 13 November 2015 attacks in Paris which claimed the lives of 130 people, the 14 accused were asked to react to the charges they face.It took less than 15 minutes.Sofien Ayari and Osama Krayem told the court they had nothing to declare at this stage.Mohammed Bakkali, suspected of having rented hideouts to the terrorist teams, said ...[read more]
Published: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:37:08 GMT
Australia riles France with sudden US-UK nuclear submarine pact
Australia decided to invest in US nuclear-powered submarines and dump its contract with France to build diesel-electric submarines because of a changed strategic environment, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.President Joe Biden on Wednesday had announced a new US security alliance with ...[read more]
Published: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 18:36:59 GMT
AEK Completes Signing of Milad Mohammadi
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Greek football giant AEK completed the signing of Iranian international left winger Milad Mohammadi on Friday. - Sports news - Mohammadi, who had been released from Belgian club Gent, has penned a two-year deal and will wear the yellow and black from this season and for the next ones.Mohammadi had been linked with a move to AEK in the summer but his case had not progressed.He...[read more]
Published: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 06:36:58 GMT
Milad Mohammadi on AEK Athens' Radar
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Greek football giant AEK is approaching the acquisition of Milad Mohammadi. - Sports news - The international Iranian left back, who has been released from Belgian club Gent, is in negotiations with AEK. In fact, the two sides are close to an agreement and everything shows that the 27-year-old extreme player will wear the yellow and black from this season and for the next ones.Moham...[read more]
Published: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 19:30:01 GMT
Belgium relaxes COVID-19 mask mandate from Oct. 1
BRUSSELS, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Belgium's Consultation Committee made up of the federal government and the governments of the federated entities decided on Friday to abolish, effective from Oct. 1, the requirement to wear face masks in several places, including dining venues and shops. The decision was taken in light of the recent vaccination figures published by the Sciensano public health institute, which showe...[read more]
Published: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:11:24 GMT
EU Scoffs at Balkan Mini Schengen
The EU administration assessed negatively the initiative "Mini Schengen", also known as "Open Balkan", of the leaders of North Macedonia, Serbia and Albania and believes that it undermines the region's European integration. The European Commission believes that the initiative of Edi Rama, Aleksandar Vucic and Zoran Zaev is completely incompatible with the initiative for regional development together with Bosnia and Her...[read more]
Published: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:48:05 GMT
Kaka rates Lukaku number one striker in the world
Former Brazil midfielder, Kaka, has hailed Chelseas Romelu Lukaku as the number one striker in the world. Lukaku returned to Stamford Bridge from Inter Milan this summer in a 97m deal. The 28-year-old scored 64 goals in 95 appearances for the Serie A champions during his two-year spell. Lukaku has since scored on his second [] Kaka rates Lukaku number one striker in the world...[read more]