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13:13 09 December 2019 / updated: 14:27 Russia

WADA Revokes Russia's Right to Take Part or Host Int'l Sporting Events for Four Years

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Last update: 14:16 09.12.2019
14:16 09.12.2019
Russia
Russia Ready to Consider Trump's Idea on New Nuclear Disarmament Treaty - Source
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously shared that he had discussed the fate of the bilateral treaty New START, set to expire soon, with his American counterpart Donald Trump during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan in 2019, but added that what will happen with it remains unknown.
Last update: 16:17 09.12.2019
16:17 09.12.2019
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WADA’s Decision is Stupid and Incomprehensible - Russian Boxing Federation Secretary-General
Earlier today, the WADA Executive Committee unanimously approved a recommendation by its Compliance Review Committee to ban Russia from hosting and competing in major international sporting events for four years after it allegedly tampered with laboratory data.
Last update: 16:03 09.12.2019
16:03 09.12.2019
Middle East
Iranian Foreign Minister Says Tehran Ready for Prisoner Swap, 'Ball is in US Court' - Reports
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on 7 December that Iran and the United States were conducting an exchange of US-held Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani and Chinese-American Xiyue Wang detained in Iran.
Last update: 15:26 09.12.2019
15:26 09.12.2019
Society
Hollywood Star Anthony Hopkins Says Actors ‘Are Pretty Stupid’
In a conversation with the magazine Interview, the actor who will turn 82 at the end of December, has revealed how he prepared for the role of President Nixon and the text of the shortest prayer in the world, which features strong language.
Last update: 13:37 09.12.2019
13:37 09.12.2019
Society
Man Turns Into ‘Chimera’ After Bone Marrow Transplant Fully Replaces His Semen DNA
A team from Nevada’s Washoe County Sheriff’s Department is currently looking into how changes in DNA following certain medical procedures could influence criminal cases and forensic work.
Last update: 16:04 09.12.2019
16:04 09.12.2019
World
Britain’s Worst Ever Serial Rapist, a 'Classic Psychopath', Told by Judge He Will One Day Be Free
In the early hours of 6 May 2019 Joseph McCann was arrested while hiding up a tree near Congleton, outside Manchester. His capture brought to an end to the serial rapist’s two-week reign of terror across England.
Last update: 16:13 09.12.2019
16:13 09.12.2019
Military & Intelligence
Pentagon's Concern About Rising Support for Russia Among US Troops 'Runs Deep' - Report
The trend is not limited to the US - in February polling revealed the average German holds Russia and China in higher regard than the US, with which their government is allied.
Last update: 12:58 09.12.2019
12:58 09.12.2019
US
‘A Big Wake-up Call': ‘Giant UFO’ Over California Reportedly Seen ‘by More Than 100 Witnesses’
The object could have been taken for a drone or a skydiving vehicle, if not for a combination of facts: it didn’t move and emitted no sound whatsoever.

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