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Russia thump Saudi Arabia to launch World Cup in style
Jun 15, 2018Russia kicked off their World Cup in style on Thursday, thumping Saudi Arabia 5-0 in front of an ecstatic crowd in Moscow after President Vladimir Putin officially opened the tournament. Putin told the 80,000-strong crowd at... -
FIFA World Cup 2018 kicks off in Russia
Jun 14, 2018The World Cup kicked off in Russia Thursday as the host nation took on Saudi Arabia in front of 80,000 people in Moscow after President Vladimir Putin officially declared the tournament open. Russia is spending more... -
Defiant Russia welcomes boycott-free World Cup
Jun 14, 2018Russia welcomed the world to the World Cup on Thursday as cheerful fans streamed into Moscow and 10 other cities and President Vladimir Putin’s government derided Western efforts to isolate him. While Western countries chose not... -
EU parliament urges Commission to act against Poland
Jun 14, 2018Five of the main political groups in the European Parliament urged the European Commission on Thursday to open infringement proceedings against Poland and to take it to the European Court of Justice to stop planned judicial... -
Microsoft takes aim at Amazon with push for checkout-free retail
Jun 14, 2018Microsoft Corp is working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from stores, in a nascent challenge to Amazon.com Inc’s automated grocery shop, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Redmond, Wash.-based... -
U.S. energy firms chasing oil price rally stumble on old baggage
Jun 14, 2018With oil price recovery taking hold, several U.S. oil and gas companies entered 2018 with a compelling plan – sell undeveloped or less essential fields and invest the money to boost returns from their sweetest, most... -
Hungarian court sentences four men to 25 years in prison in death truck case
Jun 14, 2018A Hungarian court sentenced four members of a people-smuggling gang to 25 years in prison on Thursday for letting 71 men, women and children suffocate inside a truck in 2015 and dumping the truck with corpses... -
China urges U.S. to make ‘wise choice’ ahead of tariffs decision
Jun 14, 2018China urged the United States on Thursday to make a “wise decision” on trade, saying it was ready to respond in case Washington chose confrontation, as U.S. President Donald prepares to decide whether to activate tariffs... -
North Korea sanctions to remain until complete denuclearization, Pompeo says
Jun 14, 2018Tough sanctions will remain on North Korea until its complete denuclearization, the U.S. secretary of state said on Thursday, apparently contradicting the North’s view that the process agreed at this week’s summit would be phased and... -
Greek opposition to file censure motion against PM over Macedonia deal
Jun 14, 2018Greece’s opposition New Democracy party will file a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in parliament over a deal to solve a decades-old name dispute with Macedonia, its leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday. Tsipras’s...