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Tutberidze v Tutberidze: Who will win 2020 European figure skating championship?

Tutberidze v Tutberidze: Who will win 2020 European figure skating championship? With the 2020 European figure skating championship just around the corner, pundits and fans have already started making predictions for the women’s singles event. While the name of the future champion remains unknown, one thing is almost predetermined – the gold medalist will more than likely represent Eteri Tutberidze’s team. READ MORE: Conveyor belt of champions: Why is Russian coach Tutberidze being criticized for the incredible success of her teen skating stars? The competition will kick off on Wednesday in Graz, Austria, where four sets of medals will be up for grabs for all the competitors representing four different events: pairs, ice-dancing, and men’s and ladie...

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More states back European-led naval mission in Hormuz – France

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More states back European-led naval mission in Hormuz – France A European-led naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz has won more political support from several countries, the French government said on Monday. The vital shipping route for world transport has been impacted recently by military tensions in the Middle East. The Foreign Ministry in Paris said the mission now has the political support of Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal, besides France itself, Reuters reports. Previously, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece and France had expressed support for the European-led naval mission. More states back European-led naval mission in Hormuz – France

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Iran ‘ups the ante’ rather than seeks nukes, as it threatens quitting Non-Proliferation Treaty

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Iran ‘ups the ante’ rather than seeks nukes, as it threatens quitting Non-Proliferation Treaty By threatening to leave the landmark Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Iran wants to renew pressure on Europe rather than get a nuclear weapon, because that would invite US raids and alienate Russia and China, analysts told RT. On Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that the country will leave the NPT if European states file a complaint with the UN Security Council over Iran not following the 2015 nuclear deal. Under the NPT, states that don’t have nuclear weapons can’t get them in the future. “Iran’s warning is real. But it doesn’t mean that Iran is going to get nuclear weapons,” Hamidreza Azizi, an assistant professor of regional st...

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NASA asteroid warning: Not one but TWO huge space rocks to hurtle past Earth today

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NASA asteroid warning: Not one but TWO huge space rocks to hurtle past Earth today The new year brings with it new asteroid threats, with NASA warning of two close cosmic flybys in a single day following a busy festive period of Near Earth Object (NEO) approaches to our planet. The first NEO to buzz the Earth today is identified as 2020 AQ1 – and was only first spotted on January 11. Happily, the 755ft-diameter space rock screamed safely by us at roughly 2:54am EST, passing a mere 0.026 AU from Earth – 2.5 million miles from the planet’s core – at a speed of 61,500 miles per hour. The asteroid will head out into the Milky Way, but it is expected to make another loop around and come back this way on August 23, 2104. Were an object of that size and v...

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Not to become the world’s garbage dump: Malaysia sends back thousands of tons of trash

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Not to become the world’s garbage dump: Malaysia sends back thousands of tons of trash Malaysia has returned 150 shipping containers loaded with plastic waste, with the country’s environment minister saying it won’t become the “garbage dump of the world.” Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin announced the return of the containers, which had been imported illegally, on Monday. The containers held more than 3,700 tons of plastic waste, and originated from 13 countries. Forty-three came from France, 42 from the UK, 17 from the US, and 11 from Canada. The cost of returning the containers was paid by the exporting countries and shipping lines, Yeo said, declaring “we don’t want to pay a single cent.” “People dump the rubbish into your country, we are not sup...

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Turkey has not yet sent troops to Libya, only ‘advisers’ – Erdogan

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Turkey has not yet sent troops to Libya, only ‘advisers’ – Erdogan Ankara has not yet deployed its military forces to Libya, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding that a group of advisers and trainers arrived in the war-torn country to aid the UN-backed Government of National Accord. Last week, ahead of the Berlin summit, Erdogan said that his country would send troops to ensure the stability of the UN-backed government in addition to the training team, but now that doesn’t seem to be the case. Turkey did not send any troops to Libya, Erdogan told journalists aboard the presidential plane on his way back from the Berlin peace conference. He further explained that a team of Turkish military specialists came to the war-ravaged country plagued by...

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Pakistan cracks down on wheat hoarders in response to soaring flour prices

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Pakistan cracks down on wheat hoarders in response to soaring flour prices A “grand operation” has been ordered by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan against wheat hoarders and profiteers to relieve a shortage of flour supplies. Prices of flour and bread shot up last week as the grain disappeared from shops and wholesale markets. The cost of wheat flour has surged from PKR43 ($0.27) per kilogram to PKR75 ($0.48) per kilo in different parts of the country. “As per the prime minister’s instructions, we have been working closely with provincial administrations to resolve the crisis as quickly as possible,” Javed Humayun, senior joint-secretary at the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, told Arab News. Also on ...

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Lebanon moving toward unknown, needs new govt to avoid collapse, caretaker PM Hariri warns

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Lebanon moving toward unknown, needs new govt to avoid collapse, caretaker PM Hariri warns Lebanon needs to quickly form a new government to stop a collapse and worsening economic and security conditions, caretaker prime minister Saad al-Hariri tweeted on Monday. Politicians have failed to agree on a government or an economic rescue plan since protests pushed Hariri to quit as prime minister in October. Beirut has been rocked in recent days by some of the worst violence since the unrest began, with 370 injured in clashes between protesters and security forces on Saturday, Reuters said. “Our government resigned in order to transition to a new government dealing with popular changes but obstruction has continued for 90 days and the country is moving toward the unknown,” Hariri s...

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WATCH: Car windows SMASHED by epic hailstones as storms lash eastern Australia

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WATCH: Car windows SMASHED by epic hailstones as storms lash eastern Australia Eastern Australia, still struggling with the bushfires crisis, was hit by intense weather on Monday which left two people injured in a lightning strike and saw scores of cars damaged by enormous hailstones. The hail storm rained chunks of ice so huge and heavy that they killed and injured birds, and left vehicles with smashed and pock-marked windows. Damage from Hail storms in Canberra, Australia. #hailstorm pic.twitter.com/fXG5PG3UiG— Senali De Silva (@senalids) January 20, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Chaos outside offices in the Parli triangle. Insurance company hotlines will be buzzing. @abccanberra pic.twitter.com/fqoE...

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Libyan UN-backed PM says he will respect Berlin summit's call for ceasefire, but won't sit down again with Haftar

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Libyan UN-backed PM says he will respect Berlin summit's call for ceasefire, but won't sit down again with Haftar The head of the UN-backed Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj has said he would stick to the truce supported at the Berlin peace conference but would still not engage in direct talks with General Khalifa Haftar. The prime minister of the Tripoli-based government rejected any possibility of direct talks with his major rival in the years-long Libyan civil war, whose forces control most of the war-ravaged country’s territory but are still unable to capture several major population centers, including Tripoli. “For me it’s clear… We will not sit down again with the other side,” Serraj told Reuters in Berlin. The two sides joined a ...

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