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Tundra, Xtreme, BetBoom stay alive at DreamLeague 29
Tundra, Xtreme, BetBoom stay alive at DreamLeague 29

(Photo credit: Shawn Dowd/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK) Tundra Esports, Xtreme Gaming and BetBoom Team stayed...

Feature: Chinese tea culture takes root in Moscow
Feature: Chinese tea culture takes root in Moscow

To me, tea is not simply a drink, Russian tea master Elena Pazhetnykh said. It is a doorway into Chinese culture and a natural bridge...

Russia-India 2.0: Turning the Far East into a joint campus, not just a market
Russia-India 2.0: Turning the Far East into a joint campus, not just a market

Despite deep political trust and ambitious projects, narrow academic ties are holding back India-Russia cooperation where it could...

Gujarat pushes INSTC cooperation, shipbuilding ties with Russia's Astrakhan region
Gujarat pushes INSTC cooperation, shipbuilding ties with Russia's Astrakhan region

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], May 21 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has held a virtual meeting from Gandhinagar with...

ATP roundup: Aleksander Kovacevic stuns top seed in Hamburg
ATP roundup: Aleksander Kovacevic stuns top seed in Hamburg

(Photo credit: Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images) Lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic rallied to stun No. 1 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada...

Xi, Putin call for fairness, oppose unilateralism
Xi, Putin call for fairness, oppose unilateralism

Beijing [China], May 20 (ANI): Amid rising global uncertainty, including tensions in West Asia, particularly due to the Iran-related...

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Malaysia tells Norway to pay $252 million for scrapping defense deal
Malaysia tells Norway to pay $252 million for scrapping defense deal

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia's defense minister said on May 19 that the country has sent a notice to Norway asking for more than...

Trump says US may need to attack Iran again
Trump says US may need to attack Iran again

WASHINGTON/DUBAI: U.S. President Donald Trump said on May 19 that the United States might need to carry out another strike on Iran....

Mother passes away 10 days after finding son died in Venezuelan jail
Mother passes away 10 days after finding son died in Venezuelan jail

CARACAS, Venezuela: Ten days after the state confirmed to Carmen Navas that her son had died in state custody, the 82-year-old passed...

Drivers in Ireland face huge fines for unpaid motorway tolls
Drivers in Ireland face huge fines for unpaid motorway tolls

DUBLIN, Ireland: Fifteen people who avoided paying tolls on the M50 motorway, including car, truck, and van owners, were fined a total...

Cruise ship, which reported Hantavirus aboard, ends trip at Rotterdam
Cruise ship, which reported Hantavirus aboard, ends trip at Rotterdam

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: Authorities at the Dutch port of Rotterdam prepared quarantine arrangements on May 18 for the remaining 23...

Corporate costs from Iran conflict top $25 billion worldwide
Corporate costs from Iran conflict top $25 billion worldwide

LONDON/NEW YORK CITY: The war involving the United States, Israel and Iran has already cost companies around the world at least US$25...