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Has Messi been a flop at PSG?

Has Messi been a flop at PSG?

Mahtab Jamil 2022-03-17 16:04:32

Nasser-Al-Khelaifi bought PSG in 2011. Since then, he has been injecting money into the club. His primary objective had been to win the Champions League. After they signed Messi last summer, everyone...

Russian government websites facing unprecedented cyber attacks, report says

Russian government websites facing unprecedented cyber attacks, report says

-- 2022-03-17 15:11:51

Russian government websites are facing unprecedented cyber attacks and technical efforts are being made to filter foreign web traffic, the TASS news agency cited the digital ministry as saying on Thur...

Downed missile hits residential building in Kyiv , leaves one dead

Downed missile hits residential building in Kyiv , leaves one dead

-- 2022-03-17 13:28:08

At least one person was killed and three wounded after remains of a downed missile hit a residential building in the Ukranian capital, Kyiv, Ukraine's emergency service said on Thursday. The 16-store...

UN Security Council to vote Friday on Russia's Ukraine move

UN Security Council to vote Friday on Russia's Ukraine move

-- 2022-03-17 11:35:35

The UN Security Council is due to vote on Friday on a Russian-drafted call for aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine, but diplomats say the measure is set to fail because it does not push for...

Ukraine, Russia continue talks over video

Ukraine, Russia continue talks over video

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-03-17 10:23:27

Ukrainian and Russian delegations held talks again Wednesday by video. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s adviser Mikhailo Podolyak said Ukraine demanded a cease-fire, the withdrawal of...

Biden calls Putin a war criminal

Biden calls Putin a war criminal

-- 2022-03-17 08:28:00

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a war criminal in comments the Kremlin said were "unforgivable" as it insisted the war in Ukraine was "going to plan" amid talk...

Ukraine president urges US Congress to provide more weapons

Ukraine president urges US Congress to provide more weapons

-- 2022-03-16 19:53:54

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged the US Congress to provide more weapons to help his country fight off Russian airstrikes in an invasion that has brought death and destruction...

Ukraine says talks becoming more realistic, Russia sees hope for compromise

Ukraine says talks becoming more realistic, Russia sees hope for compromise

-- 2022-03-16 17:20:57

Russia and Ukraine both emphasised newfound scope for compromise on Wednesday as peace talks were set to resume three weeks into a Russian assault that has so far failed to topple the Ukrainian govern...

103 children have been killed in Ukraine war, prosecutor general says

103 children have been killed in Ukraine war, prosecutor general says

-- 2022-03-16 15:25:21

The Ukrainian prosecutor general said on Wednesday 103 children have been killed so far in the war in Ukraine. Russian forces have struck more than 400 educational establishments and 59 of them have...

90pc of Ukrainian population could face poverty in protracted war, UNDP says

90pc of Ukrainian population could face poverty in protracted war, UNDP says

-- 2022-03-16 11:51:00

Nine out of 10 Ukrainians could face poverty and extreme economic vulnerability if the war drags on over the next year, wiping out two decades of economic gains, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) sa...

Russian woman fined after on-air TV protest

Russian woman fined after on-air TV protest

-- 2022-03-16 10:53:31

A Russian woman who denounced the war in Ukraine during a live news bulletin on state television was fined 30,000 roubles ($280) on Tuesday, a court said, after the Kremlin denounced her act of protes...

Russia sanctions US President Joe Biden, several top US officials

Russia sanctions US President Joe Biden, several top US officials

-- 2022-03-15 22:03:57

Russia on Tuesday sanctioned US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Tony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and ten other administration officials and political figures. Moscow has said th...

Number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad approaches 3.0 million

Number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad approaches 3.0 million

-- 2022-03-15 19:23:01

Nearly three weeks into the war, the number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad approached 3 million on Tuesday, the United Nations said, as people escaped the fighting and Russian bombardment. About 2.95 m...

Czech, Polish, Slovenian PMs travel to Kyiv by train in show of support for Ukraine

Czech, Polish, Slovenian PMs travel to Kyiv by train in show of support for Ukraine

-- 2022-03-15 16:26:36

The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia were travelling to Kyiv by train on Tuesday to show support for the country on behalf of the EU, the first foreign leaders to visit the U...

Germany to buy 35 Lockheed F-35 fighter jets from US

Germany to buy 35 Lockheed F-35 fighter jets from US

-- 2022-03-15 11:40:51

Germany will buy 35 US F-35 fighter jets to replace its ageing Tornado, it said on Monday, announcing a first big defence deal since Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged a 100-billion-euro upgrade to the mi...

Ukraine refugee exodus reaches 2.8 million

Ukraine refugee exodus reaches 2.8 million

-- 2022-03-15 10:46:58

People fleeing what had been the relative safety of western Ukraine joined thousands crossing into eastern Europe on Monday after Russia attacked a Ukrainian base near the border with NATO-member Pola...

Anti-war protester interrupts live Russian state TV news

Anti-war protester interrupts live Russian state TV news

-- 2022-03-15 10:05:52

An anti-war protester interrupted a live news bulletin on Russia's state TV Channel One on Monday, holding up a sign behind the studio presenter and shouting slogans denouncing the war in Ukraine. Th...

War could be over by May: Ukraine

War could be over by May: Ukraine

-- 2022-03-15 09:38:41

The war in Ukraine is likely to be over by early May when Russia runs out of resources to attack its neighbour, Oleksiy Arestovich, an adviser to the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, said late on...

Kyiv apartment block shelled but 'hard' Ukraine peace talks go ahead

Kyiv apartment block shelled but 'hard' Ukraine peace talks go ahead

-- 2022-03-14 21:07:22

Ukraine said it had begun "hard" talks on a ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops and security guarantees with Russia on Monday, despite the fatal shelling of a residential building in Kyiv. Both...

More than 2.8 million leave Ukraine since February 24, says UN

More than 2.8 million leave Ukraine since February 24, says UN

-- 2022-03-14 19:46:54

The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since February 24 climbed to more than 2.8 million, United Nations data showed on Monday, in what has become Europe's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World...

Ukraine prioritises ceasefire, withdrawal of troops, security guarantees

Ukraine prioritises ceasefire, withdrawal of troops, security guarantees

-- 2022-03-14 17:09:36

Ukraine said it would seek to discuss a ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops and security guarantees with Russia on Monday after both sides reported rare progress at the weekend, despite fierce R...

One killed, three injured after residential building hit in Kyiv

One killed, three injured after residential building hit in Kyiv

-- 2022-03-14 14:01:50

At least one person was killed and three injured when a shell hit a residential building in Kyiv on Monday morning, state Ukrainian TV reported. According to Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton...

Is it legal for foreigners to fight for Ukraine?

Is it legal for foreigners to fight for Ukraine?

-- 2022-03-14 12:27:37

As thousands of would-be fighters from outside the country volunteer to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia's invasion, some may also face legal consequences in their home countries, Reuters rep...

Brent Renaud, US filmmaker and journalist, killed in Ukraine

Brent Renaud, US filmmaker and journalist, killed in Ukraine

-- 2022-03-13 21:30:26

Brent Renaud, an American filmmaker and journalist, was killed in the town of Irpin in Ukraine's Kyiv region on Sunday, according to Reuters. Several media reports said he had worked for a number of...

Russian, Ukrainian officials hopeful of getting positive results within days

Russian, Ukrainian officials hopeful of getting positive results within days

-- 2022-03-13 21:01:12

Russian and Ukrainian officials gave their most upbeat assessments yet on Sunday of progress in their talks on the war in Ukraine, suggesting there could be positive results within days. "We will not...

Russia to shut down Instagram on Sunday

Russia to shut down Instagram on Sunday

-- 2022-03-13 20:38:32

Instagram users in Russia have been notified that the service will cease from midnight on Sunday after its owner Meta Platforms said last week it would allow social media users in Ukraine to post mess...

UN agency initiates process to evacuate ships from Black Sea, Sea of Azov

UN agency initiates process to evacuate ships from Black Sea, Sea of Azov

-- 2022-03-13 18:57:35

The UN's shipping agency will seek to create a safe maritime corridor to enable merchant ships and their crews stuck in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to sail away without the risk of being hit. T...

Russia missile strike on Ukrainian military base near Polish border kills 35

Russia missile strike on Ukrainian military base near Polish border kills 35

-- 2022-03-13 18:06:47

A Russian missile attack on a large Ukrainian military facility near the border with NATO member Poland on Sunday killed 35 people and wounded 134, a Ukrainian official said. Ukraine said foreign mil...

Russian missile attack on Ukrainian military facility kills nine

Russian missile attack on Ukrainian military facility kills nine

-- 2022-03-13 16:38:44

A Russian missile attack on a large Ukrainian military facility near the border with NATO member Poland on Sunday killed nine people and wounded 57, Ukrainian officials said. Foreign military instruc...

PSG and UCL - stories of heartbreaks

PSG and UCL - stories of heartbreaks

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-03-13 13:15:03

It all went wrong for PSG. It has been the same story for almost a decade, bar the last two seasons. And PSG don’t seem to be coming out of this situation anytime soon. Just when everyone think...