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Garbine Muguruza suffers blistering exit at Australian Open

MELBOURNE - Emiratesvoice

Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza refused to blame her heat-blistered feet as she became the biggest casualty of the Australian Open so far on Thursday The third seed, whose preparation was hampered by a thigh injury, was always trailing against the 88-ranked Hsieh Su-wei from Taiwan before being edged out 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 in one hour and 59 minutes on RodRead more

Germany considers student exchanges

Berlin - Emiratesvoice

A suggestion that schools send students on exchange between Germany's former East and West to heal persistent divides sparked debate on Monday, almost 30 years after the country's reunification. "We don't just need pupil projects exchanging with Poland or France, but between Leipzig and Stuttgart" in the lagging east and prosperous southwest, Left party politician Helmut Holter told the FunkeRead more

Warsaw to stage first Chopin global competition

london - Emiratesvoice

Poland's Fryderyk Chopin Institute (NIFC) on Thursday said it would hold the first international competition where pianists will play the romantic composer's music on period instruments. "The pianos of that era have a mechanism and tone that are very different from those offered by contemporary instruments," said Joanna Bokszczanin, who is organising the event in Warsaw on September 2-14. Participants,Read more

Ski jumper Stoch completes Four Hills clean sweep

Bischofshofen - Emiratesvoice

Poland's Kamil Stoch on Saturday became just the second man in history to complete a Four Hills clean sweep when he triumphed on the prestigious event's final leg at Bischofshofen in Austria. Germany's Sven Hannawald, in 2001/2002, was the only ski jumper to have previously achieved the feat. On Saturday, Stoch won with leaps of 132.5m and 137m ahead ofRead more

NBA: Celtics rout Cavs as idle Thomas gets ovation in Boston return

WASHINGTON - Emiratesvoice

Terry Rozier scored 20 points off the Boston bench to lead six double-figure scorers Wednesday and the Celtics routed visiting Cleveland 102-88 in an NBA Eastern Conference showdown. Jayson Tatum and reserve Marcus Smart each scored 15 points, Jaylen Brown added 14 points and Kyrie Irving and Al Horford each contributed 11 and nine rebounds as the East-leading Celtics improvedRead more

Russia accuses US of breaking treaty

Moscow - Emiratesvoice

Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov on Saturday accused the United States of violating a key arms treaty by selling a missile defence system to Japan. "The US is deploying them (missile defence systems) at their military bases in Romania and Poland, that is near our western borders, which goes against the 1987 INF Treaty banning the deployment of suchRead more

Two Belgians acquitted in Poland of Auschwitz theft

Warsaw - Emiratesvoice

A Polish court on Friday acquitted two Belgian citizens who had been accused of stealing parts of an electric fence from the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp, local media reported. All objects in the former Nazi death camp, including its electric fence, are the property of the state museum at the site in Oswiecim, southern Poland, that is on UNESCO'sRead more

Ski jumping: 40,000 to see Four Hills take leap of faith

Berlin - Emiratesvoice

Around 40,000 people will shiver in the snow of Oberstdorf on Saturday, straining necks and eyes as ski jumping's prestigious Four Hills gets underway with their own German Alpine stars expected to sweep to victory. The sport's blue riband event, a Christmas and New Year fixture of the ski jumping calendar since 1953, takes on extra significance this year withRead more

Whistles as Romanian senate passes judicial reforms

Bucharest - Emiratesvoice

Despite opposition whistles, Romania's upper house approved Thursday judicial reforms that have sparked street protests and concerns abroad about the EU country's commitment to tackling corruption. Critics say that the changes will reduce the independence of magistrates and curb the powers of the DNA, the respected anti-corruption investigative body. Brussels worries that EU's second-poorest country is backtracking on tackling graft,Read more

Polish president accuses EU of 'lying' about judicial reforms

Warsaw - Emiratesvoice

Poland's President Andrzej Duda accused the EU Wednesday of "lying" about his country's judicial reforms hours after the European Commission launched unprecedented disciplinary proceedings against Warsaw for the changes that Brussels says threaten the rule of law. "Very many representatives of European institutions tell lies about Poland; They're lying. They lie when they say that there are changes in PolandRead more