[ad_1] Polls opened on February 25 in Belarus’ tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections that are set to cement the steely rule of the country’s authoritarian leader, despite calls for a boycott from the opposition, which dismissed the balloting as a “senseless farce.” President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus with an iron hand for…
[ad_1] In his first reaction after winning the Australian Open 2024, tennis star Rohan Bopanna shared his tedious journey towards becoming the oldest grand slam winner in the world. At the age of 43, Rohan Bopanna paired up with Australia’s Matthew Ebden and defeated Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori on Saturday to clinch his second…
[ad_1] VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s Defence Council has decided to initiate negotiations to buy Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas told reporters on Tuesday, as the NATO member seeks to build a tank battalion. The Leopard 2 is made by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, part of German-French technology group KNDS. “Our intention is creating…
