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How Barty’s shock retirement changed women’s tennis forever
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 9, 2025
Chasing an elusive Wimbledon title Swiatek and Sabalenka have become the dominant pacesetters of women’s tennis, but have something else in common: neither has won a Wimbledon championship. Barty achieved that feat in 2021, and that triumph sits...
Heads of State movie review: Mindless but stirring action comedy
Mid Day Mumbai
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June 29, 2025
Heads of State has some really big action set pieces and sequences. This is not a no-nonsense action film. It’s a really funny action comedy Still from Heads of State This third feature film by director Ilya Naishuller, is a typical star powered...
Belarus, Russia to sign over 100 contracts at regional forum in Nizhny Novgorod
Azertag
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June 23, 2025
Baku, June 23, AZERTAC Plans are in place to sign more than 100 contracts at the 12th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia in Nizhny Novgorod, Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova told...
Ordinary Packaging Of Belarusian Oil Under UV Light Revealed Hidden Secrets
Charter 97
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11 "Focus" caused a furor on social media. Belarusian TikTok was blown up by another household discovery. One of the users discovered that the producers of Brest-Litovsk oil are very serious about protecting their products from fakes. On the...
Belarus releases activists after US visit
Taipei Times
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June 22, 2025
Belarus freed top opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky and more than a dozen other political prisoners on Saturday following an appeal from the White House, Minsk said, a sign of warming ties between Washington and Belarus-ally Moscow. The release...
Belarus Has Adopted An Anecdotal Law On Potatoes
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24 Food shortages were decided to be banned. Because of the humiliating shortage of potatoes, the authorities decided that now only potatoes would be lost. So they took exhaustive measures. They banned potato shortages at the highest legislative...
Małgorzata Gosiewska: No Concessions To Lukashenka
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5 Małgorzata Gosiewska Sanctions will only be lifted if the dictator frees all political prisoners. The Chair of the European Parliament's Delegation for relations with Belarus, Polish MEP Małgorzata Gosiewska, delivered a strong speech in the...
Belarus opposition leader's husband urges Trump to help other prisoners
BBC
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June 22, 2025
Sergei Tikhanovsky, the husband of Belarus' opposition leader, has called on US President Donald Trump to "just say the word" and ask for all political prisoners in Belarus to be released. The opposition activist was freed unexpectedly on Saturday...
Belarus opposition leader released early after five years
The Times
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After her political activist husband was arrested, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya found herself thrust into the limelight, taking his place as a leading opponent of the autocratic regime of Belarus. Sergei Tikhanovsky was detained in May 2020 after...
AFU Operation In Belarus: The Scenario With The Entrance To Minsk Is Voiced
Charter 97
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37 "That would be very interesting." Military and political observer of the group "Information Resistance" Alexander Kovalenko commented on the question whether we should expect surprises from the AFU on the territory of Russia or Belarus. "Quite...
Belarus releases jailed opposition leader, over a dozen others after U.S envoy visit
TVC News Nigeria
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June 22, 2025
Belarus has released major opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky and more than a dozen other political detainees in response to a White House petition, according to Tsikhanouskaya’s team. The release occurred only hours after retired Lt. Gen. Keith...
Four Nepalis Were Expelled From Belarus In A Showy Manner
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5 They worked for the Santa Bremore. Four citizens of Nepal, working for "Santa Bremore," were deported from Belarus in an exemplary manner. According to the Department of Internal Affairs of Brest Regional Executive Committee, about 100 citizens...
A Pitiful Sight: Lukashenko And Putin Were Shown In Minsk Without Makeup
Charter 97
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8 The dictators look decrepit. After the EAEU summit in Minsk, footage showing the real state of dictators Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin - without filters and special photo processing - has appeared on the Web. The two elderly dictators...
E-commerce Platform Wildberries Pilots Its Own Taxi Service
The Slovenia Times
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July 9, 2025
MINSK, BELARUS - Media OutReach Newswire - 9 July 2025 - Wildberries, a leading e-commerce platform in Eurasia, has begun testing its own ride-hailing service in Belarus. The company expects the new service to help diversify its business and...
Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka dance at Centre Court and post about it on social media
NBC Sports
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June 27, 2025
LONDON — Just in case anyone might have wondered whether there was any lingering animosity between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka after their French Open final, the two tennis stars offered proof that all is well by dancing together at Wimbledon...
A Minsk Woman Paid 24 Thousand Rubles For Dental Services And Was Dissatisfied
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illustrative photo It ended up in court. Four years ago, a woman from Minsk was provided with low-quality dentures in a dental clinic. The woman appealed to the court. The press service of Minsk City Court told how the dispute ended. Minchanka...
Belarus frees key dissident, 13 others after rare visit from top US envoy
News Tribune - Missouri
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June 22, 2025
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) -- Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and 13 others following a rare visit by a senior U.S. official, Tsikhanouskaya's team...
Sabalenka survives Siegemund scare to reach Wimbledon semis
The Nation
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July 9, 2025
LONDON - World number one Aryna Sabalenka staged a remarkable comeback to reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the third time, defeating Germany’s Laura Siegemund 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in a gripping quarter-final encounter on Tuesday. The 27-year-old...
A Real Tornado Was Spotted In The South Of Belarus
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illustrative photo The element hunters showed the video. A tornado was recorded in Zhytkovichi district of Homiel region. The meteoroid on July 27 was spotted and filmed by storm hunters. According to the telegram channel "Meteoweib", the tornado...
Belarus frees dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski, 13 others after a rare visit from top U.S. envoy
The Hindu
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June 22, 2025
Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and 13 others following a rare visit by a senior U.S. official, Mr. Tsikhanouskaya's team announced on Saturday...