Coco Gauff and two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka have moved closer to another semifinal showdown at the Australian Open. Gauff eliminated 2021 U.S.

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, won a seventh consecutive term in office yesterday in an election denounced by the European Union and the exiled opposition.

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus prepares to serve to Clara Tauson of Denmark during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake) Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus serves to Clara Tauson of Denmark during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne,

MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. The Belarusian incumbent president is re-elected, Denmark boosts its military aid to Ukraine, and the Valdai Discussion Club offers strategies for trade challenges with India. These stories topped the headlines in Monday’s newspapers across Russia.

The Belarusian will next face Spain’s world number 12 Paula Badosa that outplayed World No.3 Coco Gauff of the United States, 7-5, 6-4.

MINSK, 19 January (BelTA) - World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus rolled into her third straight Australian Open quarterfinal with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Russia’s world number 15 Mirra Andreeva in Melbourne, BelTA has learned.

According to TSN insider Darren Dreger, the NHL and NHLPA “have advised the IIHF they intend on moving forward, at least for now, without IIHF involvement in the 2028 World Cup of Hockey.”

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the Ukraine war, Iran and China on Tuesday in their first phone call since the Trump administration took office on 20 January.

The saying "it is very difficult to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if it is not there" is probably known to everyone. Although it seems that only the first part of this phrase has reached some Baltic countries.

Imagine that we were to treat immigration policy the way Trump does. Imagine that we were to sanction foreign governments when they dragged their feet over taking back illegal entrants.

In China, there are no buyers for March deliveries of oil from Russia after new American sanctions on Russia's "shadow fleet" led to increased tanker transport costs, which were not covered by these sanctions,