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Sputnik International 

'Token Gesture': US Anti-Russia Sanctions Aimed to Smoothen Poroshenko's Visit

New sanctions against Russia imposed by the United States are very limited in scope and were a token gesture for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko who was on an official visit to Washington at that time, the leader of the Belgian right-wing People’s Party, Mischael Modrikamen, told Sputnik on Wednesday.

RIA Novosti  

'Token Gesture': US Anti-Russia Sanctions Aimed to Smoothen Poroshenko's Visit

New sanctions against Russia imposed by the United States are very limited in scope and were a token gesture for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko who was on an official visit to Washington at that time, the leader of the Belgian right-wing People’s Party, Mischael Modrikamen, told Sputnik on Wednesday.

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Adrian Askarieh’s Prime Universe Banner Closes First Look Deal With Constantin Film

Agent 47 and among his upcoming projects is “Just Cause,” which is based on the best-selling Square Enix video game and has “Aquaman” headliner Jason Momoa attached to star with Brad Peyton (“San Andreas”) attached to direct. Agent 47' Producer Adrian Askarieh on Video-Game Movies, First-Time Filmmakers and Virtual Reality With his great talent of developing and packaging high-end intellectual properties, we expect him to help us crank up our film and TV output. Martin, Robert, and their entire... Читать дальше...

TheRepublic.com 

Ronaldo heads Portugal to 1-0 win over Russia at Confed Cup

MOSCOW — Cristiano Ronaldo set aside his legal troubles to score the winning goal for Portugal on Wednesday in a 1-0 victory over hosts Russia in the Confederations Cup. However, the win was bittersweet as Portugal left-back Raphael Guerreiro was hospitalized with a suspected leg fracture. Ronaldo headed Portugal in front in the eighth minute

World Trade Organization 

Solid progress in talks on Australia’s accession to the Government Procurement Agreement

Work to complete Australia’s accession to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) has intensified and is nearing final stages. The accessions of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan to the Agreement are advancing steadily as well, informal discussions in the Committee on Government Procurement on 21 June 2017 have confirmed. The accession negotiations of Russia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia kicked off at the meeting.

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

Elroy man charged with third OWI

An Elroy man faces three felony bail jumping charges and a third operating while intoxicated offense after Mauston police arrested him June 6.

Zee News (zeenews.india.com) 

Poland refuses `poor quality` Russian gas

Poland currently relies on Russia for about 40 percent of its gas, with a third coming from domestic sources and 20 percent from central Asia.

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Tropical Storm Cindy: Drenching rains, flood threat on coast

Tropical Storm Cindy sent drenching rain bands over the north Gulf Coast on Wednesday, swamping low-lying coastal roads and pushing a waterspout ashore in one beachfront community as residents from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle warily eyed ...