Wagons loaded with coal at the Zlobino railway station in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Reuters
Wagons loaded with coal at the Zlobino railway station in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Reuters
Wagons loaded with coal at the Zlobino railway station in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Reuters
Wagons loaded with coal at the Zlobino railway station in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Reuters

EU approves new Russia sanctions that include coal embargo


Soraya Ebrahimi
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EU countries on Thursday approved new sanctions against Russia, including a bloc-wide embargo on coal imports, after evidence of torture and killings of civilians emerging from war zones outside the Ukraine capital, Kyiv.

The ban on coal imports against Russia’s lucrative energy industry is estimated to be worth €4 billion ($4.4bn) a year, said the EU presidency, held by France.

In the meantime, the bloc has started working on more sanctions, including on oil imports.

“The package is very substantial and extends sanctions against Russia to new sectors” and more oligarchs, the presidency said, mentioning officials linked to propaganda, military security and high technology.

The deal was given final approval in a meeting of EU ambassadors and will be enacted when published in the bloc's official journal, probably on Friday.

So far, banning natural gas has remained out of reach, but not because of lack of support from the European Parliament.

The legislature approved a resolution with a vote of 513-22 — with 19 abstentions — demanding “an immediate full embargo on Russian imports of oil, coal, nuclear fuel and gas".

But the move carried little more than moral weight, because is up to the member states to unanimously impose such bans.

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    Nato foreign ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the latest in the continuing Russia-Ukraine war. AFP
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    People take part in a protest against the transport of cargo to Russia and Belarus near the Polish-Belarusian border crossing in Koroszczyn, eastern Poland. EPA
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    A Ukrainian naval vessel, thought to be the ‘Donbas’ and a nearby building burn in the besieged city of Mariupol. AP
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    Bucha resident Tetiana Ustymenko weeps over the grave of her son, buried in the garden of her house, in Bucha, north-west of Kyiv. AFP
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    People charge their mobile phones in a public building in Bucha. AFP
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    People from Mariupol leave a train to be taken to temporary residences in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. AP
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    Vladyslava Liubarets, a Bucha resident, cries as she hugs her sister whom she had not seen since the beginning of the Russian invasion, in Bucha, the town which was retaken by the Ukrainian army. EPA
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    Local citizen Oleksandr, 55, looks at the grave of his neighbour in the backyard of his private house in Hostomel in Kyiv. EPA
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    Debris of a rocket missile on the field near Kyiv. EPA
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    The mother of Ukrainian soldier Lubomyr Hudzeliak, who was killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, mourns during his funeral in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. AFP
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    A woman takes care of a baby at a shelter in the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk in Donbas region. AFP
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    Residents gather outside a shelter in the city of Severodonetsk. AFP
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    Residents in eastern Ukraine, including the city of Severodonetsk in Donbas region, have been asked by their government to leave 'now' or 'risk death'. AFP
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    A young girl with her dog arrives at a centre for the displaced in Zaporizhzhia, north-west of Mariupol. AFP
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    A damaged ambulance in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv. Reuters
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    A bomb crater left behind by Russia's attack on the Ukrainian village of Demydiv, on the outskirts of Kyiv. Reuters
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    Russian attacks have reduced Hotel Ukraine in Chernihiv to debris. Reuters
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    Oleksii Shcherbo, 98, near his burnt house in the village of Sloboda, on the outskirts of Chernihiv. Reuters
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    Residents walk past destroyed Russian military machinery on the street, in Bucha, the town which was retaken by the Ukrainian army, north-west of Kyiv. EPA
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    Damaged National flags flutter in the wind on a cemetry of Chernihiv city which was blocked by Russian troops for a long time. EPA
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    Demonstrators lie down on the ground in tribute to the people killed in Russia's war against Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany. AP
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    A Ukrainian firefighter works at the site of a burning fuel storage facility ignited by an air strike, in Dnipropetrovsk. Reuters
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    A woman before and after she was removed by rescuers from debris after a military strike on the town of Rubizhne, Luhansk. Reuters
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    People wait for help to evacuate Derhachi. Reuters
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    Pope Francis, in Vatican, holds a Ukrainian flag given to him by a delegation from the town of Bucha, where dozens of bodies had been found. EPA
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    State emergency servicemen clear shells near Chernigiv, northern Ukraine. AFP
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    US war veteran Steven Straub shows his tattoo of the Ukrainian flag while on patrol near Buda-Babynetska, north of Kyiv, days after Russian forces retreated from the area. AFP
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    Candles are arranged in the shape of Ukraine by the monument to the poet Taras Shevchenko in the western city Lviv. AFP
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    A teddy bear hangs from a tree branch outside an apartment building in Borodyanka, Kyiv oblast. AP
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    A woman carries her cat as she walks past buildings that were destroyed by Russian shelling, in Borodyanka. Reuters
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    Dmitriy Evtushkov, 25, points to his picture in a primary school album retrieved from the rubble of a block of flats. AP
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    Technicians try to fix the internet in Bucha. AP
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    A smashed mobile phone lies next to a Russian army ration book in Bucha. AP
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    A woman and children after their arrival at a centre for displaced persons in Zaporizhzhia, about 200 kilometres north-west of Mariupol. AFP
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    A man leaves a damaged pharmacy after a bombing that killed several civilians, in Mykolaiv. AP
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    Ukrainian soldiers sing a patriotic song with buildings in the background that were destroyed during fighting in Borodyanka. AP
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    Borodyanka residents carry humanitarian aid packages. Reuters
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    Elderly Ukrainians shelter in a basement in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine. EPA
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    Destroyed apartment buildings in Borodyanka. Reuters
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    Relatives and friends are overwhelmed with emotions as they stand next to the coffin of Anatoly German during his funeral. AP

And energy is key in Europe’s trade relations with Russia. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has said that the 27-nation bloc is paying €1bn a day for energy provisions, accounting for more than €35bn since the war started.

Late on Thursday, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that, if not gas, oil would be on the list soon.

“The next step we are looking intensively at the moment is oil, so to prepare to be able to phase out oil,” Ms von der Leyen said.

On Wednesday, the US announced sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters and said it was toughening penalties against Russian banks in retaliation for “war crimes” in Ukraine.

The moves against Sberbank and Alfa Bank prohibit assets from touching the US financial system and bar Americans from doing business with those institutions.

The EU sanctions also included the freezing of assets of several Russian banks, an extension of an arms export ban covering contracts before 2014, and other export bans totalling about €10bn.

The nations also approved a further €5.5bn ban on imports and a ban on port access for Russian vessels.

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Indoor cricket in a nutshell

Indoor Cricket World Cup - Sep 16-20, Insportz, Dubai

16 Indoor cricket matches are 16 overs per side

8 There are eight players per team

There have been nine Indoor Cricket World Cups for men. Australia have won every one.

5 Five runs are deducted from the score when a wickets falls

Batsmen bat in pairs, facing four overs per partnership

Scoring In indoor cricket, runs are scored by way of both physical and bonus runs. Physical runs are scored by both batsmen completing a run from one crease to the other. Bonus runs are scored when the ball hits a net in different zones, but only when at least one physical run is score.

Zones

A Front net, behind the striker and wicketkeeper: 0 runs

B Side nets, between the striker and halfway down the pitch: 1 run

Side nets between halfway and the bowlers end: 2 runs

Back net: 4 runs on the bounce, 6 runs on the full

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Flight connections to Ulaanbaatar are available through a variety of hubs, including Seoul and Beijing, with airlines including Mongolian Airlines and Korean Air. While some nationalities, such as Americans, don’t need a tourist visa for Mongolia, others, including UAE citizens, can obtain a visa on arrival, while others including UK citizens, need to obtain a visa in advance. Contact the Mongolian Embassy in the UAE for more information.

Nomadic Road offers expedition-style trips to Mongolia in January and August, and other destinations during most other months. Its nine-day August 2020 Mongolia trip will cost from $5,250 per person based on two sharing, including airport transfers, two nights’ hotel accommodation in Ulaanbaatar, vehicle rental, fuel, third party vehicle liability insurance, the services of a guide and support team, accommodation, food and entrance fees; nomadicroad.com

A fully guided three-day, two-night itinerary at Three Camel Lodge costs from $2,420 per person based on two sharing, including airport transfers, accommodation, meals and excursions including the Yol Valley and Flaming Cliffs. A return internal flight from Ulaanbaatar to Dalanzadgad costs $300 per person and the flight takes 90 minutes each way; threecamellodge.com

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Men's wheelchair 800m T34: 1. Walid Ktila (TUN) 1.44.79; 2. Mohammed Al Hammadi (UAE) 1.45.88; 3. Isaac Towers (GBR) 1.46.46.

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Name: Capt Shadia Khasif

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Family: Five sons and three daughters

The first female investigator in Hatta.

Role Model: Father

She believes that there is a solution to every problem

 

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Updated: April 08, 2022, 1:54 AM