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BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade defeated arch-rivals Partizan 89-84 in a Round 13 derby game of the regional basketball ABA League on Monday evening.

Red Star, Partizan and Montenegro's Buducnost Podgorica are now all tied at the top of the league table with 11 wins and 2 defeats.

Though their return to Olympic-level competition after 16 years did not result in a medal, the players under coach Alexia Kammenou gained valuable experience after five losses and two wins.

After the game, both the coach and players were visibly emotional.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin promised Tuesday that the United States will not let Ukraine fail, even as further aid remains stalled in Congress and Kiev's forces face shortages of munitions.

BELGRADE/WASHINGTON - State Secretary at the Serbian Ministry of Defence Nemanja Starovic met with officials of the US administration in Washington on Tuesday.

Starovic is heading a Ministry of Defence delegation on a visit to the US.

Top U.S. military officer General Charles "CQ" Brown spoke with China's General Liu Zhenli on Thursday, a spokesman said, after a more than year-long halt to high-level defense talks between the two countries.

Oscar-nominated actress Maria Bakalova, who triumphed in the awards season with her role in the film "Borat 2", found a place in the selection "30 under 30 Europe" of Forbes magazine writes New Musical Express, quoted by Nova TV.

Dr. Brown is not an authoritarian. This much is abundantly clear within a minute or two of hearing him speak, but no more obviously than when he advocates freedom of speech in his video “If You Silence Others One Day They Will Silence You”.

Brown states outright: