Sports,Tennis
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic said in a statement on Sunday that he was "extremely disappointed" with the decision to cancel his visa to enter Australia, but would cooperate with the authorities in relation to his departure from the country.The Serbian champion said he hoped the f...
Sports,Cricket
England's bowlers pegged back Australia with three wickets under the Hobart lights on Saturday night but the hosts reached the close of play on three for 37 with a lead of 152 runs after an eventful second day of the fifth Ashes test.The 8,711 crowd at Bellerive Oval witnessed the fall of 17 wic...
Sports,Football
Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland snapped a two-game goal drought to score twice while fullback Thomas Meunier added two more as their side hammered visiting Freiburg 5-1 on Friday to move within striking distance of leaders Bayern Munich.Fullback Meunier powered home a header at the near post ...
World,Back Page
Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for COVID-19, her spokesperson said on Friday, as a growing wave of infections swept the country driven by the more contagious omicron variant.Andersson, 54, is one of several party leaders to have tested positive for t...
Travis Head returned from COVID-19 to smash a belligerent 101 and Cameron Green made 74 to revive Australia after a top-order collapse on the opening day of the day-night final Ashes test against England on Friday.England's all-seam attack had reduced Australia to 12-3 in a strong start for the ...
Business & Commerce
US consumer prices increased solidly in December as rental accommodation and used cars maintained their strong gains, culminating in the largest annual rise in inflation in nearly four decades, which bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve will start raising interest rates as early as March....
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has backed interim boss Ralf Rangnick to do a good job at the Premier League club but said the German needs time to bed in his ideas and improve the team's performances.Rangnick was appointed until the end of the season following the sacking of Ole Gun...
World
Levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane in the atmosphere hit record highs in 2021, which was one of the world's hottest years ever and underlined the need for change, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said.Globally, 2021 was the fifth hottest year on record,...
A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced on Monday ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail on charges including possession of unlicensed walkie-talkies, a source familiar with the proceedings said.The latest sentencing in legal proceedings that rights groups have criticised as a farc...
China is willing to increase "law enforcement and security" cooperation with neighbouring Kazakhstan and help oppose interference by "external forces", China's foreign minister said on Monday, after violent protests in the Central Asian country.Wang Yi, who is also a state co...
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that Israel would not be bound by any nuclear deal with Iran and would continue to consider itself free to act “with no constraints” against its arch-foe if necessary.Indirect talks between Iran and the United States on salvaging the 2015 Ira...
The Incentive Ecosystem Foundation (IEF) said on Friday it has raised $100 million for Serum, a decentralized exchange and platform, to help expand its network and position it as a core liquidity infrastructure provider.As a decentralized exchange, Serum provides the underlying liquidity infrastruc...
India's daily COVID-19 cases jumped to 117,100 on Friday, a five-fold increase in a week and on course to overtake its previous infection peak as the fast-spreading omicron variant replaces Delta in cities.Government officials have privately said they are working under the assumption that daily ...
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic spent Orthodox Christmas in Australian immigration detention on Friday as his lawyers fight a government decision to remove him from the country that could scupper his shot at a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam.As the row escalated, officials said two other play...
France's foreign minister said on Friday (Jan 7) that Russia was trying to bypass the European Union by holding talks directly with the United States over Ukraine.Talks between US and Russian diplomats will begin in Geneva on Monday (Jan 10) after a weeks-long stand-off over Russian troop deploy...
Britain's Ministry of Defence on Friday said that it had begun the deployment of the military to support hospitals experiencing staff shortages and extreme pressures due to record Covid-19 cases in the country.The government said that 200 Armed Forces personnel had been made available to support...
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Friday he had given shoot-to-kill orders to deal with further disturbances from those he called bandits and terrorists, adding that those who failed to surrender would be “destroyed".Up to 20,000 “bandits” had attacked...
Chelsea seized control of their league cup semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur, beating their London rivals 2-0 in the first leg Wednesday thanks to an early strike by Kai Havertz and an own goal by Spurs defender Ben Davies.The Blues swamped their visitors right from the kickoff and, after a mix-u...
Real Madrid needed a lot of effort and a little luck as they won 3-1 at Alcoyano in the last 32 of the Copa del Rey Wednesday, with two late goals helping them gain revenge for their defeat to the third-tier side last year.It looked like deja-vu as Real returned to El Collao stadium 12 months after ...
A new blaze at the complex housing South Africa's parliament in Cape Town was brought under control overnight, city officials said on Tuesday, as a suspect arrested in connection with the fire was due to appear in court.An initial fire on Sunday caused the roof of the New Wing housing the assemb...
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