Australian F1 Grand Prix and MotoGP cancelled due to COVID-19
MELBOURNE: The Australian Grand Prix has been axed for the second year in a row with the 21st round of the Formula 1 championship a...
Australia denies interfering in China’s Pacific COVID-19 vaccine help
CANBERRA: Australia on Tuesday (Jul 6) denied Chinese government and media allegations that it was interfering in the roll-out of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines in Papua...
Afghan forces deploy to counter Taliban assault
[caption id="attachment_13281" align="alignleft" width="680"] Afghan forces have been guarding Bagram Air Base since US and NATO forces left [/caption] KABUL: Afghan authorities on Tuesday (Jul...
UK PM Johnson outlines plans to end England’s COVID-19 restrictions
[caption id="attachment_13278" align="alignnone" width="1200"] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference for England's COVID-19 lockdown easing announcement in London, Britain, on Jul 5,...
WhatsApp could soon let you send videos in high resolution, suggests leak
WhatsApp's heavy compression algorithms are known to compress video files to drastically low quality to get them sent across faster. Videos sent over WhatsApp have...
Formula 1: Verstappen takes pole in Austria as Hamilton struggles for pace
SPEILBERG, Austria: Red Bull's world championship leader Max Verstappen will start on pole for the Austrian Grand Prix after edging out Lando Norris for McLaren...
Football: Kane leads England past Ukraine and into Euro 2020 semi-finals
ROME: Harry Kane scored twice as a buoyant England cruised through to the semi-finals of Euro 2020 with a one-sided 4-0 win over Ukraine in...
Biden orders probe after massive ransomware attack potentially hit 1,000 businesses
CENTRAL LAKE, Michigan: A ransomware attack on a US IT company potentially targeted 1,000 businesses, researchers said Saturday (Jul 3), with one of Sweden's biggest...
Australian state reports drop in new COVID-19 cases; lockdowns ease in some areas
[caption id="attachment_13263" align="alignright" width="666"] A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past light rail platforms devoid of waiting passengers in the city centre at...
Progress on COVID-19 and economy under Biden, but disunion haunts US on its 245th birthday
[caption id="attachment_13260" align="alignleft" width="600"] [/caption] Most US adults are vaccinated but COVID-19 cases are rising. The economy is accelerating but inflation looms. Bipartisan cooperation has...