Australia hope to lure Louis Lynagh away from England

[caption id="attachment_13609" align="alignright" width="700"] [/caption] MELBOURNE : Louis Lynagh's selection in an extended England squad last month put a dagger through the heart of Australian...

Biden to restore boundaries of protected areas that were reduced by Trump

October 8, 2021

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WASHINGTON, DC: President Joe Biden will restore the boundaries of three American nature reserves, known as national monuments, that were reduced in size by former...

Czech PM, named in Pandora probe, leads polls ahead of vote

October 8, 2021

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PRAGUE: A populist billionaire at odds with the European Union who featured in the Pandora Papers is the narrow favourite in Czech elections starting today...

Texas clinic resumes providing abortions after judge blocks law

October 8, 2021

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WASHINGTON: A Texas clinic resumed providing abortions yesterday to women who are more than six weeks pregnant after a federal judge temporarily blocked a state...

Park urges Man United fans to stop chant about dog meat

October 4, 2021

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LONDON: Former South Korea midfielder Park Ji-sung urged Manchester United fans to stop singing a song about him that contains a negative stereotype about his...

Two Koreas reopen hotlines as North urges South to mend ties

October 4, 2021

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SEOUL: The two Koreas today restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago, with Pyongyang urging Seoul to step up efforts to improve relations...

Ecuador’s government says prisons under police, military control after deadly riot

October 4, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_13590" align="alignright" width="681"] Soldiers stand outside the Regional de Guayaquil prison after unrest was reported since the country's worst-ever riots broke out a few...

Whistleblower says Facebook put profit before reining in hate speech

October 4, 2021

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WASHINGTON: A Facebook Inc whistleblower yesterday accused the social media giant of repeatedly prioritising profit over clamping down on hate speech and misinformation, and said...

New Zealand drops its Covid-19 elimination plan as Delta persists

October 4, 2021

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WELLINGTON: New Zealand today abandoned its strategy of eliminating coronavirus, easing some Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in its biggest city Auckland, and will instead look to...

Fumio Kishida officially becomes Japan’s prime minister

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TOKYO: Japan’s parliament today voted Fumio Kishida the country’s next prime minister, with the new leader expected to announce a cabinet including both holdovers and...