Raducanu hungry for more after US Open triumph
NEW YORK: Emma Raducanu said she has had time to let her US Open win sink in and is now ready to vie for more...
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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...