The Norwegian Ski Federation has suspended two staff, including the team coach, after the governing body admitted that the country’s ski jumping team cheated by manipulating jumpsuits at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim. The federation said its ski jumping committee requested the suspension of national team coach Magnus […]
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WASHINGTON: Discrimination and attacks against American Muslims and Arabs rose by 7.4 per cent in 2024 due to heightened Islamophobia caused by US ally Israel’s war in Gaza and the resulting college campus protests, a Muslim advocacy group said on Tuesday. The Council on American Islamic Relations said it recorded […]
WASHINGTON: A federal judge yesterday ordered the government-downsizing team created by US President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in “unusual secrecy.” US District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington sided with the government watchdog group […]
MANILA: Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested at Ninoy Aquino International Airport today over a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), making him the first former leader of the country to be detained under an international tribunal’s order. Manila-based Rappler cited a high-ranking source confirming the custody, […]
DUBAI : India captain Rohit Sharma has no plans to quit the 50-overs format anytime soon, the opener said after guiding the team to the Champions Trophy title in Dubai. Rohit quit Twenty20 Internationals immediately after leading India to their second 20-overs World Cup title in West Indies last year. […]
TOKYO : Japan recorded a current account deficit in January for the first time in two years as a weak yen inflated the cost of imports, finance ministry data showed on Monday. A boost in imports of smartphones and electronic parts in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday, […]
Just a reminder: The Way Of Water clocked in at three hours and 12 minutes. James Cameron’s third Avatar movie will be even longer than the second. The 70-year-old filmmaker admitted he had too many “great ideas” packed into 2022’s Avatar: The Way Of Water – which clocked in at […]
The singer will hold the concerts at the Singapore National Stadium on May 18, 19, 21 and 24. Ticket sales start on Mar 18 with several presales on offer. Singapore will be her only stop in Asia. Pop star Lady Gaga will be performing at the Singapore National Stadium in […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump declined Sunday (Mar 9) to rule out the possibility that the United States might enter a recession this year. “I hate to predict things like that,” he told a Fox News interviewer when asked directly about a possible recession in 2025. “There is a period of […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed a new slew of executive orders on Wednesday (Feb 19), including one aimed at preventing taxpayer dollars from supporting illegal immigration and one designed to get rid of regulations the administration considers “overreach”. The immigration order bars the use of federal money for migrants […]