Nick Kyrgios had a typically direct message for his hecklers after his loss to Rafa Nadal at Indian Wells on Thursday: “Don’t tell me how to play…just be quiet.” The 26-year-old Australian unravelled on a number of occasions as he fell to a 7-6(0) 5-7 6-4 defeat and was hit […]
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KUALA LUMPUR: Long-time Windows users will know that, if you begin seeing ads while using your computer, this typically means that you’ve accidentally downloaded some form of malware. However, some Windows 11 users have begun reporting that they’re seeing ads within the File Explorer programme itself on Windows 11. According […]
KARACHI, Pakistan : Pakistani business-to-business fintech startup Bazaar has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round, the platform said on Tuesday, taking the total funding to $100 million in less than two years, said a statement. The latest funding, led by Dragoneer Investment Group and Tiger Global, makes […]
BEIJING: China does not want to be impacted by Western economic sanctions on Russia, state media reported today, as pressure grows on Beijing to withdraw support from an isolated Moscow. Beijing has refused to condemn its close ally Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while blaming the United States and […]
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a camping trip to the country’s future capital, he said on social media today, posing for photographs in a forest at the site of the new city. The country is preparing to move its capital from overcrowded Jakarta to Nusantara, in a megaproject that […]
SEOUL: US forces stationed in South Korea said today they have enhanced the intensity of exercises for their Patriot missile air defence system amid signs that North Korea might soon conduct another long-range missile test. Tension on the Korean Peninsula has been growing amid speculation North Korea could test its […]
KYIV: Russian strikes hit civilian targets in central Ukraine’s Dnipro city today, as Moscow’s troops edged closer to Kyiv, where officials said the capital was being transformed into a “fortress”. Hundreds of thousands of civilians remained trapped and under fire in Ukrainian cities, including besieged Mariupol, after the first talks […]
SEOUL: The party of outgoing South Korea President Moon Jae-in scrambled to regroup today as its leadership resigned in en masse after its devastating election defeat, but still holds enough seats to potentially thwart the new president’s agenda. Conservative opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, a former prosecutor-general and political novice, won […]
The United States has condemned reports that Moscow may seize the assets of businesses which have stopped operating in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. White House press secretary Jen Psaki warned that such a move will result in “more economic pain”. Her comments come as the US Congress passed […]
LONDON: One month after escaping the Premier League’s bottom three for the first time all season, Newcastle United could move 10 points clear of the drop zone with victory at Southampton tomorrow. It is an astonishing transformation under Eddie Howe, so much so that Newcastle’s form over the last eight […]