World number one Ash Barty was in imperious form on Sunday (Jan 9) as the Australian handed Elena Rybakina a 6-3 6-2 defeat at Memorial Drive to win the Adelaide International and claim the 14th WTA title of her career. Barty, who won the event in 2020, dominated against the […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rescuers were working Sunday (Jan 9) to clear routes to a locked-in hill town sheltering thousands of tourists after 22 people died in vehicles trapped by heavy snow. The resort town of Murree, around 70km northeast of Islamabad, was inundated with tourists and daytrippers last week after unusually […]
A Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked in April while collecting cans in East Harlem has died of his injuries, and his case is now deemed a homicide, New York City police said on Saturday (Jan 8). Yao Pan Ma, 61, died on Dec 31, police said. The attack drew […]
American Amanda Anisimova battled through injury to beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-5 1-6 6-4 in the Melbourne Summer Set 2 final and claim her second WTA title on Sunday. Anisimova, playing her first final since she won the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota in April 2019, overcame a thigh injury to seal […]
With the negotiations looming — and the fate of Europe’s post-Cold War borders and NATO’s military presence on the continent at stake — Biden’s advisers say they are trying to signal to Putin exactly what he would face in hopes of influencing his decisions in coming weeks. The Biden administration […]
The Tender Bar movie review: It’s not as if this Ben Affleck-starrer is completely unwatchable. But if you really wish to enjoy this one, lower your expectations down a notch, and then lower them some more. The Tender Bar movie director: George Clooney The Tender Bar movie cast: Ben Affleck, […]
WASHINGTON: The most powerful space telescope ever built completed a tricky two-week-long deployment phase on Saturday (Jan 8), unfolding its final golden mirror panel, as it readies to study every phase of cosmic history. Engineering teams in the James Webb Space Telescope’s control room cheered as confirmation came back that […]
At least three tourist boats were caught in the collapse, authorities say. RIO DE JANEIRO: At least seven people were killed and three were missing after a cliff collapsed onto boats carrying tourists on a lake in Brazil, authorities said on Saturday (Jan 8). Rescue teams including a dive squad […]
The rise of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the presidency was looked at as a possible model by other authoritarian regimes on how to conduct a leadership transition without losing their grip on power. The embattled president of Kazakhstan has the pedigree of an international technocrat. The son of prominent intellectuals, he […]
ALMATY: Kazakhstan’s president said Friday that order had been mostly restored in the country after days of unprecedented violence that saw a Moscow-led military alliance send troops to help quell unrest. The interior ministry said security forces had taken all the country’s regions “under increased protection” and that 26 “armed […]