HONG KONG (China): South Korea’s Olympic champion and world number one An Se-young (pic) blew away home hope Gao Fangjie in just 38 minutes to win the China Masters on Sunday. The 22-year-old triumphed for the first time since her Paris Games exploits with a ruthless 21-12, 21-8 victory over
TBILISI: Georgia’s new parliament convened for its first session Monday amid protests over an election the opposition says was rigged and after the pro-European president demanded the result be annulled. Political turmoil has rocked the Black Sea nation since the October 26 vote, won by the governing Georgian Dream party.
BASEL (Switzerland): Basel voters on Sunday overwhelmingly approved the city putting up nearly $40 million towards hosting next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, meaning the giant TV extravaganza will go ahead with its customary full-on razzmatazz. Final results showed 66.6 per cent of voters in the Swiss city backed putting taxpayers’
MONTEVIDEO: Left-wing politician Yamandu Orsi was elected president of Uruguay, official results showed on Sunday, in a rebuke by voters of five years of conservative rule. Uruguayans went to the polls for the second round of voting in what became a tight race between Orsi, of the Frente Amplio (Broad
SYDNEY (Australia): Emma McKeon, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, has announced her retirement from competitive swimming at the age of 30. With 14 Olympic medals, including six gold, McKeon has cemented her place as one of the sport’s greats. “I am officially retiring from competitive swimming,” McKeon shared on Instagram, reflecting
IPSWICH (United Kingdom): Ruben Amorim’s first match in charge of Manchester United ended in a 1-1 draw against struggling Ipswich at Portman Road on Sunday. The result highlighted the challenge facing the Portuguese manager, who replaced Erik ten Hag last week. United took the lead in the second minute when
MANILA: Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky Sunday as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital Manila. Manila Fire District said around 1,000 houses were burned in the blaze that is thought to have started on
NEW YORK: US shoppers are coming out in force this holiday season, but the festiveness is being tempered by inflationary pressures that have abated but not completely faded. After the sticker shock during the latter stages of the pandemic, a familiar frustration has settled in towards consumer prices that remain
DAVIS (United States): A scientist guides a long tube into the mouth and down to the stomach of Thing 1, a two-month-old calf that is part of a research project aiming to prevent cows from burping methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Paulo de Meo Filho, a postdoctoral researcher at University
MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Manchester City collapsed to their fifth straight defeat on Saturday, hammered 4-0 by Tottenham in another huge blow to their Premier League title hopes as Arsenal got their challenge back on track. The rout at the Etihad ends City’s 52-game unbeaten home run and leaves manager Pep
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