Flawless Sakkari faces Kvitova test in US Open third round
Maria Sakkari said she is growing in confidence with each match after a shaky tune-up to the US Open, but the Greek 17th seed who is bidding to make the ...
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U.S. booster shot campaign to start with only Pfizer – source
A White House plan to offer COVID-19 booster shots will most likely start this month only with the vaccine made by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech , a narrower initiative than anticipated, ...
New Zealand supermarkets take knives off shelves after ‘extremist’ stabbing
New Zealand supermarket group Countdown said on Saturday it has removed knives and scissors from its shelves, a day after a man the authorities called an Islamist extremist stabbed six ...
Turkish hotels to close early after UK ‘red list’ dashes hopes
When Britain announced Turkey would stay on its “red list” of travel destinations last week, Onur Arican decided to close his boutique hotel on the Aegean coast early this year ...
Osaka suffers shock loss in U.S. Open, plans to take break from the sport
Two-time champion Naomi Osaka‘s U.S. Open title defence ended in tears on Friday, as she suffered a stunning defeat in the third round to Canadian Leylah Fernandez 5-7 7...
US Open Day five highlights
Highlights of the fifth day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Friday (times in GMT):
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Alcaraz upsets Tsitsipas to reach U.S. Open fourth round
Fearless Carlos Alcaraz was not distracted by another mid-match bathroom break from Stefanos Tsitsipas on Friday, holding focus to upset the Greek third seed 6-3 4-6 7-6 (2) 0-6 7-6 (5) and ...
Taliban sources say last Afghan holdout region has fallen
Three Taliban sources said the Islamist militia had on Friday seized the Panjshir valley north of Kabul, the last part of Afghanistan holding out against it.
“By the grace of ...
UK watchdog opens probe into COVID-19 test provider Expert Medicals
Britain’s competition regulator said on Friday it had opened an investigation into Expert Medicals, one of the UK’s largest providers of COVID-19 tests, following complaints that it did ...
UK advisers decide against Covid jab for healthy 12- to 15-year-olds
Britain’s vaccine advisers said they were not recommending the universal vaccination of 12 to 15-year-olds against COVID-19, preferring to take a precautionary approach to assess the long-term impacts of rare ...
Former US Cardinal McCarrick pleads not guilty to molesting teenage boy
Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges he molested a 16-year-old boy in 1974, a case that makes him the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic official ...
Syria says Israeli air strikes target areas near Damascus
Israel carried out air strikes on targets near Damascus early on Friday, triggering Syrian air defences but causing no casualties, Syrian state media reported, the second such attack in just ...
Pjanic joins Besiktas on loan as Barcelona exits continue
Miralem Pjanic has joined Besiktas on loan from Barcelona until the end of the season, the Turkish side confirmed on Friday as the Bosnian midfielder became the latest player to ...
Britain’s trucker shortage jams post-pandemic recovery
Two furloughed jumbo jet pilots and a burnt-out finance worker have been among the more unusual candidates to learn how to drive 44-tonne trucks at Laurence Bolton’s school in ...
Oil rises on demand outlook, Gulf outages
Oil prices rose on Friday as a rebound in global demand was widely expected and a slow recovery for the US Gulf Coast export and refining hub from the hurricane ...
Britain set to raise taxes to pay for social care
The British government is planning a tax hike for around 25 million people to help fund adult social care and the National Health Service, newspapers reported on Friday.
The state-run National ...
EU reviewing cases of rare body inflammation after Covid-19 shots
Europe’s medicines regulator said on Friday it was reviewing if there was a risk of a rare inflammatory condition after inoculation with COVID-19 vaccines, following a report of one ...
AstraZeneca, EU reach settlement on delivery of Covid-19 vaccines
The European Commission and AstraZeneca said on Friday they had reached a settlement on delivering remaining COVID-19 vaccine doses by the British drugmaker and also ended pending litigation in Brussels.
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Taliban co-founder Baradar to lead new Afghanistan govt
Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday, as it battled rebel fighters in the ...
Verstappen’s ‘orange army’ ready to party at Zandvoort
Formula One needs to put on a show for the fans after a farcical ‘race’ in Belgium and it will not take long for Dutch fans and Max Verstappen’s ...
New Zealand police kill “extremist” inspired by Islamic State
New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a “violent extremist” who was known to authorities, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people ...
Dozens die after Ida batters Northeast
Flash flooding killed at least 44 people in four Northeastern states as remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed torrential rains that swept away cars, submerged New York City subway lines and grounded ...
Sharper, more focused Djokovic advances to US Open third round
Novak Djokovic’s bid for a 21st major title that would complete a calendar-year Grand Slam picked up pace on Thursday as the world number one cruised into the U....
Iranian oil, despite sanctions, is on it’s way to Hezbollah in Lebanon
The first Iranian fuel oil cargo secured through Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah will be delivered via Syria by truck to avoid complications related to sanctions, two sources with knowledge ...