Muguruza lays down a marker as big names pull out of warm-ups
Former world number one Garbine Muguruza sounded out a warning to her Australian Open rivals with a 6-1 6-0 thrashing of Marketa Vondrousova on Saturday to set up a Yarra ...
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Myanmar generals shut down internet as thousands protest coup
Myanmar’s junta shut down the internet in the country on Saturday as thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon to denounce this week’s coup and demand ...
Ether seeks greater acceptance with futures launch
Futures on ether, the second largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalisation and daily volume, will launch late Sunday on derivatives exchange CME, as investors seek to take advantage of ...
Christopher Plummer, ‘Sound of Music’ star of stage and screen, dead at 91
Christopher Plummer, a patrician Canadian who starred as widower Captain von Trapp opposite Julie Andrews in the blockbuster 1965 musical “The Sound Of Music” and in 2012 became the oldest actor to ...
Greece tightens lockdown curfew to stem spread of Covid-19 infections
Greece on Friday tightened lockdown restrictions in parts of the country including capital Athens to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, after a surge of infections in recent days.
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UK says it wants all vaccine priority groups to have first shot by May
Britain wants to have offered all adults over the age of 50, most vulnerable people and health workers a vaccination against Covid-19 by May, the government said on Friday, setting a ...
Atletico’s Suarez says Barca exit remains unexplained
Atletico Madrid forward Luis Suarez says he has still not been offered an explanation as to why Barcelona allowed him to leave last September.
One of new Barcelona coach Ronald ...
Understanding Covid-19 origins will take years, says WHO team member
A member of the World Health Organization-led team visiting the central Chinese city of Wuhan said he has been surprised by the complexity of getting to the origins of the ...
South African probe finds evidence of political pressure, fraud in COVID-19 contracts
A probe into public spending on coronavirus in South Africa has found evidence of political pressure, price inflation, and fraud in many of the contracts, fuelled by an “insatiable pursuit ...
High-tech lie detector used at Europe borders face scrutiny
A lie detector driven by artificial intelligence and trialled at European Union borders is the focus of a lawsuit that hopes to bring more transparency over the bloc’s funding ...
UEFA hands Ajax keeper Onana 12-month doping ban
Ajax Amsterdam goalkeeper Andre Onana has been suspended for 12 months by European soccer’s governing body UEFA for violating doping rules, the club said on Friday.
Traces of the banned ...
F1 kills off reverse grid plan, still considering sprint races
Formula One has given up on the idea of holding reverse-grid races in place of qualifying at some grand prix weekends but is still considering a Saturday sprint format, according ...
Turkish authorities detain 65 more people over university protests
Turkish police detained 65 people late on Thursday over protests which first started last month at a top university, authorities said on Friday, continuing a crackdown on the protesters despite growing ...
Britain’s COVID-19 hotel quarantine policy to start Feb. 15
Britain will place travellers arriving from COVID-19 hot spots in quarantine in hotels from Feb. 15, the government said, after criticism that it was not moving fast enough to bring in ...
Covid forces couples to have a bambino rethink
Maybe it was the stress. Maybe it was being cooped up with the mother-in-law. But the numbers are in, and one effect of the coronavirus lockdown is now clear: people ...
UNSC demands Myanmar coup leaders free Suu Kyi as U.S. weighs sanctions
The United Nations Security Council called for the release of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others detained by the military as diplomatic and financial pressure grew on the ...
Electric and hybrid car sales in EU triple in 2020 to reach 1 million
Sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in the European Union almost trebled to over 1 million vehicles last year, accounting for more than 10 per cent of overall sales, data showed ...
Russia to try jailed Kremlin critic Navalny for slander amid EU talks
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due back in court on Friday for a slander trial despite Western calls for his release and on the same day as the European ...
Turkish minister accuses US of being behind 2016 coup attempt, State Department denies
Turkey’s interior minister accused the United States on Thursday of being behind a 2016 failed coup that Ankara has blamed on a U.S.-based Muslim preacher, the Hurriyet daily ...
Yellen seeks to ‘understand deeply’ GameStop frenzy as market regulators meet
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that she and financial market regulators needed to ‘understand deeply’ what happened in the recent trading frenzy involving GameStop Corp and other ...
House impeachment managers ask Trump to testify under oath next week
U.S. House of Representatives impeachment managers asked former President Donald Trump on Thursday to provide testimony under oath about his conduct before the violent breach of the Capitol in ...
EU regulator reviewing Lilly, Regeneron Covid antibody therapies
Europe’s drugs regulator said on Thursday it was reviewing data on COVID-19 antibody therapies developed by U.S. drugmakers Eli Lilly and Regeneron for use in some patients.
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Ugandan rebel commander found guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity
A former Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army was convicted on Thursday of dozens of crimes, including widespread rape, sexual enslavement, child ...
Arteta calls on social media firms to help stop online abuse of players
Social media companies must take responsibility to help stop the online abuse of players as their mental health can be affected if they are targeted, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said ...