Two-time major champion Coco Gauff was forced into a rare retirement in her third-round clash with Alex Eala at Indian Wells on Sunday due to persistent pain in her left arm, which she said made it feel like it was “on fire.” Gauff, 21, who has only retired from one match previously in her career, […]
China will enact this year a law to combat cross-border corruption, advancing the national legal framework governing anti-corruption, the top legislature’s work report released on Monday showed. The National People’s Congress Standing Committee, the government body within the parliament that holds legislative power in China, did not specify what the law would target, but the […]
Surging oil prices and the escalating US-Israeli war with Iran hammered airline stocks in Asia on Monday, piling pressure on carriers already navigating tight airspace as travellers scramble to evade the Middle East conflict. The war has driven up fuel prices, with oil jumping 20% in early trading on Monday, hitting its highest since July […]
New York counterterror police said they were investigating on Saturday after a man threw “ignited devices” near far-right protesters demonstrating outside the mayor’s home. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the devices contained nuts, bolts and screws as well as a fuse — but it was not yet clear if they were functional improvised explosive devices, or […]
Oslo police said Sunday an explosion at the US embassy in Norway overnight may have been an act of terror, but stressed they were also investigating other possible causes. The blast, which caused no injuries and minor material damage, occurred around 1:00 am (0000 GMT) at the entrance to the embassy’s consular section. Police said […]
Drone strikes on markets in paramilitary-controlled towns in the Kordofan region killed 33 people Sunday, while a strike in Darfur resulted in a raging oil fire, sources told AFP. Two of the attacks were on small towns in West Kordofan state — part of the resource-rich Kordofan region, currently the fiercest battlefront in the nearly […]
China’s top diplomat urged the United States Sunday to iron out its differences with Beijing, as the world’s two largest economies lock horns over trade tariffs and geopolitical issues. Ties between China and the United States have been strained since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, followed by a trade […]
Nepal’s centrist RSP party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah had secured a majority in the direct parliamentary elections, partial official results showed Sunday, and was heading for a landslide according to official trends. The 35-year-old’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was also leading in the proportional representation vote, according to results declared and election commission trends. The […]
Prominent Sindhi intellectuals, activists, and professionals voiced strong concern over social injustices faced by women, urging an end to wars in Iran and Palestine and calling for the release of detained Pakistani women leaders of the opposition parties. They demanded equal opportunities in education and employment for women and the elimination of double standards entrenched […]
Iran has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new Supreme Leader following the death of his father, Ali Khamenei, in US and Israeli air strikes on Tehran earlier this month, according to Iranian state media. The announcement was made shortly after Sunday midnight in Tehran by the Assembly of Experts, the 88-member clerical body responsible […]