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Sat, 16 Apr 2022 07:08:12 GMT
CAF Confederation Cup quarter-finals: Five things to know
A former Pirate, speedy Morrison is the leading Simba scorer this season in the African equivalent of the UEFA Europa League with three goals. Pirates goalkeeper Ofori boasts three consecutive Confederation Cup clean sheets after replacing off-form...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 05:52:15 GMT
North Korea marks founder's birth without a military parade
Known as the Day of the Sun in the nuclear-armed country, the April 15 birthday of the late Kim Il Sung -- grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un -- is one of the most important dates in Pyongyang's political calendar. Analysts and South Korean ...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 04:32:11 GMT
Kim Hyo-joo maintains LPGA Lotte Championship lead
Kim, 26, posted an even-par 72 at Hoakalei Country Club for a 10-under-par total of 206 going into Saturday's final round. She was three strokes clear of American Brianna Do and Japan's Hinako Shibuno. Do matched the low round of the day with a fiv...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 04:12:13 GMT
China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyond
The world's second-largest economy has put billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of eventually sending humans to the Moon. China has come a long way in catching up with the United States and Russia, whose astronauts and cosmona...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 04:08:13 GMT
Russia hits Kyiv missile factory after flagship sunk
The Vizar factory, near Kyiv's international airport, was seriously damaged in the overnight strikes, an AFP journalist saw on Friday. Russia said it had used sea-based long-range missiles to hit the plant, which Ukraine's state weapons manufacture...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 03:34:10 GMT
Russia warns US of 'consequences' of Ukraine military aid: reports
In a diplomatic note this week, Moscow warned the United States and NATO against sending the "most sensitive" weapons for Kyiv to use in the conflict with Russia, saying such shipments were "adding fuel" to the situation and could come with "unpredi...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 03:12:11 GMT
Young propels Hawks into final NBA Eastern Conference playoff spot
The Hawks, who finished ninth in the East in the regular season, erased a double-digit halftime deficit in the play-in contest to line up a first-round series with Eastern Conference top seeds Miami, with game one scheduled for Sunday. It was a hea...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 02:48:15 GMT
Myanmar rebel troupe takes aim at junta with folk satire
Myanmar has been in chaos since last year's coup sparked renewed fighting with ethnic rebels and sprouted dozens of "People's Defence Forces" that have battled the junta across the country. In eastern Kayin state, the "Peacock Generation" activist ...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 02:44:08 GMT
Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space
The Shenzhou-13 spacecraft is the latest mission in Beijing's drive to become a major space power rivalling the United States, after landing a rover on Mars and sending probes to the Moon. The two men and one woman -- Zhai Zhigang, Ye Guangfu and W...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 02:24:12 GMT
Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space
The Shenzhou-13 spacecraft is the latest mission in Beijing's drive to become a major space power rivalling the US, after landing a rover on Mars and sending probes to the Moon. The two men and one woman -- Zhai Zhigang, Ye Guangfu and Wang Yaping ...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 01:56:11 GMT
Belgium trial for alleged accomplices of 2015 Paris attacks
Proceedings will take place under high security in NATO's former headquarters and are expected to last until May 20, with a verdict likely to take several more weeks. They are happening in parallel with a trial in Paris of 20 suspects charged in Fr...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 01:38:18 GMT
China's economic growth under threat as virus takes hold
Growth in the world's second-largest economy was already slowing in the latter half of last year with a property market slump and regulatory crackdowns, leading policymakers to set their lowest annual GDP target in decades for 2022. But analysts to...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 01:18:14 GMT
In US, every dog has its... DNA test
The kits, which are used foremost to learn a dog's breeds, first appeared some 15 years ago and their popularity has since exploded in the United States, where nearly 40 percent of all families have at least one canine companion. "Having a dog and ...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 01:16:13 GMT
Elon Musk's move to buy Twitter faces roadblocks
Musk's $43 billion offer lays out the myriad potential pitfalls: possible government approvals, legal as well as regulatory due diligence, negotiations of a final agreement and, of course, how to pay for it all. Then Twitter's board on Friday showe...

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:36:09 GMT
Dustbowl showdown promised at cycling's cobbled 'Hell of the North'
The gruelling 257.2km-long race features 54.8km of rough-hewn cobbled sections where Dutch favourite Mathieu van der Poel awaits the challenge from bitter rival Wout van Aert of Belgium. "Sunday will be different," Van der Poel promised when asked ...



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