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Sat, 21 May 2022 08:10:14 GMT
Bangladesh must defy injuries to win decisive Sri Lanka Test
Bowlers from both teams struggled to make an impact on all five days of the drawn first Test in Chittagong. But the wicket at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium is expected to offer some assistance and no Test has been drawn at the ground since...

Sat, 21 May 2022 07:26:16 GMT
Sicily judge to weigh trial of migrant rescue NGOs
Twenty-one suspects, including crew members of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Save the Children and German NGO Jugend Rettet rescue ships, are accused of "aiding and abetting unauthorised entry into Italy" in 2016 and 2017. "Our crews rescued over ...

Sat, 21 May 2022 07:26:15 GMT
Graffiti brings Benin's walls alive with treasures from past
The image is just one by 26 local and international graffiti artists who have created a mural depicting Benin's history and culture stretching more than one kilometre along a wall in Benin's main city of Cotonou. Their objective is to eventually cr...

Sat, 21 May 2022 06:36:17 GMT
Russia targets Ukraine's last link to besieged east
The cars around him had just screeched to a halt because of a sudden burst of fire from somewhere in the overhanging forest. But Sergiy Tokarev seemed impervious to the danger after being shelled on his way back to the frontline village of Zolote t...

Sat, 21 May 2022 05:40:12 GMT
Malaysia sounds alarm over lowest SEA Games ranking in 40 years
Traditionally a regional power, sports minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu sounded the alarm despite Malaysian athletes on Friday reaching the country's target of 36 golds with two days of competition to go. But Malaysia languished sixth in the medals tabl...

Sat, 21 May 2022 04:16:11 GMT
Pentagon spokesman Kirby named to White House post
A retired admiral, Kirby's new role will see him "coordinate interagency efforts to explain United States policy and (serve) as a senior administration voice on related matters," a White House statement said. "John understands the complexities of ...

Sat, 21 May 2022 04:00:15 GMT
Warriors comeback stuns Mavs to take 2-0 series lead
A pulsating clash at San Francisco's Chase Center saw the Warriors overturn a 19-point first-half deficit for a victory that leaves the six-time NBA champions 2-0 up in the best-of-seven series. Curry may have led the Warriors scoring but the remar...

Sat, 21 May 2022 02:46:15 GMT
For desperate migrants, hope is in breach at US border wall
"We come seeking asylum," she whispers as she thrusts forward pictures she says show her murdered daughter. Martinez, a Honduran, is one of dozens of people who arrive daily in Yuma, a small city on the Mexican border where there are gaps in the wa...

Sat, 21 May 2022 02:30:18 GMT
North Korean nuclear sabre rattling overshadows Biden's South Korea trip
Biden's first trip to Asia as president is being overshadowed by what a US official called "sabre rattling" from across the heavily fortified border in North Korea, which the White House believes might use the high-profile moment to test either a nu...

Sat, 21 May 2022 02:06:15 GMT
Former FARC hostage Betancourt ends Colombia presidential bid
"Today I made the decision to support the only candidate who can put an end to the system," said the French-Colombian Betancourt during a press conference in Baranquilla, in northern Colombia, alongside Hernandez. "The two candidates have signed a...

Sat, 21 May 2022 02:06:14 GMT
Cannes film-makers urge France to face up to colonial past
The colonisation of Algeria and the horrors of the Algerian war of independence (1954-1962) deeply scarred both nations and continues to mar relations, but was hardly discussed in France in public for decades. Although President Emmanuel Macron has...

Sat, 21 May 2022 01:58:15 GMT
Judge blocks Biden plan to lift border expulsion policy
Title 42, the colloquial name for an order that can effectively prevent anyone without a visa from entering the United States, even to claim asylum, was due to expire on Monday. President Joe Biden's administration said the rule was no longer neede...

Sat, 21 May 2022 01:44:10 GMT
McIlroy credits late par saves with keeping him in PGA hunt
The four-time major winner from Northern Ireland, who led after a first-round 65, fired a one-over-par 71 to finish the day fifth on four-under-par 136, five strokes back of US leader Will Zalatoris. "Those three par savers were key to me to stayin...

Sat, 21 May 2022 01:36:16 GMT
Dogged determination: migrant and pup cross eight countries en route to US
Leaving behind his wife and two children, aged six and eight, Rodriguez has slept rough, gone hungry, witnessed violence and paid bribes to police. But he smiles from ear-to-ear as he caresses his loyal canine companion of two years, whose name "Ne...

Sat, 21 May 2022 01:32:16 GMT
Tucker Carlson: Voice of white America's outrage and fears
Anti-white racism is on the rise. Modern liberals hate Christianity. Migrants are invading. These are just a few of the claims made by the host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight." In broadcast after broadcast, the 53-year-old appeals to viewers' outrage a...



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