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Tue, 24 May 2022 08:52:19 GMT
Powerful abroad, punished at home: Biden gets presidential whiplash
The latest giant US aid package for Ukraine was delivered from Washington to a Seoul hotel last week, allowing Biden to affix his signature while on his first trip to Asia since taking office. It's in moments like this one that US presidents abroad...

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:40:14 GMT
French court confirms dropping of rape case against director Besson
Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy had accused Besson -- director of the "Fifth Element" and "Leon" -- of raping her over a two-year on-off relationship, and filed a complaint against him in May 2018. Prosecutors dropped the case in February 2019 c...

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:36:23 GMT
'Who can stop this war?': Fear and fury in Ukrainian trenches
A Russian tank hiding near the horizon was firing at will after setting its sights on a spot near which 55-year-old Andriy lay face down in the dirt. His bronzed neck was layered with sweat and his mouth was too dry to speak in more than a hoarse w...

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:34:17 GMT
Top-tier Chongqing latest Chinese football club to fold
Chongqing, where Jordi Cruyff was in charge in 2018-2019, went under barely 10 days before the season starts, dealing another blow to the fast-fading ambitions of China's football-fan president Xi Jinping. A succession of Chinese clubs, who were on...

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:20:17 GMT
War in Ukraine: Latest developments
Offensive stepped up Russian forces are stepping up their offensive around Lugansk in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the conflict enters its fourth month. Since Moscow's invasion in late February, Western support has helped Ukraine hold off its...

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:12:08 GMT
China congratulates Australia's Albanese, easing diplomatic freeze
Relations between China and Australia have been shattered by a string of rows over human rights, espionage and the origins of Covid-19. But Li's letter signalled a willingness to improve relations after Albanese's election, in what is the most sign...

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:56:15 GMT
Son Heung-min's 'joyous' Golden Boot hailed by S.Korea president
Son on Sunday became the first Asian footballer to be the English top flight's leading scorer with 23 goals, with President Yoon calling it a "joyous occasion to be celebrated by the entire Asian football community". "I believe this award is the re...

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:20:14 GMT
Tedros, from 'child of war' to two-term WHO chief
The first African to head the World Health Organization and the sole candidate on the ballot for the next five-year term has become a familiar face as he spearheads the global response to the coronavirus pandemic. But while Covid and other pandemic...

Tue, 24 May 2022 07:18:10 GMT
Rajitha takes five as Sri Lanka fight back in Bangladesh Test
Bangladesh reached 361 for nine at lunch in Dhaka with number 11 Ebadot Hossain surviving 16 deliveries without scoring. Bangladesh lost four wickets for 53 during the session to slip to 349-9 at one stage from their overnight 277-5. Rajitha struc...

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:10:10 GMT
Man Utd need 'major surgery' under Ten Hag - Dwight Yorke
Yorke, who won three Premier League titles, the Champions League and the FA Cup with United, spent the last fortnight around Old Trafford and saw for himself what needed to be done. "We (Man Utd) are nowhere near where we are supposed to be, especi...

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:06:11 GMT
Mexico tourism projected to return to pre-pandemic level this year
With an estimated 40 million international visitors, Mexico's tourism sector will have recovered to "almost 100 percent" of its performance in 2019, Miguel Torruco said at a tourism promotion fair in the southern resort town of Acapulco. Torruco at...

Tue, 24 May 2022 06:02:22 GMT
'Kind of complicated': Growing grapes in the world's driest desert
Nearly 2,500 meters (8,000 feet) above sea level, his small Bosque Viejo farm produces muscat grapes -- and another of a unique "criollo," or local, variety -- in the shadow of quince, pear and fig trees irrigated by a stream fed by melting Andean s...

Tue, 24 May 2022 05:52:11 GMT
Xavi says Barcelona need rebuild but silent on Lewandowski
The Catalan giants finished 13 points behind La Liga champions Real Madrid, their campaign ending in a whimper on Sunday with a 2-0 home defeat to Villarreal. Barcelona were beaten in four of their last nine games in all competitions. They were on...

Tue, 24 May 2022 05:42:15 GMT
Syrian refugees in Turkey left in limbo
The 44-year-old from Ghouta is one of the hundreds of thousands of refugees in Turkey's Sanliurfa province, which shares a long border with Syria. Civil war in Samira's homeland is estimated to have killed nearly half a million people and displaced...

Tue, 24 May 2022 05:36:11 GMT
China offers bonds, tax breaks as new medicine for ailing economy
China is the last major economy bolted to a zero-Covid strategy of mass testing and tough lockdowns to stamp out infections. Movement curbs have hit dozens of cities in recent months -- from the manufacturing hubs of Shenzhen and Shanghai to the br...



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