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Sat, 11 Jun 2022 07:50:16 GMT
Two killed in India protests over remarks against Prophet
There have been widespread protests in the Muslim world since last week, when a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party commented on the relationship between the prophet and his youngest wife on a TV debate show. In India and neighbour...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 05:46:17 GMT
Bolivian ex-president Anez sentenced to 10 years in prison
Anez, who has been held in pre-trial detention since March 2021, has consistently denounced what she calls political persecution. The former interim leader will serve 10 years in a women's prison in La Paz, the administrative capital's First Senten...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 04:40:11 GMT
Curry masterpiece as Warriors square NBA Finals with Celtics win
With the Warriors needing a victory at Boston's TD Garden to avoid going down 3-1 in the best-of-seven series, Curry delivered one of the best performances of his glittering career to reignite Golden State's hopes of a seventh championship. Curry h...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 04:34:10 GMT
Ferreira scores four as USA thrash Grenada in Nations League
The 21-year-old FC Dallas striker, trying to stake a claim to a spot in Gregg Berhalter's World Cup side, took awhile to heat up in the steamy conditions at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the Americans dominated possession against 170th-ranked G...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 04:12:10 GMT
Curry masterpiece as Warriors square NBA Finals with Celtics win
With the Warriors needing a victory at Boston's TD Garden to avoid going down 3-1 in the best-of-seven series, Curry delivered one of the best performances of his glittering career to reignite Golden State's hopes of a seventh championship. Curry h...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:42:11 GMT
Fresh clashes rock Libyan capital after failed coup
Heavy exchanges of gunfire and explosions ricocheted across several districts of Tripoli on Friday, according to an AFP journalist, while images broadcast by local press showed civilians fleeing heavily trafficked areas. The intense fighting involv...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 02:48:10 GMT
Bolivian ex-president Anez sentenced to 10 years in prison
Anez, 54, has been held in pre-trial detention since March 2021, and has consistently denounced what she calls political persecution. The former interim leader will serve 10 years in a women's prison in La Paz, the city's First Sentencing Court ann...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 02:44:13 GMT
Australia agrees Naval payout, ending France sub dispute
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the French firm had agreed to a "fair and an equitable settlement" of 555 million euros (US$584 million) for Australia ending a decade-old multi-billion-dollar submarine contract. The deal draws a line under a ...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 02:20:15 GMT
US blasts China's 'destabilising' military activity near Taiwan
Tensions between Washington and Beijing are soaring over democratic, self-ruled Taiwan, which China views as its territory and has vowed to seize one day, by force if necessary. Beijing has flown growing numbers of its warplanes near the island, a...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 02:04:11 GMT
N. Korea appoints veteran diplomat as first female foreign minister
Choe, who formerly served as the North's vice foreign minister, was tapped to lead the foreign ministry at a ruling party meeting overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, the state media KCNA reported. She replaces Ri Son Gwon, a hardline former military of...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 01:14:11 GMT
US, Brazil upbeat on climate after leaders meet
"We don't need the Amazon to expand agribusiness," Bolsonaro told the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, where he met Biden a day earlier. Bolsonaro has enraged environmentalists by championing large agricultural companies involved in the defor...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:54:13 GMT
Rare Stradivarius sells for near-record $15.3 million
The violin, made in 1714 by master craftsman Antonio Stradivari, belonged to virtuoso Toscha Seidel, who not only used it on the score for the 1939 Hollywood classic, but also no doubt while teaching his famous student Albert Einstein. "This violin...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:24:13 GMT
Meta's Quest VR gear to let people 'hang out' in fake worlds
The tweak heading for the latest model Quest from Meta-owned Oculus will let wearers hop into virtual settings with friends, chief Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on his Facebook page. "I'm here to announce the ability to, as soon as you put on your...

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 23:38:11 GMT
McIlroy charges but Clark clings to Canadian Open lead
World number 293 Clark, who led by one stroke after day one, made bogeys on two of the last four holes to stand on seven-under 133 after 36 holes at St George's Golf and Country Club in suburban Toronto. "Overall I played really good. I felt really...

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 23:22:10 GMT
Aussie rookie Kyriacou leads ShopRite LPGA Classic
Australia’s Kyriacou, 21 and ranked 117th in the world, had six birdies on the Bay Course at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club in Galloway, New Jersey, and was one shot in front of fellow rookie Frida Kinhult. Kyriacou was in the first group off the fi...



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