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Sun, 11 Sep 2022 08:10:13 GMT
Australia's Smith hits century but Finch out cheaply in farewell
Australia have already claimed the three-match Chappell-Hadlee series after winning the opening game by two wickets before a 113-run thrashing of the Black Caps in the second. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and sent Australia in a...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 08:08:16 GMT
Flawless Higa's closing 65 propels him to Asian Tour win
Higa's 20-under 264 total gave him a two-stroke victory over third-round leader Tirawat Kaewsiribandit of Thailand, whose one-over 72 dropped him into a three-way tie for second with Cho Min-gyu of South Korea and Canada's Yonggu Shin on 18-under. ...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 08:00:17 GMT
'It came from the gut': New mother Jennifer Lawrence returns with 'Causeway'
The Oscar-winning "Silver Linings Playbook" star, 32, whose fame had rocketed ever since the wildly popular "The Hunger Games" movies, had been a near-ubiquitous presence with a prolific run of movies, before announcing a pause because "everybody ha...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 06:48:13 GMT
Spielberg confronts his childhood as 'Fabelmans' premieres in Toronto
Considered one of Hollywood's greatest living directors, with classics from "Jaws" to "E.T.", Spielberg told a rapturous audience how he had long wanted to make such a deeply personal movie, but had eventually been motivated by the "fear" of the pan...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 05:30:29 GMT
Ethereum blockchain set for 'monumental' overhaul
Developers have spent years working on a more energy-efficient version of the ethereum blockchain, a digital ledger that underpins a multibillion dollar ecosystem of cryptocurrencies, digital tokens (NFTs), games and apps. Ethereum -- the second mo...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 05:22:26 GMT
Gas rationing risk means French yoghurt factory faces sour future
Like many countries, France plans to shut off businesses first if there is not enough gas or electricity, with European nations facing the prospect of energy shortages this winter following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But energy cuts, or even man...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 05:02:11 GMT
Appeal to start in French court over Charlie Hebdo attack
Twelve people were killed at the magazine's Paris office by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, who said they were acting on behalf of Al-Qaeda to avenge Charlie Hebdo's decision to publish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The killings signalled the...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 04:54:13 GMT
Italy's far-right eyes easy victory under firebrand Meloni
The right-wing coalition, which includes Meloni's post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, Matteo Salvini's anti-immigrant League, and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, is forecast to pocket 46 percent of the vote. The left, lead by the Democratic Par...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 04:52:10 GMT
Pujols hits 696th career homer to join A-Rod at fourth all-time
The 42-year-old, who has announced that this season will be his last, now has 17 home runs in 2022 and a chance to become just the fourth player in MLB history to reach 700 for a career. Barry Bonds tops the all-time list with 762, followed by Hank...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 04:42:37 GMT
'A necessity': Lebanon's forced conversion to solar
Lebanon's economy collapsed in 2019 after decades of corruption and mismanagement, leaving the state unable to provide electricity for more than an hour or two per day. Last winter, the mountain village of Toula barely had three hours of daily gene...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 04:32:15 GMT
Argentina's four-time NBA champ Ginobili enters Hall of Fame
Ginobili, a creative and unpredictable guard whose celebrated "Euro-step" stymied defenders, was greeted by cheers of "Ma-nuuu, Ma-nuuu" as he spoke at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was inducted into the 2022 Hall of Fame Class al...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 04:16:17 GMT
Three main rivals face off in Sweden's tight election race
'Bulldozer' PM Andersson came to power in November 2021 with the aim of breathing new life into the Social Democrats and ended up leading the charge for the nation's historic NATO membership bid. Sweden's first woman prime minister despite the count...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 04:04:30 GMT
Close Swedish election predicted as far-right surges
Opinion polls have predicted a close race with a razor-thin lead for Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats and the left bloc, following a campaign dominated by rising gang shootings and soaring electricity prices. Polling stations o...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 03:20:30 GMT
The green king: Charles the environmentalist
Interspersed between photos of official meetings and other royal duties, his Instagram account as Prince of Wales typically featured pictures showing him furthering environmental causes in Britain and beyond. They included planting trees, showing o...

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 02:40:16 GMT
Poilievre: Canada Conservatives' new right-wing leader
When that comes, likely in 2025, Pierre Poilievre -- who campaigned on tracking the party to the right -- would become the fourth Tory leader to face off on the hustings against the liberal premier. Born in Calgary and given up for adoption by an u...



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