Australia captain Pat Cummins believes his side have as good a chance of winning a test series in India as they will ever have when they play four matches on the sub-continent in February and March. Cummins was brimming with confidence after winning four out of five tests in a[Read More…]
Haryana Minister Sandeep Singh who has been booked for sexual harassment, joined the police investigation on Sunday, sources said. Sources said that Singh had joined the investigation yesterday. He was sent a 41A notice by police to join the investigation. On the basis of the notice, Singh reached Sector 26[Read More…]
Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group said on Monday Ian Wells will step down as chief financial officer of the group at the end of this month, adding to the list of latest resignations by senior executives to hit the iron ore giant. Wells, who joined Fortescue in 2010 and has been[Read More…]
Two people are dead and several others are injured after a 15-vehicle pileup in icy conditions on Interstate 80 near Iowa City Sunday. The Iowa State Patrol said the crash happened after several drivers lost control on the icy highway and collided around 5:45 a.m. Nine of the vehicles involved[Read More…]
President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans blame him for record numbers of migrants crossing[Read More…]
China’s military said it had carried out combat drills around Taiwan on Sunday focused on land strikes and sea assaults, the second such exercises in less than a month. The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said in a statement late on Sunday that its forces had organised “joint combat[Read More…]
Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country’s Supreme Court and its Congressional building and surrounded the presidential palace in Brasilia. Here are reactions from world leaders: U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN “I condemn the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in[Read More…]
Asian shares rallied on Monday as hopes for less aggressive U.S. rate hikes and the opening of China’s borders bolstered the outlook for the global economy. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6%, with South Korean shares gaining 1.1%. Japan’s Nikkei was closed for a holiday but[Read More…]
Goldman Sachs Group Inc will start its biggest round of job cuts ever, as it locks in on a plan to eliminate about 3,200 positions this week, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. The financial services major is expected to begin the process mid-week and the total number of people affected[Read More…]
Russia’s government extended support to a legislative amendment that would classify maps that dispute the country’s official “territorial integrity” as punishable extremist materials, the state-owned TASS news agency reported on Sunday. The amendment to Russia’s anti-extremism legislation stipulates that “cartographic and other documents and images that dispute the territorial integrity[Read More…]
U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday condemned “the assault on democracy” in Brazil after supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court. Biden said he looked forward to continuing to work with leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolsonaro[Read More…]
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Soccer-Dembele strike gives Barcelona narrow win over Atletico Barcelona went three points clear at the top of LaLiga on Sunday with a 1-0 away win at Atletico Madrid, thanks to a first-half goal from Ousmane Dembele. Rivals and second-placed Real Madrid[Read More…]
Following is a summary of current world news briefs. Germany’s new China strategy ‘guided by ideology’, ambassador says Plans for a tougher China strategy by Germany are “guided by ideology” and reflect a Cold War mentality that could put cooperation between the world’s second- and fourth-largest economies at risk, China’s[Read More…]
Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. Farm Bureau, Deere & Co sign MOU ensuring farmers’ “right to repair” equipment The American Farm Bureau Federation and machinery manufacturer Deere & Co signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday that ensures farmers have the right to repair their[Read More…]
Talking points from this weekend’s Serie A action: JUVENTUS WIN LATE AGAIN Massimiliano Allegri’s side took another late 1-0 win against Udinese on Saturday, with Juventus now having scored six times after the 85th minute in their matches this season, the most in Serie A. Allegri admitted after the game[Read More…]
Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court, in a grim echo of the U.S. Capitol invasion two years ago by fans of former President Donald Trump. Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolsonaro in the[Read More…]
U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said the situation in Brazil was “outrageous” after supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court. Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolsonaro in the most fraught election in a generation last year,[Read More…]
Prince Harry has said he had made public his rifts with the British royal family and taken on the press to try to help the monarchy and change the media, the latter described by his father King Charles as a “suicide mission”. In the first of a series of TV[Read More…]
Britain’s Prince Harry has given a series of television interviews ahead of the official release of his memoir “Spare” in which he gives intimate personal details and reveals discord and conflict within the British royal family. Here are some of the quotes from an interview with Tom Bradby of Britain’s[Read More…]
President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since taking office, tackling one of the most politically charged issues in the country as he prepares for a re-election bid. Accompanied by Border Patrol agents, Biden toured a section of the wall that divides the two[Read More…]
Members of two local unions that have been on strike since May at CNH Industrial factories in Wisconsin and Iowa on Saturday voted down a tentative labor contract, the United Auto Workers union said. The union did not disclose how many workers at the two plants rejected the multi-year deal,[Read More…]
The Buffalo Bills made an emotional return to the field on Sunday with a slew of tributes in honor of safety Damar Hamlin, who sent his love and watched from a hospital bed in Cincinnati after suffering cardiac arrest during an NFL game last week. The Bills arrived at their[Read More…]
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital on Sunday, a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Thousands of demonstrators bypassed security barricades, climbed on[Read More…]
Prince Harry has defended his decision to publish a memoir that lays bare rifts inside Britain’s royal family, saying it’s an attempt to “own my story” after 38 years of “spin and distortion” by others. Harry spoke to Britain’s ITV network to promote his book, “Spare,” which has generated incendiary[Read More…]
Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court, in a grim echo of the U.S. Capitol invasion two years ago by fans of former President Donald Trump. Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolsonaro in the[Read More…]
