PARIS: American teenager Coco Gauff today became the youngest woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final in 15 years while Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal braced to face the future of tennis at the French Open. Gauff swept to an impressive 53-minute, 6-3, 6-1 win over Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur. At […]
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JERUSALEM: Israel could face another week of political suspense after its parliament speaker declined today to schedule a pivotal vote on a coalition aiming to oust veteran premier Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 straight years in power. Politicians swapped bitter accusations of undermining the political process after Netanyahu accused his foes […]
CUPERTINO: Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook and his team address one of their most important audiences today, kicking off an annual conference for app developers at a time the iPhone maker is defending itself in court over its App Store practices. The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, being held online […]
Google said on Monday it will test changes to its widely-used online advertising services over the coming months following the French antitrust decision. PARIS: Google said on Monday it will test changes to its widely-used online advertising services over the coming months following the French antitrust decision. The company also […]
NEW DELHI: Key Indian cities re-opened for business today, with long queues for buses in the financial hub of Mumbai while traffic returned to the roads of New Delhi after a devastating second wave of coronavirus that killed hundreds of thousands. The 100,636 new infections of the past 24 hours […]
BRUSSELS: The United States’ reputation as the leading global power has suffered in France and Germany because of Washington’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic that has killed nearly 600,000 Americans, a poll showed on Monday. On the eve of President Joe Biden’s trip to Europe, the survey by the German […]
PARIS: Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova rolled back the years as she reached the quarter-finals of the French Open for the first time since 2011 by beating former world number one Victoria Azarenka 5-7 6-3 6-2 today. The 31st seed, who will play in the last eight of a Grand Slam for […]
MOSCOW: Russia reported 9,145 new Covid-19 cases today, including 2,897 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,117,274. The government coronavirus task force said 399 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 123,436.
NEW YORK: They are technology enthusiasts on the hunt for opportunities in the Wild West market surrounding NFTs: The popular certified digital objects that have spawned a new generation of collectors convinced of their huge potential. Brandon Kang, a 25-year-old videographer from California, started buying NFTs in December, and already […]
WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump returned to the spotlight yesterday for his first speech in months, framing next year’s midterm elections as a battle for the “survival of America” — but keeping followers guessing on his own plans for 2024. Trump lapped up applause from Republican supporters as he […]