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Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:58:11 GMT
Soldiers seen outside Burkina Faso state TV after mutinies
It was not immediately clear if the troops outside national broadcaster RTB were from the mutineers or had been sent in by the government of the volatile West African state. Soldiers at several army bases across the country rebelled on Sunday, dema...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:42:15 GMT
Tetchy Medvedev fells stubborn Cressy as Cornet ends Slam hoodoo
It took the tetchy Russian world number two 3hr 30min to subdue the unseeded American serve-volley specialist Cressy 6-2, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 7-5 to set up a quarter-final against Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime. "It was long and it was not easy, ...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:38:09 GMT
Evergrande shares rise after reports of government restructure
Evergrande, which has been teetering on the brink for months owing to its struggles in servicing a debt pile of more than $300 billion, ended up nearly four percent higher on Monday. The rally came after a Sunday stock exchange filing showed the co...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:34:12 GMT
Halep 'sick and dizzy' in Melbourne heat during defeat to Cornet
The Romanian two-time Grand Slam winner was visibly struggling as the temperatures hit 33 Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) on Rod Laver Arena. She kept going but lost the gruelling fourth-round clash 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in 2hr 33min, red in the face and frequentl...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:20:16 GMT
South Korea presidential candidate's wife threatens to jail critical reporters
It is the second scandal to hit People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol since taped recordings and court transcriptions of his wife speaking to a journalist became public last week following a court battle. Yoon is locked in a tight race with De...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:04:11 GMT
Tempers rise as tetchy Medvedev reaches Melbourne quarter-finals
The Russian sought a medical timeout to have his lower back massaged and had some heated exchanges with the chair umpire before seeing out a 6-2, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 7-5 win over American Maxime Cressy in 3hr 30min on Margaret Court Arena. It is ...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:44:11 GMT
'Post-mortem' for India after South Africa ODI whitewash
India lost their third and final ODI by four runs in Cape Town to end a disappointing tour that also saw the tourists lose the Test series 2-1. Quinton de Kock's 124 set up a tense win in the final 50-over match, which followed two emphatic victori...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:40:15 GMT
China lifts Xi'an lockdown as Beijing virus fight ramps up
The historic city's 13 million residents had been confined to their homes since December 22 after the discovery of a Covid-19 cluster that grew to over 2,100 cases -- China's largest local outbreak in months. With the Winter Olympics set to begin n...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:28:10 GMT
Auger-Aliassime ousts former finalist Cilic to reach last eight
Auger-Aliassime downed the Croatian 27th seed Cilic -- who was Australian Open runner-up to Roger Federer in Melbourne in 2018 -- 2-6, 7-6 (9/7), 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) in 3hr 35min on John Cain Arena. He joins Denis Shapovalov in the last eight to make it...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:22:12 GMT
Beijing warns of heavy air pollution during Winter Olympics
The Chinese capital declared "war on pollution" after winning the Olympics bid in 2015, shutting down dozens of coal plants and relocating heavy industries to shed its status as one of the world's most polluted cities. But air quality is still far ...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:06:11 GMT
Tonga eruption equivalent to hundreds of Hiroshimas: NASA
The NASA Earth Observatory said the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano spewed debris as high as 40 kilometres (25 miles) into the atmosphere during the January 15 eruption that triggered huge tsunami waves. "We think the amount of energy released by...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:02:11 GMT
Mexican journalist murdered in Tijuana, second in less than a week
Lourdes Maldonado Lopez was "attacked with a firearm while she was in a vehicle," said the Baja California state prosecutor's office. Mexico is one of the world's deadliest countries for reporters. Media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders r...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:00:20 GMT
Yemen missiles downed over UAE capital as tensions soar
The attack on the UAE, a week after the Iran-backed rebels launched a deadly assault on Abu Dhabi, came as two people were wounded by a missile fired into southern Saudi Arabia, where another projectile was also destroyed. Nobody was hurt in the at...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:24:13 GMT
Cornet upsets Halep in brutal heat to make Slam quarter on 63rd attempt
Both players struggled as the temperatures hit 33 Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) on Rod Laver Arena, but it was the 32-year-old who prevailed 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in a gruelling 2hr 33min. She will now play 27th-seeded Danielle Collins for a place in the semis a...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 05:32:13 GMT
China accused of interference as Australia PM's WeChat account vanishes
Morrison's account on the Chinese social media app, which was launched in February 2019, appears to have been replaced with one titled "Australian Chinese new life." WeChat is the overwhelmingly dominant messaging and social media platform in China...



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