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Thu, 01 Dec 2022 08:16:10 GMT
Crawley scores quick-fire century in first Pakistan Test
The 24-year-old drove Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah to the cover boundary to reach his third Test century in his 29th match, but not before overturning a leg-before decision via review a ball earlier. The lanky 1.96 metre (six feet, five inches) batte...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 07:52:20 GMT
El Salvador journalists sue NSO Group in US over alleged Pegasus attacks
The lawsuit was filed in California by 13 El Faro journalists and two administrative staff, represented by lawyers from the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Pegasus was used to breach the phones of at least 22 people associa...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 07:18:09 GMT
SpaceX again postpones Japanese moon lander launch

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 07:10:23 GMT
Spiking costs, fading snow squeeze Austrian ski resorts
Like other spots across the Alps, world-famous Kitzbuehel is being hit by inflation-driven cost hikes, but also warmer winters that are ever less snowy. "We expect that our power costs will at least double this season," said Anton Bodner, head of t...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:58:09 GMT
Climate 'tragedy': Vanuatu to relocate 'dozens' of villages
Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu said dealing with the impact of global warming was a major challenge facing Vanuatu's 300,000 inhabitants who live on a chain of islands strung out between Australia and Fiji. Regenvanu said the response woul...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:54:13 GMT
China mourns former leader Jiang as funeral preparations begin
State media said Jiang had died of leukaemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai on Wednesday at the age of 96 after all medical treatments failed, and that funeral preparations had begun. Floral tributes were laid in Jiang's hometown of Yangzho...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:24:28 GMT
Pride and pain in Albania's 'Little London'
It is an expression of gratitude towards the United Kingdom as the small town, dubbed 'Little London', owes everything to residents who left to find work across the Channel. Like their Prime Minister Edi Rama, people in Has are outraged by accusati...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:00:25 GMT
Tesla hoping electric 'Semi' will shake up heavy duty market
The Elon Musk-led company is scheduled to hand over the keys to its first electric truck -- dubbed "Semi" -- at its Nevada manufacturing plant to multinational food company PepsiCo. With its sleek design, the Tesla electric semi has been highly ant...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:48:23 GMT
Biden to host Macron for White House state visit
A military honor guard was due to be standing ready at the White House to welcome the French leader, accompanied by his wife, Brigitte, before the two presidents meet in the Oval Office for what are expected to be substantial discussions as they see...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:54:15 GMT
Sudan's Rastas fear new crackdown but vow to fight on
Ahmed, 31, has for years been enamoured of the Rastafari tradition which emerged in Jamaica last century and for him represents "telling the truth, being courageous, fighting for rights". The number of Rastafarians in Sudan is unknown, and the comm...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:46:10 GMT
Hong Kong court delays trial of pro-democracy tycoon
Lai and several executives from the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper are being prosecuted for "colluding with foreign forces", an offence under the law imposed on the city after huge and sometimes violent protests in 2019. After local courts sai...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:44:12 GMT
Chile-Bolivia river row set for UN court ruling
Chile took its South American neighbour to the UN's top court in 2016, asking the ICJ to declare the Silala an "international water course" and give it equal rights to the river. It is the latest in a series of water-sharing disputes between parche...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:40:24 GMT
Virtue or signalling? World Cup protests get mixed reaction
Germany's hands-over-mouths protest, a reaction to being barred from wearing a "OneLove" armband, was swiftly followed by accusations of anti-Arab racism and taunts over the country's Nazi past. Other acts of support for Qatar's LGBTQ community and...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:08:17 GMT
China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests
Anger over China's zero-Covid policy -- which involves mass lockdowns, constant testing and quarantines even for people who are not infected -- has sparked protests in major cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. But while authorities ha...

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:08:17 GMT
Germany fight for World Cup survival
Despite being holders, Germany were eliminated at the group stage four years ago in Russia, and they are desperate to avoid a repeat when they play Costa Rica in Group E. The Germans suffered a stunning opening defeat to Japan but salvaged a draw w...



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