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Sat, 03 Dec 2022 08:56:10 GMT
Scott eagles last hole to lead Australian Open as Smith woes continue
Just as he did in Friday's second round, the world number 36 Scott eagled-putted the 18th to finish three-under 67 for 11-under 201. Scott, the 2014 US Masters champion, played conservatively on the testing Victoria Golf Club sandbelt course to fin...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 08:22:11 GMT
Mbappe and Lewandowski face off as France take on Poland at World Cup
It is a sobering thought that Mbappe, not 24 until later this month, may not yet be at the peak of his powers but he has already scored seven goals in 10 appearances at the World Cup. That tally includes one in the 2018 final when he was still a te...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 06:58:08 GMT
Australian MPs delegation to visit Taiwan
The bipartisan trip will be the first such Taiwan visit in more than three years, a period marked by a long disruption to air travel caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Details of the visit were confirmed to AFP by a spokesman for Scott Buchholz, a co...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 06:36:16 GMT
On Ischia, illegal construction blamed for deadly landslide
Eleven people died and one woman remains missing after a wave of mud and debris swept through the small town of Casamicciola Terme, following heavy rains across the lush island off the coast of Naples. But WWF Italia, the environmental organisation...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 06:30:11 GMT
James, Davis propel Lakers past Bucks, Heat cool off Celtics
James scored 28 points and handed out 11 assists -- passing former Lakers great Magic Johnson for sixth on the NBA's all-time assists list. Los Angeles weathered a late Bucks surge to emerge with the victory in coach Darvin Ham's return to the city...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 06:00:13 GMT
UN says Myanmar sentences seven students to death

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 04:54:10 GMT
James, Davis propel Lakers past Bucks, Heat cool off Celtics
James scored 28 points and handed out 11 assists -- passing former Lakers great Magic Johnson for sixth on the NBA's all-time assists list -- as Los Angeles weathered a late Bucks surge to emerge with the victory in coach Darvin Ham's return to the ...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 04:36:10 GMT
Guns N' Roses sues online gun shop for appropriating name
In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, attorneys for the band said a corporation that runs the online shop was conning consumers into believing the business had something to do with the rock band. Guns N' Roses "quite reasonably does not want to be ass...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 03:16:12 GMT
US unveils high-tech B-21 stealth bomber
The slickly choreographed ceremony at B-21 manufacturer Northrop Grumman's facility in Palmdale, California opened with the US national anthem as older bombers roared over a crowd that included top US officials. Dramatic music played and lights fla...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 02:54:11 GMT
ABB to pay $315 mn to settle US charges over South Africa bribes
Two affiliates of ABB each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act as part of a three-year deferred prosecution agreement, the US agency said of a settlement that was coordinated with government auth...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 01:56:10 GMT
US hoax trials spotlight misinformation profiteer
Jones, a serial provocateur who founded the far-right website InfoWars, has been ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion in damages for calling a 2012 mass shooting in an elementary school –- which left 20 first graders and six adults dead -- a "hoax."...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 01:46:13 GMT
Best still to come from World Cup favourites after shocks galore
This is the first World Cup since the South Africa tournament in 2010 in which teams from Asia, Africa and North America have all been represented in the last 16. Brazil remain the favourites to claim a sixth World Cup and end Europe's recent domin...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 01:38:17 GMT
Five breakout stars of the World Cup group stage
AFP Sport looks at five breakout stars from the first round of the tournament. Tyler Adams (USA) The Leeds midfielder exuded calm both on and off the pitch as the United States booked a spot in the last 16 with a tense 1-0 win over Iran in their f...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 01:36:14 GMT
Macron caps US visit with New Orleans trip, meetup with Musk
The French president, on the third day of a US trip that included a lavish reception at the White House a night earlier, strolled New Orleans's historic French Quarter -- and held an unannounced face-to-face meeting with Twitter owner Elon Musk. Ma...

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 01:34:17 GMT
Argentina, Netherlands eye quarters as World Cup last 16 kicks off
After a group stage full of twists and turns, the business end of the tournament kicks off with 16 teams dreaming of plotting a path to the final in Doha on December 18. The USA and the Netherlands open the second round at the Khalifa Stadium on Sa...



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