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Fri, 01 Jan 2021 09:42:13 GMT
Fitness key for South Africa, Sri Lanka
Fitness will play as big a role as form when South Africa and Sri Lanka finalise their teams for the second and final Test, starting at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday. Sri Lanka had an injury nightmare during the first Test in Cent...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 09:36:16 GMT
New York stock exchange delists Chinese telecoms firms
The New York stock exchange has begun the process of delisting three Chinese telecoms companies as it seeks to comply with an order by the Trump administration barring investment in firms with ties to the Chinese military. It comes as relations bet...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 08:44:13 GMT
Provincial government to pay for Pakistan Hindu temple destroyed by mob
A Hindu temple in Pakistan destroyed by a Muslim mob last week will be rebuilt using provincial government funds, its information minister said Friday. Around 1,500 people descended on the temple -- in a remote village of northeast Khyber Pakhtunkh...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 08:11:22 GMT
Peru farm workers block highway to protest police violence, demand higher wages
Hundreds of agricultural workers were maintaining a blockade of the key Pan-American Highway in the north of Peru on Thursday to protest against the death of three people in clashes with police.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:35:10 GMT
African free trade area launches after delays due to Covid-19
African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:10:20 GMT
Foie gras fan Lam 'starting to click' at Bordeaux-Begles
Former New Zealand sevens international Ben Lam said he has found his feet at Bordeaux-Begles, aided by a growing taste for the signature French food speciality of foie gras. Lam, 29, joined the French club in September after 16 World Series tourna...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 05:08:29 GMT
New Year, new rules: UK begins post-Brexit future
Britain on Friday began a new year and life outside Europe, after leaving the bloc's single market trading rules to go it alone for the first time in nearly half a century. Brexit, which has dominated politics on both sides of the Channel since 201...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 04:48:13 GMT
John Wall makes his Rockets' debut in win over Kings
James Harden scored a game high 33 points and John Wall finished with a double-double in his first game since 2018 as the Houston Rockets beat the Sacramento Kings 122-119 on Thursday. Wall tallied 22 points and nine assists for the Rockets, who we...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 04:34:21 GMT
Haaland back in action as Bundesliga returns from mini-break
Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland is expected to make an eagerly awaited return from injury as his side look to battle back into the Bundesliga top four with a win over high-fliers Wolfsburg on Sunday. The prolific Norwegian prodigy h...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 04:34:19 GMT
Kim thanks North Koreans for support 'in difficult times'
Kim Jong Un thanked North Koreans for supporting his leadership in "difficult times" in a rare hand-written New Year letter released Friday ahead of a crucial ruling party congress that will set the country's economic goals. The personal message ca...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 03:06:12 GMT
Brexit becomes reality as Britain leaves its 48-year partnership with Europe
Britain on Thursday finally severed its turbulent half-century partnership with Europe, quitting the EU single market and customs union to go its own way four-and-a-half years after its shock vote to leave the bloc.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 03:02:16 GMT
The Bavarian town where US troops are life and soul
When the United States said it would be withdrawing troops from Germany earlier this year, shockwaves rippled through the country -- but nowhere more than in the Bavarian town of Grafenwoehr. For the town located on the edge of the most important U...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 02:46:54 GMT
World welcomes New Year with low-key celebrations in shadow of pandemic
From Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Acropolis, fireworks burst in skies above eerily deserted landmarks as the world ushered in the New Year with muted celebrations and said good riddance to a pandemic-ridden 2020.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 02:44:13 GMT
German government at odds over armed drones
Should the German army be equipped with killer drones? With less than a year to go before a general election, it's a question that has bitterly divided Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government, testing NATO's patience. German armed forces ha...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 02:40:17 GMT
Icelanders take New Year's fireworks to dizzying heights
While New Year's Eve fireworks are hardly rare, Icelanders take the tradition to breathtaking heights, firing the dazzling incendiary devices from back gardens, streets, hilltops or city parks across their Nordic island. Iceland's law provides a br...



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