Rickie Fowler risks Masters curse while hole-in-one rival bottles it for shot at green jacket Rickie Fowler won the Masters Par 3 Contest on Wednesday by two clear strokes. The American shot an impressive 5-under round to win the crystal rose bowl trophy. But in doing so, Fowler risked ... 04/11/2024 - 1:25 am | View Link
Tiger Woods heads out onto Augusta National course with Justin Thomas for another pre-Masters practice round… after rival players raved about his impressive form on Monday Tiger Woods enjoyed another pre-Masters practice round on Tuesday morning after heading back out onto the course at Augusta National with Justin Thomas. Woods, who is looking to make his 24th ... 04/9/2024 - 2:53 am | View Link
Novak Djokovic concedes to Jannik Sinner as Serb waxes lyrical about Monte Carlo rival It makes Sinner one of the favourites to lift the trophy at this week’s Monte-Carlo Masters, while Djokovic comes in without much form. Djokovic will be back in action in Monte Carlo this week ... 04/8/2024 - 1:38 am | View Link
Jordan Spieth left PGA Tour rival extremely impressed with Masters plan at Augusta practice READ MORE: Jordan Spieth's Masters prep dealt major blow after taking different approach to rivals READ MORE: Former Masters champion refused entry to Augusta National after stint in 'prison from ... 04/2/2024 - 5:44 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.