Yohannes, Kafaji, Ortega among U20 women's players to watch With plenty of youngsters on show at the 2023 Women's World Cup, wonderkids are on the rise in women's football. Here are some to watch this year. 04/18/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
PH to host Southeast Asian Trail Running Cup More than 200 athletes are expected to take part as the Philippines rolls out the red carpet for Southeast Asia’s elite outdoor enthusiasts in the sport of trail running this June. The country is set ... 04/18/2024 - 2:14 am | View Link
Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Gears Up for 1st World Championship for Int’l Camel Endurance in May AlUla is gearing up to host the First World Championship for International Camel Endurance on May 4, offering an impressive prize pool exceeding SAR2 million. The competition features a 16-kilometer ... 04/17/2024 - 6:56 pm | View Link
Ulsan beats Yokohama 1-0 in first leg of Asian Champions League semifinals Lee Dong-gyeong's first-half goal gave South Korean club Ulsan HD a 1-0 win over Japan's Yokohama F.Marinos in the first leg of their Asian Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. The win not only ... 04/17/2024 - 2:58 am | View Link
Ulsan edge Yokohama in Asian Champions League semi-final opener South Korea's Ulsan claimed a slender lead in their Asian Champions League semi-final with a 1-0 win over Harry Kewell's Yokohama F-Marinos in Wednesday's first leg.Ulsan are looking to win Asia's top ... 04/17/2024 - 1:09 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.