Day: November 17, 2019

Benzema hits out at continued French exile

11:12 am November 17, 2019

Madrid: Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has told French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet he and he alone will decide when the time to end his international retirement has come. After Real coach Zinedine Zidane called for Benzema’s four-year France exile, caused by his alleged part in an attempt to blackmail Mathieu Valbuena, to […]

Thiem dethrones Zverev to set up London final against Tsitsipas

11:05 am November 17, 2019

London: Dominic Thiem beat defending champion Alexander Zverev to join Roger Federer’s conqueror Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the ATP Finals in London. The Austrian fifth seed saw off the big-serving German 7-5 6-3 on Saturday after Greece’s Tsitsipas, making his debut at the tournament, had earlier beaten Federer 6-3 6-4. Thiem is playing […]

Prince Charles visits 99-year-old Prince Philip in hospital

Prince Charles and Camilla begin weeklong New Zealand trip

10:56 am November 17, 2019

Wellington: Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrived in New Zealand on Sunday for a weeklong trip, during which they plan to visit the city of Christchurch and the historic treaty grounds at Waitangi, where the nation’s founding document was signed. It is the couple’s third joint visit to New Zealand and their first […]

Great Barrier Reef annual mass coral spawning begins

10:52 am November 17, 2019

Sydney: A mass coral spawning has begun on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, with early indications the annual event could be among the biggest in recent years, local marine biologists said Sunday. Buffeted by climate change-induced rising sea temperatures and coral bleaching, the world’s largest reef system goes into a frenzy once a year with a […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump aide curbed access to Ukraine call, fearing fallout

10:43 am November 17, 2019

Washington: A top US official restricted access to the summary of Donald Trump’s Ukraine call that triggered an impeachment probe, fearing it would damage the president, testimony released Saturday showed. White House Ukraine expert Timothy Morrison told House investigators he knew immediately how sensitive the call was when he heard Trump press Ukraine’s President Volodymyr […]