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Analysis: Already a star, on court and off, Osaka eyes more

1:36 pm February 21, 2021

Melbourne: Naomi Osaka already is a star at age 23. She has the four Grand Slam titles, the record-breaking endorsement deals and the willingness to speak her mind to prove it. Now the question is: Where does she go from here? It was telling that the second question posed to Osaka at the news conference following her 6-4, 6-3 victory over Jennifer […]

Myanmar protests focus on junta’s economic support

11:57 pm February 18, 2021

Yangon: State railway workers in Myanmar continued to strike Thursday despite a police rampage the previous night targeting them in a sign of the military junta’s concern over growing civil disobedience by public workers protesting the coup. Three-quarters of the country’s civil servants are on strike, all private banks are closed and the protests have weakened the […]

EU commission condemns Slovenia PM for insulting journalists

8:36 pm February 18, 2021

Brussels : The European Union’s executive arm on Thursday condemned Slovenia’s right-wing prime minister for a series of aggressive comments about journalists. The EU comment comes as Reporters Without Borders has for months raised concerns about Prime Minister Janez Jansa, whom it says has waged a “hate campaign” against critical journalists as he seeks to tighten […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

US reporter held by al-Qaida-linked group in Syria released

7:37 pm February 18, 2021

Beirut: An American journalist, living in northwestern Syria for nearly a decade, has been released, six months after he was captured by an al-Qaida-linked militant group, Syrian opposition media reported. Bilal Abdul Kareem, a native of Mount Vernon, N.Y., has been living in the rebel-held Syrian northwest since 2012, reporting on the Syrian government military campaigns against areas in opposition hands. He had been detained last August, following […]

NASA rover attempting most difficult Martian touchdown yet

11:49 pm February 17, 2021

Cape Canaveral: Spacecraft aiming to land on Mars have skipped past the planet, burned up on entry, smashed into the surface, and made it down amid a fierce dust storm only to spit out a single fuzzy gray picture before dying. Almost 50 years after the first casualty at Mars, NASA is attempting its hardest Martian touchdown yet. The rover named Perseverance is headed […]