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“It felt like a firework was going off inside of my arm, and then my whole arm felt like it was on fire,” said Gauff Coco Gauff looks disappointed as she crashed out of Wimbledon early. Photo: AFP INDIAN WELLS: Two-time major champion Coco Gauff was forced into a rare retirement in her third-round clash … Read more
China’s yuan CNY=CFXS hit the weakest level in a month against the rebounding dollar =USD Hong Kong stocks hit six-month lows on Monday while China shares wiped out this year’s gains as the escalating war in the Middle East sent oil prices soaring and dampened risk appetite in markets across Asia. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index. HSI was … Read more
Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, traveled east to visit frontline troops trying to stave off Russian attacks, and invited reporters for The New York Times to go with him.
[ Since February 28, through March 8, more than 37,000 flights to and from the Middle East were cancelled An Emirates airplane at Dubai International Airport, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 8, 2026. Picture taken by phone PHOTO: REUTERS Surging oil prices and the escalating US-Israeli war with … Read more
Food is bringing thousands of people together to an unexpected place: a plaza west of Toronto. Some fear it’s tearing a neighborhood apart.
[Asian markets tumbled on Monday as Middle East tensions and spiking oil prices sparked a mass exit from the region’s previously booming stocks.
Says she stopped doing them after media coverage focused only on her relationships Halle Berry has said she avoided giving interviews for around a decade after becoming frustrated with repeated media coverage of her personal life. The actor, 59, discussed the decision in a recent interview with The Cut while promoting her upcoming film Crime … Read more
Mojtaba Khamenei pictured here. PHOTO: REUTERS Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba was chosen by Iran’s Assembly of Experts to succeed his late father as supreme leader, in a sign that hardliners were still firmly in charge. The clerical body named the 56-year-old mid-ranking cleric, who has survived the US-Israeli air war on Iran, as successor … Read more
. Balendra Shah, former mayor of Kathmandu popularly known as “Balen”, who according to party officials, will become prime minister under an internal agreement if the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) wins the March 5 elections. PHOTO: REUTERS KATHMANDU: Nepal’s centrist RSP party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah had secured a majority in the direct parliamentary elections, … Read more
As the war in Iran spreads, Kyiv is eagerly offering its hard-won expertise and advanced technology to counter Iranian drones.
