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Iga Swiatek poses with her trophy after defeating Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina in a National Bank Open final tennis match, in Toronto. Photo: AFP TORONTO: Former world number one Iga Swiatek captured her first title of the year on Thursday, roaring past a weary Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-3 to win the WTA 1000 in Toronto. Swiatek, … Read more
An inexperienced India, missing several key players, face Sri Lanka in Galle from Saturday. Photo: AFP GALLE: An inexperienced India missing several key players face Sri Lanka in Galle from Saturday in the first of two Tests with coach Gautam Gambhir under immense pressure. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, spinner Washington Sundar and batter Sai Sudharsan … Read more
Someone painted ‘Clean hands Dirty $’ on one surface, splattering the area with red and green paint Members of the National Guard stand near the World War II Memorial, after the pool was reportedly vandalized with soap and graffiti in Washington, DC, US, August 13, 2026. Photo: REUTERS The World War Two memorial in Washington … Read more
[A legal loophole kept “skill games” from being considered gambling. Now lawmakers are trying to save them from a court ruling.
[At a proliferating number of stores, discounts on items like sushi are offered after 8 p.m. To get the best meals, you have to be there early.
Shabjdeed, a rapper in the West Bank, criticized a fellow Palestinian musician in a song, saying his Western lifestyle and lyrics were far removed from life back home.
In matters of work, school and even romance, we turn to A.I. chatbots. But what happens when the bots begin talking to one another?
[Andy Mariani grows exotic and ethereally delicious stone fruit in the shadow of tech giants. But at age 80, it’s time to give up the land.
Firefighters in Phoenix race to save lives in a city that’s only getting hotter.
From midnight radio broadcasts to a last-minute flag, read how the nation took shape after 1947 Every August, the story of Pakistan’s independence arrives with familiar images: green-and-white flags, the national anthem, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s speeches and crowds celebrating on the streets. But the birth of a country is rarely as neat as the … Read more