Aryna Sabalenka, Gauff set for semi-final clash at Wuhan Open on October 12, 2024US Open champion Aryna Sabalenka will face world number four Coco Gauff in the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open after both players earned straight-set wins in the quarter-finals on Friday. Gauff earned her 50th win of the year in WTA matches as she beat Magda Linette 6-0 6-4, while Sabalenka defeated Magdalena Frech 6-2 6-2. […]
Australia’s Green weighing back surgery, could miss India series on October 12, 2024Australia all-rounder Cameron Green is expected to decide within days whether he will undertake surgery for a back injury which would rule him out of the home Test series against India. Green was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his lower back during the ODI series in England, fanning speculation about his availability for the […]
Toyota returns to Formula One as Haas partner on October 12, 2024Toyota announced their return to Formula One on Friday following a 15-year absence, signing a technical partnership with US team Haas. The Japanese manufacturers spent eight seasons in Formula One before leaving at the end of 2009 with a record of 13 podium finishes and no Grand Prix wins. Haas, currently seventh in the 10-team […]
Lebanon displacement ‘devastating’, support insufficient: UN official on October 12, 2024The displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon is “devastating”, a UN migration official has said, warning international support was falling short of the needs, amid intense Israeli bombing. After a year of cross-border fire between Israel and Hezbollah, which launched attacks on Israel in support of its ally Hamas in Gaza, Israel […]
Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize on October 12, 2024Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the Japanese anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha. The group, founded in 1956, received the honour “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that […]
As Mideast conflict spirals, wealthy Gulf seeks to stay on sidelines on October 12, 2024Fearing becoming targets as the Middle East conflict spreads, wealthy Gulf states are shoring up ties with Iran and giving assurances they won’t facilitate attacks by Israel, analysts said. Traditionally Western allies, the resource-rich monarchies have grown closer to Iran after a long period of tension with their giant neighbour across the Gulf. As Israel […]
Bangladesh Islamist chief backs crimes against humanity trial for ex-PM on October 12, 2024Bangladesh’s top Islamist politician says he supports the extradition of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina to face trial for crimes against humanity in the same tribunal that convicted his colleagues. Shafiqur Rahman is the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, whose members were hounded, driven underground and sentenced to death during Hasina’s autocratic 15-year rule. Her government justified the […]
UK’s Starmer looks to move on from clumsy first 100 days on October 12, 2024UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office this weekend, already seeking to reboot his new Labour government after a stuttering return to power following 14 years in opposition. Starmer’s first weeks in office have been overshadowed by rows about gifts to ministers and a cut in welfare payments for millions of pensioners […]
Everest climber’s remains believed found after 100 years on October 12, 2024A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying to summit the peak 100 years ago, National Geographic magazine reported Friday. Climate change is thinning snow and ice around the Himalayas, increasingly exposing the bodies of mountaineers who died chasing their dream of scaling the […]
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson set for six weeks out on October 10, 2024Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker is expected to be sidelined for around six weeks with a hamstring injury, which would rule him out of matches against Chelsea and Arsenal. The 32-year-old Brazil international was hurt during last weekend’s 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace and went off late in the second half. Reports in the British press […]