Corach Rambler bids for more National glory, Kitty’s Light a fairytale win on April 13, 2024A reduced field, due to a safety review, of 34 will contest the world’s greatest steeplechase The Grand National on Saturday at Aintree racecourse. An astonishing 26 of the runners hail from Ireland, with eight apiece from the stables of Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott. Aside from the reduction in the maximum amount of participants […]
Blundell, Foulkes called up for New Zealand T20 tour of Pakistan on April 13, 2024Wicketkeeper Tom Blundell and uncapped all-rounder Zak Foulkes have been added as late call-ups for New Zealand’s Twenty20 tour of Pakistan, the side announced Friday. Blundell and Foulkes will respectively replace promising batter Finn Allen and veteran paceman Adam Milne, who were both injured on the eve of departure. Pakistan host New Zealand for five […]
Tiger set for 23-hole major walking test at hilly Masters on April 13, 2024Tiger Woods will have the chance to make Masters history on Friday at Augusta National, if his surgically repaired legs and back can stand the strain of walking 23 holes. The 15-time major champion stood on one-under par through 13 holes when Thursday’s opening round of the 88th Masters was halted by darkness, the start […]
Pelicans close in on sixth seed as Knicks stun Celtics on April 13, 2024The New Orleans Pelicans boosted their hopes of securing an automatic playoff berth on Thursday with a 135-123 road victory over the Sacramento Kings. In a crucial Western Conference battle in northern California, Zion Williamson and C.J. McCollum both finished with 31 points as the Pelicans completed an impressive wire-to-wire win. The result means New […]
Asian markets mixed as ‘critical’ US inflation data looms on April 10, 2024Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday as attention turned to crucial US inflation data that could play a pivotal role in the Federal Reserve’s decision-making on interest rates, with investors lowering their expectations for how many cuts it will deliver. With consumer prices picking up in January and February, the jobs market still strong and the […]
Asian markets mostly rise as traders weigh rates outlook on April 9, 2024Most Asian markets squeezed out gains Monday as traders weighed the chances of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates this year after a forecast-busting US jobs report dented hopes for a first move in June. Wall Street’s three main indexes rallied Friday on news that 303,000 jobs were created in the United States in March, […]
US ‘will not accept’ flood of below-cost Chinese goods: Yellen on April 9, 2024The United States “will not accept” a situation where underpriced Chinese goods flood the global market, battering industries elsewhere, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday as she wrapped up high-level talks in China. Yellen has repeatedly warned about the risks of China’s excess industrial capacity during four days of meetings with officials and business […]
‘Panama Papers’ trial to begin eight years after tax scandal on April 9, 2024Twenty-seven people are set to go on trial on Monday for money laundering in connection with the “Panama Papers” tax evasion scandal, which revealed how many of the world’s wealthy stashed assets in offshore companies. The 2016 revelations rocked governments, exposed high-profile personalities, triggered scores of investigations around the world and dealt a blow to […]
Gazans return to ‘indescribable’ destruction of Khan Yunis on April 9, 2024Safa Qandil returned home to Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on Monday only to find that she no longer has one. Thousands of displaced Gazans have been trudging back through the apocalyptic landscape of the devastated city after the Israeli army pulled out on Sunday following months of fierce fighting with Hamas militants. But as […]
Iran FM accuses US of approving strike on Damascus consulate on April 9, 2024Iran’s foreign minister again accused the United States Monday of approving a deadly strike blamed on Israel that destroyed Tehran’s Damascus consulate last week, after he inaugurated a new consulate in the Syrian capital. Tehran, a key Damascus ally, has vowed to avenge last Monday’s air strike on the Iranian embassy’s consular section that killed […]