WASHINGTON: The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers US President Donald Trump an opportunity to replace the progressive Supreme Court justice with a staunch defender of conservative values — even if Democrats are girding for the political equivalent of trench warfare to oppose such a nominee. Her successor, who would
ROME: Clay court king Rafael Nadal crashed out of the Italian Open on Saturday, falling to a straight sets defeat to Argentine Diego Schwartzman in a tournament the Spaniard had won nine times. Eight-seeded Schwartzman meted out a punishing 6-2, 7-5 loss in Nadal’s final warm-up before his bid for
MADRID, Spain: Animal charities in southern Spain were urgently seeking homes for 110 cats on Saturday after they and their owner were evicted from a flat in the Valencia region. SPAMA Safor, an animal shelter in the southeastern seaside town of Gandia, had initially thought there were only 96 cats
LONDON: Manchester United suffered a miserable start to their Premier League campaign as Wilfried Zaha fired Crystal Palace to a shock 3-1 win at Old Trafford, while Leeds beat Fulham 4-3 to earn their first top-flight victory since 2004 on Saturday. On the second weekend of the new campaign, United
SHANGHAI: China on Saturday launched a mechanism that would allow it to sanction foreign companies, upping the ante in a tech war with the United States a day after Washington moved to curb popular Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat. China’s long-expected “unreliable entities list” is seen as a weapon for Beijing
PARIS: Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: More than 953,000 dead The pandemic has killed at least 953,025 people in the world since emerging in China late last year, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT Saturday based on official sources. More than 30.5 million people
WASHINGTON: The US ban on Chinese-owned apps WeChat and TikTok sets up a pivotal legal challenge on digital free expression with important ramifications for the global internet ecosystem. President Donald Trump’s administration cited national security concerns, claiming the popular applications could be “subject to mandatory cooperation with the intelligence services”
WASHINGTON: Progressive icon and doyenne of the US Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has died at the age of 87 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, the court announced Friday. Ginsburg, affectionately known as the Notorious RBG, passed away “this evening surrounded by her family at her home in Washington,
Serena Williams withdrew from the WTA clay-court tournament that begins Monday in Rome due to a left Achilles tendon injury sustained in her US Open semi-final defeat, the tour announced Saturday. Williams, chasing her record-tying 24th Grand Slam single crown, lost to Victoria Azarenka in three sets on Thursday on
Apple is expected to spotlight its smartwatch, iPad, and subscription services on Tuesday as it strives to reignite growth with a must-have holiday line-up. A keenly anticipated iPhone 5G considered vital to the company’s fortunes will likely star in a separate event later in the year due to disruption in
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