By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ash Barty has ended a 42-year drought by reaching the Australian Open final with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Madison Keys. She needs one more win to become the first Australian woman to win her home Grand Slam title since 1978. Danielle Collins is in
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Formula One has signed a seven-year contract extension with the Singapore Grand Prix. F1 says that a deal to continue racing at the Marina Bay street circuit until 2028 was agreed with the Singapore GP and Singapore’s tourism board. Singapore held F1’s first night race in 2008 and the venue has proved
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Gianni Infantino, the president of football’s global governing body FIFA, has said his remarks about a biennial World Cup and bringing “hope” to refugees crossing the Mediterranean have been “misinterpreted.” Speaking in an address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Wednesday, Infantino spent the final part
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer can come across as a bookish government man, captivated by the nitty-gritty of regulations and convinced that Washington, on the whole, works. Ensconced in chambers lined with shelves of antique books on philosophy inherited from an uncle and strewn with
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — There’s something about playing in Dubai that brings the best out of JB Hansen. The No. 110-ranked Dane shot a bogey-free, 7-under 65 and held a two-stroke clubhouse lead in the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic. Hansen won the Dubai Championship three months ago for the second
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los negociadores rusos y ucranianos acordaron que un alto el fuego permanente en el este de Ucrania debe ser observado “incondicionalmente” después de las conversaciones de horas en París este miércoles. El anuncio se produjo después de una reunión en el Palacio del Elíseo del llamado Formato de Normandía –una
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The French-Japanese auto alliance of Renault and Nissan plans to invest 23 billion euros ($26 billion) in electric vehicle technology over the next five years. The companies say their alliance, which also includes smaller Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors, will share research, auto parts and technology to
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN A South Carolina jury found former police officer Jonathan Moreno not guilty Wednesday in connection with the arrest of a man last summer that sparked nights of protests. “I want to thank everybody out there in the community that believes and supports my family,” Moreno said after the verdict was read.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Deutsche Bank says it reaped its best annual profit in 10 years last year. Germany’s largest bank said it had put most of its wrenching, years-long restructuring behind it. The bank underlined its progress by announcing a dividend for 2021 and a 300 million-euro share
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El lote de tres artículos que la exprimera dama Melania Trump puso a subasta a principios de este mes no alcanzó el umbral monetario deseado de US$ 250.000 para una oferta inicial. Cuando la subasta de los tres artículos –un sombrero blanco de ala ancha personalizado que usó Trump durante una
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Since the pandemic began, the arrival of each new year feels like a reprise of “let’s do the time warp again” from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Now, imagine if you lived in space. For those of us on Earth, adjusting to a new normal, like extended periods of working from
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The finance model for the Winter Olympics calls for the host country to spend several billion dollars, the IOC to earn a couple billion, and sports bodies to share around hundreds of millions. But turning a profit from the 2022 Beijing Games was never China’s priority
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The finance model for the Winter Olympics calls for the host country to spend several billion dollars, the IOC to earn a couple billion, and sports bodies to share around hundreds of millions. But turning a profit from the 2022 Beijing Games was never China’s priority
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un sismo de 6,2 grados de magnitud se produjo este jueves a unos 225 km de la isla de Pangai, Tonga, según datos del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos. Según los datos del USGS, el sismo se produjo a las 19:40 hora local, a una profundidad de 4,2 km. El
Continue ReadingAmanda Musa, CNN A high school teacher in the Atlanta area has been charged with battery for allegedly shoving a 14-year-old student to the ground in front of his classmates, local officials said. Marquett Thinn, 44, was seen on video pushing a male student to the ground during an argument in a room full of
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Australia’s Woodside Petroleum says it is withdrawing from projects in strife-torn Myanmar, following a similar decision by Total and Chevron. Woodside put all its Myanmar activities under review after the military took over power a year ago, deposing the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN From the moment 57-year-old supermodel Kristen McMenamy opened Valentino’s latest show in Paris, it was clear the fashion house was breaking with convention. With Haute Couture Week collections normally worn by young, waif-like models, the Italian label’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli offered two things rarely seen on the most exclusive of runways:
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A regulatory body in Dubai is seeking to fine the Pakistani-born founder of Abraaj Group a staggering penalty of $135.5 million. The now defunct Mideast private-equity firm’s founder and CEO, currently in Britain, is accused of fraud and misleading investors, including in the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Apple has once again become the top-selling smartphone brand in top market China, along with the rest of the world. That’s according to findings from two separate research reports, which come just before the tech giant is set to release its earnings for the most recent quarter on Thursday. A
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Six people who were children living in Fukushima at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster and have since developed thyroid cancer have filed a lawsuit demanding a utility pay compensation. The plaintiffs are demanding a total of $5.4 million from the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings,
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