Protesters wave flags of Fatah and Palestine as they burn Israeli ones during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel, in the village of Kfar Qaddum near the Jewish settlement of Kedumim in the occupied West Bank on May 20, 2022. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) RAMALLAH – The US State Department's decision […]
MELBOURNE, May 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – An osteoporotic fracture occurs every three seconds worldwide.(1) More than 50 per cent of the world’s hip fractures are expected to occur in the Asia Pacific over the next two decades.(2) This is due to the region’s rapidly aging population, mounting urbanisation, and subsequent increase […]
Manchester City won the Premier League title by a point from rivals Liverpool on the final day of the campaign after Pep Guardiola’s side survived a huge scare on Sunday. City had to fight back from 2-0 down in the second half, but three goals in the space of five minutes — including two from […]
Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two on Sunday to take over at the top from Ferrari’s luckless Charles Leclerc, who retired with an engine failure while leading. Mexican Sergio Perez finished a dutiful second, 13 seconds behind but with the consolation of a bonus point […]
Kylian Mbappe has decided to extend his stay at Paris St Germain, French sport daily L’Equipe reported on Saturday. The France forward, whose current contract expires on June 30, had been widely tipped to join Real Madrid. L’Equipe said a new contract, which is likely to tie him to the French champions until 2025, had […]
This undated picture released from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 20, 2022 shows employees of the Central Ideals Zoo disinfecting the zoo to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) SEOUL / NEW DELHI – The Democratic People’s Republic […]
Israeli soldiers are positioned near the northern Israeli town of Metula along the border with Lebanon on April 25, 2022, following overnight rocket fire from Lebanon into northern Israel. (JALAA MAREY / AFP) BEIRUT – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on Thursday called on Lebanon and Israel to use the tripartite meetings to […]
“There may be times,” said Elie Wiesel, the Jewish philosopher and Holocaust survivor, “when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” In Europe, Russophobia, involving animosity toward Russia, Russians and Russian culture, is as old as the hills. It was used as cover for […]
Technicians discuss products at a joint venture in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. (HUA XUEGEN / FOR CHINA DAILY) Given the Chinese economy's development, there is no fear of a large-scale withdrawal of foreign capital from the country as some Western media outlets claimed. As one of the production factors, capital seeks profit, and the inflow and […]
Had it not been for the historic chief executive election on May 8, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region might not have left some politicians from the European Union off the rails over the smooth and successful return of John Lee Ka-chiu as the city’s next leader, a ballot maligned as “dismantling the ‘one country, […]
Employees work on the production line of a foreign-funded electronics company in Hai'an, Jiangsu province. (ZHAI HUIYONG/FOR CHINA DAILY) Vietnam's outstanding foreign trade performance in the first quarter of this year has sparked discussions on whether the Southeast Asian country has been snatching away overseas orders from China due to the sporadic outbreaks of the […]
Passengers arrive to atke the first Yemen Airways flight from Sanaa airport in the Yemeni capital on May 16, 2022. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) SANAA – The first commercial flight in six years took off on Monday from Sanaa, Yemen's capital under the control of the Houthi rebels, as an essential part of the ongoing […]
Chelsea retained the Women’s FA Cup on Sunday with a 3-2 extra-time win over Manchester City, completing the double this season after winning the Super League title last week. City had twice equalised, first through Lauren Hemp after Sam Kerr’s opener and, near the end, Hayley Raso cancelled out Erin Cuthbert’s screamer. However, Kerr struck […]
Manchester City came from 2-0 down to salvage a vital point in a 2-2 draw at West Ham to keep the Premier League title in their hands as Tottenham moved into the top four on Sunday. City travelled to the London Stadium knowing they needed a maximum of four points from their final two games […]
Phil Mickelson said on Friday he will not defend his PGA Championship title after having stepped away from the game in February amid fallout from comments he made regarding a Saudi-backed golf league. Mickelson, 51, had kept golf fans guessing about whether he would be at Southern Hills Country Club next week but the speculation […]
Inter Milan claimed their eighth Italian Cup on Wednesday after overcoming old foes Juventus 4-2 in an extra-time victory full of incident and controversy. Ivan Perisic secured a thrilling win with a double in the first half of extra time but the match hung on the awarding of a soft-seeming penalty which Hakan Calhanoglu smashed […]
Manchester City said on Tuesday they had reached an agreement to sign prolific striker Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund. “Manchester City can confirm we have reached an agreement in principle with Borussia Dortmund for the transfer of striker Erling Haaland to the Club on 1st July 2022,” the Premier League champions said in a statement. […]
Women wearing Niqab garments stand along a street in Kabul on May 7, 2022. The Taliban on May 7 required women to cover fully in public, ideally with the traditional burqa. (AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN / AFP) KABUL – Afghanistan's Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a […]
Relatives and friends put on personal protective equipment (PPE) suits before the burial of their loved one who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a graveyard in New Delhi on April 30, 2021. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP) YANGON / JAKARTA / SINGAPORE / SYDNEY / NEW DELHI / SUVA – India's main opposition Congress party on Friday […]
A farmer checks paddy in his rice field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, April 30, 2022. (ANUPAM NATH / AP) Export prices of rice from India rose this week on increasing demand from Asia and Africa, while dwindling supplies of the staple lifted Vietnamese rates. Top exporter India's 5 percent broken parboiled variety was […]