Men push their bicycles through a partially deserted street amid COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Kathmandu on May 7, 2021. (BIKASH KARKI / AFP) KATHMANDU – Nepal's government said on Thursday it will hold a parliamentary election on Nov 20 amid concerns over high inflation and depleted foreign exchange reserves that have led to rising food […]
HONG KONG, Jul 11, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Twelve major shopping malls under Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) including East Point City, Harbour North, Landmark North, Park Central and Mikiki have been flexing their creative muscles amid the pandemic with out-of-the-box campaigns as well as all-encompassing promotion and marketing strategies both online […]
Chile’s Mito Pereira sank a 27-foot birdie putt at the par-4 18th hole to seize a three-stroke lead after Saturday’s third round of the PGA Championship, while golfing legend Tiger Woods bowed out because of injury. But with the leaderboard’s top six each seeking a first major title and a trio of major winners just […]
American Will Zalatoris fired a bogey-free five-under-par 65 to seize a one-stroke lead after Friday’s second round of the PGA Championship while Tiger Woods battled his way into the weekend. Aided when gusting winds vanished in the afternoon at daunting Southern Hills, late-starter Zalatoris reeled off three back-nine birdies in a row and sank a […]
Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler captured his first major title on Sunday by winning the Masters in dominating fashion, holding firm down the stretch to seize the green jacket after Tiger Woods completed his amazing comeback from severe leg injuries. Scheffler fired a final-round one-under par 71 to finish 72 holes on 10-under 278 and defeat four-time […]
Tiger Woods faltered early then battled back into contention as his incredible comeback from severe leg injuries withstood gusting winds that wreaked havoc in Friday’s second round of the Masters. The 15-time major champion fired a roller-coaster two-over par 74 to stand on one-over par 145 after 36 holes at Augusta National, nine adrift of […]
Tiger Woods is paired with 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa and Chile’s Joaquin Niemann for the first two rounds of the Masters in pairings released Tuesday. Woods said Tuesday that he plans to play in the 86th Masters, making a epic return only 14 months after suffering severe right leg injuries […]
Shoppers, some wearing face coverings, cross Oxford Street in central London on Dec 4, 2021, as compulsory mask wearing in shops has been reintroduced in England as fears rise over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. (DANIEL LEAL / AFP) The United Kingdom's post-Brexit foreign policy mission phrase, "Global Britain", invokes Britain as a buccaneering trading […]
LAS VEGAS, NV, Oct 5, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Stephen Crystal of SCCG Management and the leadership of Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) announced today a partnership to bring MASL events to the US sports betting industry. The Major Arena Soccer League represents 16 teams across the United States and Mexico. The […]
(MA XUEJING / CHINA DAILY) The world is undergoing the most complex and profound changes since the end of the Cold War. The prominent feature of these changes is that the international political and economic order, the security situation in hotspot areas, the reform of the global governance system and the overall progress of human […]
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has sent a good luck message to Gareth Southgate and his England team ahead of Sunday’s Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley. Southgate’s side have reached the European Championship title match for the first time, ending England’s 55-year wait for a major final appearance. The queen, 95, handed England captain Bobby […]
Spain’s Jon Rahm made spectacular birdie putts on the final two holes to capture the US Open on Sunday, defeating South African Louis Oosthuizen by one stroke to claim his first major title. Rahm sank a birdie putt from just inside 25 feet at the 17th and rolled in an 18-footer at 18 to finish […]
Phil Mickelson became the oldest major winner in golf history on Sunday, the 50-year-old left-hander capturing the PGA Championship by two strokes for his sixth major title. The age-defying American took the US$2.1 million (1.7 million euro) top prize with an epic victory for the ages, producing a dazzling shotmaking display at windy Kiawah Island’s […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) One of the best ways to capture the prevailing geopolitical zeitgeist is by pinning down the latest cliché among strategic thinkers. Over the past five years, the term "Thucydides' trap" has come to dominate the discourse about the most consequential bilateral relationship in the 21st century, namely between the United […]