The day started with a website crash and ended with the stunning release of the world’s number one tennis player into Australia after nearly five days of detention. As viewers around the world tuned in to a much-anticipated livestream of Novak Djokovic’s visa appeal hearing early Monday, they met the same fate the tennis star …
Shares in the embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande rallied on Tuesday after a day-long suspension, as the company confirmed it has been ordered to demolish part of a resort in Hainan province. China’s property firms have struggled in the wake of Beijing’s drive to curb excessive debt in the real estate sector as well as …
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The CES tech show announced Friday that the Las Vegas event next week will go on in person but will end one day early amid the surge in Covid-19 infections. Many high-profile participants like Amazon, BMW and Microsoft have pulled out or reduced their footprint at one of the world’s largest trade fairs due to …
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The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu lay in state on Friday for a second day, giving South Africans a final chance to pay tribute on the eve of his funeral. A church band, which included a preschooler trumpeter, performed outside the church as the cort?ge pulled up to bring back the modest pinewood coffin containing …
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The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a joint U.S.-Canadian aerospace and maritime defense organization, has been tracking Santa’s route around the world since 1955 and is doing so again this year. Tracking Santa’s trip around the world is available through the NORAD website www.noradsanta.org and a phone line (877) 446-6723 where an operator can say exactly …
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Over 4,500 flights were cancelled around the world by Saturday and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted holiday travel, according to tracking website Flightaware. One route, however, was thankfully not affected: Santa was on track delivering presents to children across the globe, air defense officials assured US President Joe Biden. …
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Turkish women feel more vulnerable and legally unprotected since Turkey withdrew from a convention that activists argued helped deter male violence, according to women’s campaign groups. The landmark Istanbul Convention came into force in 2014 and laid the way for a Europe-wide legal framework to tackle, prevent and prosecute violence against women. Turkey abruptly withdrew …
Chinese ecommerce titan Alibaba enjoyed record sales during its Singles Day shopping extravaganza, giving a much-needed boost to the firm after a torrid year in which it became the symbol of a government crackdown that hammered the country’s tech sector. The firm said 540.3 billion yuan ($84.5 billion) was spent as China’s army of consumers …
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China on Thursday held a subdued version of its annual “Single’s Day” shopping spree, shorn of the usual boasting on sales volume as the country’s chastened e-commerce sector reels under a government crackdown on platforms like Alibaba. The world’s biggest shopping festival has for years been accompanied by aggressive promotions and breathless hourly updates by …
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Junior Gaitan was 15 when he was shot in the chest during demonstrations in 2018 against Nicaragua’s long-term President Daniel Ortega. Three years later, his mother Aura Lila Lopez is still struggling to cope with the loss. On Sunday, when Nicaraguans go to the polls in a presidential vote stacked in Ortega’s favor, she will …
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