Tag: conflict zones
Czech champion Kvitova calls time on tennis career
TWO-TIME Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova announced Thursday that she will be retiring from the professional tennis circuit after this year’s US Open. The 35-year-old Czech, who is currently ranked down at 572 in the world, reached a career-high ranking of 2 in 2011 when she won the first of her two Wimbledon titles. She triumphed…
Man City fined £1 mn after delayed Premier League kick-offs
MANCHESTER City have been fined more than £1 million by the Premier League over delayed kick-offs in nine matches last season. Premier League officials announced on Thursday that Pep Guardiola’s side had breached rules around kick-off and restart times between October and February. The longest delay was two minutes and 24 seconds before the resumption…
US refuses visa for members of Senegal’s women’s basketball team: PM
THE United States rejected visa applications for multiple members of Senegal’s women’s basketball team which was scheduled to train in the country, the country’ prime minister said Thursday, as he cancelled the group’s participation in the practice. The visa refusals come amid US President Donald Trump’s administration’s immigration crackdown and tightened border controls. The United…
Alcaraz survives scare to reach Queen’s quarter-finals
CARLOS Alcaraz survived a huge scare against fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar as the world number two moved into the Queen’s Club quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 7-5 victory on Thursday. Alcaraz was forced to dig deep in a bruising second-round battle that lasted three hours and 26 minutes on the hottest day of the…
Canada will ‘adjust’ counter tariffs on US metals if no deal in 30 days
OTTAWA: Canada will “adjust” its 25 percent counter tariffs on US steel and aluminum in response to a doubling of US levies if a bilateral trade deal is not reached within 30 days, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. “Canada will adjust its existing counter tariffs on US steel and aluminum products on the 21st…
‘So sad’: Israelis shocked by Iran strike on hospital
BEERSHEBA, ISRAEL: The damage was hard to comprehend for many at Israel’s Soroka Hospital as staff took stock of the wreckage after a strike by an Iranian ballistic missile on Thursday left part of the facility in ruins. The strike in the southern city of Beersheba caused extensive damage to the hospital’s entrance hall and…
Israel welcomes ‘all help’ in striking Iran, Trump to decide ‘within two weeks’
JERUSALEM: Israel on Thursday welcomed “all help” in striking Iran’s nuclear sites as President Donald Trump dangled the prospect of US involvement in the war, saying he will decide “within the next two weeks”. Israel, claiming Iran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon, launched air strikes against its arch-enemy last week, triggering…
Israel changing ‘the world’ with Iran war: Netanyahu
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel was “changing the face of the world” in its war with Iran, as he welcomed “all help” in destroying the Islamic republic’s nuclear sites. “I said that we’re changing the face of the Middle East, and now I say we’re changing the face of the…
US envoy says Hezbollah involvement in Iran-Israel war would be ‘very bad decision’
BEIRUT, LEBANON: The US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack warned Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Thursday against getting involved in the war between its main backer Iran and Israel. Barrack, who is also the US ambassador to Turkey, is on his first visit to Beirut, where he met top Lebanese officials including parliament speaker…