LONDON: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been accused of breaking UK COVID-19 restrictions after failing to self-isolate for two weeks following a two-day trip to the United States, the Sunday Telegraph reported. The newspaper said it had obtained pictures showing Blair, who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007, leaving a London […]
7:32 PM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. WNBA guard and 2020 champion Sue Bird reiterated remarks made by her girlfriend, soccer standout Megan Rapinoe, about why the U.S. […]
WASHINGTON: The US national security adviser said on Friday that China was perpetrating “something close to” a genocide with its treatment of Muslims in its Xinjiang region. “If not a genocide, something close to it going on in Xinjiang,” Robert O’Brien told an online event hosted by the Aspen Institute, while highlighting other Chinese crackdowns […]
ARLINGTON, Texas — Mookie Betts ranged back, felt the warning track underneath his feet, exploded vertically, twisted his body the other way and made a miraculous, full-extension catch up against the right-field fence, ending the top of the fifth, robbing Braves slugger Marcell Ozuna of extra bases, saving a run and potentially altering the momentum […]
BOSTON: Bostonians who lined up at the nations oldest ballpark on Saturday were far more focused on the ballot box than the batters box. Hundreds of people cast their votes at Fenway Park, which city officials are using as an alternative to indoor venues during the pandemic. Voter Rob Cohen said he’s a 3-minute walk […]
Google on Friday revealed that a “state-sponsored” hacking group launched a series of DDoS attack on its system in 2017. The DDoS attacks that lasted over six months peaked to 2.5Tbps in traffic – making it the largest cyber-attack recorded till date, the company added. At the moment, it is unclear which Google system was […]
BANGKOK: The authorities in Bangkok shut down mass transit systems and set up roadblocks Saturday as Thailand’s capital braced for a fourth straight day of determined anti-government protests. The protesters have been doing their best to elude the authorities, using social media to assemble followers before police have time to block them. The government has […]
Florida coach Dan Mullen announced Saturday he has tested positive for COVID-19, the latest hit to a football program that has been severely impacted by the coronavirus spread. Mullen said on Twitter that his positive test has been confirmed, and he is self-isolating from his family. He added that his family is healthy. “I am […]
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Imran Khan said that PML-N supremo came to politics by “polishing General Zia’s shoes”. Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday lashed out at three-time former premier Nawaz Sharif for accusing the army chief of rigging elections and installing a “puppet government” in Islamabad. Sharif, the 70-year-old leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) […]