Antony Blinken reiterated his call on all parties to de-escalate tensions, spokesman Ned Price said. Washington, United States: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday held talks with key counterparts influential in the Middle East as the United States seeks to de-escalate deadly clashes between Israel and the Palestinians. Blinken, who was en route […]
Day: May 16, 2021
Late touchdown lifts Sam Houston State Bearkats past South Dakota State for first FCS title
FRISCO, Texas — Eric Schmid threw for three touchdowns, including a 10-yarder to Ife Adeyi with 16 seconds left, and Sam Houston State wrapped the longest and most unusual college football season with its first FCS national title, beating top-seeded South Dakota State 23-21 on a rain-drenched Sunday. Jequez Ezzard had two touchdown catches for […]
WWE WrestleMania Backlash live results and analysis
WrestleMania Backlash is as notable for its familiar feel to parts of WrestleMania 37 as it is for its dramatic departures from that card. The Universal championship match between Roman Reigns and Cesaro is about as different from the triple threat match between Reigns, Edge and Daniel Bryan that we saw at Raymond James as […]
A new law in India makes it harder for foreign aid to reach Covid patients, critics say.
India’s devastating Covid-19 surge has galvanized corporations, nonprofit organizations and individuals in the United States to raise millions of dollars and send medical supplies to assist the nation of 1.4 billion. But a sweeping change to India’s law governing foreign donations is choking off aid just when the country needs it desperately. It is struggling […]
Ambulance Service Says Two dead, Over 100 Injured
The event was held in a synagogue which was under construction. Jerusalem: At least two worshippers were killed and more than 100 injured on Sunday when a grandstand collapsed in a synagogue under construction in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s national ambulance service said. The accident in Givat Zeev, just north […]
e OS Claims No Tracking, Popular Apps and Good UI, But Does it Succeed?
Earlier this year, big data researcher Douglas Leith of Trinity College, Dublin published a set of findings in partnership with Ars Technica, where he claimed that Android phones pinged Google servers with user telemetry data about once every 4.5 minutes. He further went on to claim that Android collects almost 20x the amount of data […]
No surgery required for Corey Seager’s hand; optimistic Dave Roberts, Los Angeles Dodgers content ‘to let it heal’
LOS ANGELES — World Series MVP Corey Seager will miss at least a few weeks for the Los Angeles Dodgers after breaking a bone in his right hand. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the star shortstop does not need surgery on his broken fifth metacarpal — the bone closest to the palm in his pinkie. […]
Tel Aviv, Israel’s Bustling Financial Hub, Shaken as Rockets Rain Down
TEL AVIV — Tel Aviv’s city hall launched a playful social media campaign this month declaring itself a vaccinated city eager to welcome back international travelers on their first post-coronavirus trips abroad. That was before the rockets began to strike. During the past week of fighting between Israel and militant groups in Gaza, Tel Aviv […]
China Slams ‘Hasty’ Withdrawal of US Troops from Afghan; Urges UN to Play ‘Due Role’
China has said that the hasty withdrawal of the US troops from war-torn Afghanistan has severely affected the peace process and the regional stability as it called on the UN to play its due role and urged the SCO to pay more attention to the situation. The issue of US withdrawal from Afghanistan figured in […]
Ex-Austin Peay Governors DB Juantarius Bryant falls victim of Atlanta Falcons tryout hoax
Juantarius Bryant thought he was heading to Georgia this weekend to try out for the Atlanta Falcons during the team’s rookie minicamp. When he arrived in Flowery Branch, though, he learned he had been the victim of a hoax instead. Bryant, a defensive back from Austin Peay, was never actually contacted by the Falcons but […]