Zuma has refused repeated calls to relinquish the presidency amid mounting graft scandals More South Africa’s ruling Africa National Congress (ANC) party has decided to formally ask corruption-dogged President Jacob Zuma to step down, following a marathon meeting by the party’s leadership this week. The ANC’s executive committee gave the […]
Daily Archives: February 13, 2018
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Saito, who had not yet competed, was provisionally suspended after testing positive for masking agent Acetazolamide, CAS said, adding that a final ruling would be issued after the Games. Masking agents are often used to cover up banned performance-enhancing substances. The 21-year-old was due to compete in the men’s 5,000m […]
Federer clinched his 20th Grand Slam title last month when he beat Marin Cilic in the Australian Open final last year. He requested a wild card at late notice to take part in Rotterdam this week. Federer is looking to usurp Rafael Nadal at the top of the world rankings, […]
Westminster Kennel Club’s Twitter feed is full of adorable photos of dogs and behind-the-scenes grooming action. You can chortle at how cute the Chow Chow is – which is one of the original breeds of dogs. Or fawn at how fuzzy the Pekingese pooch is. You can even be wowed […]
Mark Zuckerberg has stressed that Facebook is refocusing its efforts at encouraging “time well spent’ on Facebook. Claudia Cruz/CNET Facebook is renovating itself to increase users’ “time well spent” there, but the company’s head of News Feed said the social network itself is still figuring out what that means. “We’re […]
The magnitude 5.4 natural disaster struck at 1.11am GMT, the magnitude 5.7 quake hit at 2.03am GMT and the magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit at 2.31am GMT Yesterday a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 10 kilometres deep off the Northern Mariana Islands – no immediate tsunami warning was triggered. The Northern Mariana […]
Chloe Kim wins Olympic gold at age 17. The expectations placed upon Chloe Kim could not have been any higher entering the PyeongChang Olympics. But the 17-year-old delivered on the biggest stage, earning her first Olympic gold medal in women’s snowboard halfpipe on Tuesday morning in South Korea. Kim set […]
(SEOUL) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday it is important to continue a reconciliatory mood between the Koreas and expressed satisfaction with the North Korean delegation’s visit to the South, in his first remarks since the high-level guests led by his sister returned to the North. The […]