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Sports Aug 30, 2019

US Open 2019: Spain's Carla Suárez Navarro Fined $40,000 For Poor Effort

Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro has been fined $40,000 by the US Open for lack of effort in her first-round match against Hungarian qualifier Timea Babos, tournament referee Soeren Friemel said. Suarez Navarro, a US Open quarter-finalist last year, matching her best Grand Slam run, retired at the end of the first set with a lower back injury.
World Aug 30, 2019

British PM Boris Johnson Warns MPs Against Trying to Block Brexit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday warned any attempt by MPs next week to stop Brexit or delay it beyond October 31 would do "lasting damage" to public trust in politics. Johnson said Britons had decided to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum and MPs had promised multiple times to uphold that decision.
World Aug 30, 2019

Yemen: Suicide Bombing Kills 3 Separatists in Aden

Three separatist fighters were killed Friday in a suicide bombing in Aden, the first such attack since Yemeni government forces were expelled from the southern city on August 10, security sources said.
Sports Aug 30, 2019

Chris Smalling Latest Transfer News Update: Manchester United Defender Set to Complete AS Roma Loan Move, Says Solskjaer

Manchester United defender Chris Smalling has travelled to Italy to complete a loan move to Serie A club Roma, the English team's manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed on Friday. "Chris is on his way over (to Italy). He's flying over to Rome this morning to do a medical and all the final details," said Solskjaer.
World Aug 30, 2019

Sogyal Rinpoche, Best-Selling Author and Tibetan Monk Accused of Sexual Abuse, Dies in Thailand

His Facebook page was flooded Thursday with messages that touched on reincarnation. "It is so refreshing to hear all the outpouring of love in these posts and not the constant focus on the negativity which has surrounded him in recent years," one person wrote.
Sports Aug 30, 2019

US Open 2019: Nick Kyrgios Beats Antoine Hoang to Advance to Third-Round, Will Face Andrey Rublev

Kyrgios won their only meeting last year in Moscow, recalling, "It was an incredibly tough match." The 24-year-old Canberra-born product had two minor issues in his match, the first over a collar inscription "Just Do You" that officials feared violated clothing rules, forcing Kyrgios to fold down his collar.
Sports Aug 30, 2019

US Open 2019: Coco Gauff Books Date With Defending Champion Naomi Osaka, Rafael Nadal Gets Walkover Into Third Round

Among the celebrities watching her match at Louis Armstrong Stadium were basketball legend Kobe Bryant and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose kneeling protest became a national symbol for champions of social justice and racial equality.
Sports Aug 30, 2019

Neymar Transfer Latest News Update: World’s Most Expensive Player Joins PSG Training Session Amid Reports of Barcelona Deal, to Miss Next Game vs Metz

Meanwhile, Catalan radio station RAC1 reported that Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu was in Monaco -- where the Champions League group stage draw was due to take place on Thursday evening -- and would take part in negotiations with PSG.
World Aug 29, 2019

Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky Picks 35-Yr-Old Oleksiy Goncharuk as New Prime Minister

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday picked untested 35-year-old lawyer Oleksiy Goncharuk as his prime minister, as a new parliament met for the first time. Zelensky, who was a popular comedian until winning the presidency this year, has promised to bring in fresh faces to clear away an establishment that he says has ruled Ukraine since independence in 1991.
World Aug 29, 2019

Donald Trump, Says US to Keep 8,600 Troops in Afghanistan After Deal with Taliban

President Donald Trump on Thursday said that US troop levels in Afghanistan will drop to 8,600 if a deal is reached with the Taliban and that a permanent presence will remain.
World Aug 29, 2019

Yemen Government Accuses UAE of Launching Air Strikes on its Troops

Yemen's government Thursday accused the UAE of launching air strikes against its troops in the interim capital Aden in support of separatists who say they have regained control of the southern city.
Social Viral Aug 29, 2019

Thieves Steal Cowbells Off Bovines’ Necks in Austria, Give Police a Hard Time

Austrian police said Monday they are hunting for thieves who stole over a dozen bells from cows grazing in the west of the country. "Of course people may wonder why someone would steal a cowbell," Bernhard Gruber, a police spokesman from the Tyrol region, told AFP.
Lifestyle Aug 29, 2019

Four European States That ‘Eradicated’ Measles Back to Square One, Says WHO as Viral Disease Re-Emerges

Measles cases are skyrocketing in Europe and the disease is surging in four countries previously considered to have eliminated it, including the UK, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday, urging countries to step up vaccination efforts.
Lifestyle Aug 29, 2019

Red Wine Benefits Your Digestive System, But Still Bad for Your Health, Says New Study

Scientists at King's College London have found that red wine drinkers have a greater diversity of bacteria in their digestive tracts, a marker of gastrointestinal wellbeing, than those who drink other alcohol. Red wine was linked to the greatest positive impact on gut health -- and it was also associated with lower levels of obesity and "bad" cholesterol.
Sports Aug 29, 2019

US Open 2019: Serena Williams, Roger Federer Rally to Win, Novak Djokovic Hurt as Rain Hits the Tournament

Ukrainian fifth seed Elina Svitolina defeated seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 and US 10th seed Madison Keys, the 2017 US Open runner-up, trounced China's Zhu Lin 6-4, 6-1.
Social Viral Aug 29, 2019

Ethiopia: 3.8-Million-Year-Old Skull Yields New Clues on How Humans Evolved

The skull, known as 'MRD', was discovered not far from the younger Lucy -- the ancient ancestor of modern humans -- and shows that the two species may have co-existed for about 100,000 years. Australopithecus afarensis is one of the longest-lived and most studied early human species.
World Aug 28, 2019

Hurricane Dorian Set to Hit Puerto Rico on Same Coast that Hurricane Maria Destroyed

A study accepted as valid by the government, which initially put the death toll at 64, estimated that nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the hurricane and the months of disruption that followed. Dorian, though far less powerful than Maria, looms as the first major test of the island's halting recovery.
World Aug 28, 2019

Mexico: Gunmen Ignite Fire in a Strip Club in Coatzacoalcos, 25 Killed

At least 25 people were killed and 11 badly wounded when gunmen burst into a strip club in eastern Mexico, doused it with gasoline and ignited a raging fire. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador condemned Tuesday night's "shameful" attack in the city of Coatzacoalcos
Technology Aug 28, 2019

Google Job Search Tool Faces EU Anti-Trust Probe

The move is the latest in a string of EU probes of the US giant's business practices, which have already led to billions of euros in fines. The Commission will seek to determine if the group is giving its own jobs listing platform a priority over competitors within Google search results.
Sports Aug 28, 2019

West Indies Fast Bowler Cecil Wright Announces Retirement at 85

After three years he decided to stay on in England and settled down after meeting his future wife Enid, then having a son. Wright, who also played with Richards and Joel Garner, another of the great West Indies pace attack of the late 1970s and early 1980s, has taken over 7,000 wickets during a career spanning more than 60 years.

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