Women’s tennis ace Naomi Osaka returned to giving press conferences at the French Open and admitted that her ordeals in 2021 have made her a more cautious figure this time around. Osaka famously revealed she would not be taking part in any media commitments ahead of the Roland Garros tournament …
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A top sports lawyer has warned the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that it must be “very careful” when making a decision on figure skater Kamila Valieva’s fate before her next Beijing 2022 event on February 15. International Testing Agency (ITA) officials announced on Friday that the 15-year-old had returned …
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Harris is headed to Singapore and Vietnam at the end of August in the hopes of bolstering “strategic partnerships” with the Asian nations. Her office has come under criticism for quoting the Joe Biden administration’s message that “America is back,” given the sordid history of the US involvement in the …
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Multiple polls indicate a minority of Americans believe Biden is really running the show at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Many seem to think Vice President Kamala Harris is the real power behind the throne, or that some combination of the State Department and National Security Adviser, a Kissinger-style Deep State, is …
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Is hanging a monkey because you thought he was a French sailor offensive to the French or offensive to monkeys? Because it certainly isn’t offensive to the people of Hartlepool who, legend has it, actually strung that primate up. Surely they’re the folk most likely to take offence on account …
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Donald Trump was a master of branding, and never missed a chance to heap scorn and ridicule on the paper he dubbed the “failing New York Times.” The paper gave as good as it got, hitting Trump for four years with sniping commentary and investigation, often with little regard for …
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“We need to be very careful about the use of the phrase ‘patient zero’ which many people indicate as the first initial case. We may never find who the patient zero was,” Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead on Covid-19 told a press conference on Friday, referring to the organization’s …
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With impeachment articles against him set to hit the House floor this week, and with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushing for Trump’s cabinet to use the 25th Amendment to remove him from office on grounds of unfitness, President Donald Trump was defiant during a visit to the US-Mexico border in …
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The online porn behemoth removed millions of videos last week after payment processors MasterCard and Visa dropped it as a client, declaring that only verified users would be permitted to upload footage going forward. Pornhub hinted in a press release accompanying the move that “platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, …
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Speaking at a daily media briefing on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian expressed his strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the Five Eyes countries for their flagrant violations of international law and basic norms of international relations following comments made by the Western allies on Wednesday. Zhao’s rebuttal …
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