The Spanish top seed will meet second-seeded holder Alexander Zverev, a 7-6 (15/13) 7-5 winner over Australian Open finalist Marin Cilic yesterday. His impressive win over Djokovic will give Nadal added confidence ahead of the French Open, where he has won a record 10 titles. Nadal, still unbeaten in semi-finals at the Foro Italico, unleashed … Read more
The bones of the tiny mammal were found at a fossil site in 1999, unearthed when a new high-speed train track was built east of Brussels, but researchers spent decades sifting through tonnes of soil to make the discovery. Eventually they encountered the bones of a tiny bat, from the myotis or mouse-eared bat genus, … Read more
The government said the safety measures that involve testing travellers’ body temperature were put in place on May 10. Mbandaka, a city of 1.5 million people, is near the Congo River and north of Bikoro, the small town where most of the 45 confirmed, probable or suspected Ebola cases have occurred since April 4. The … Read more
Kore-eda is only the second Asian Palme d’Or winner this millennium (after Thailand’s Apichatpong Weerasethakul for ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’, 2010). This is the seventh time that a director from Asia has bagged the coveted trophy. Spike Lee’s engaging, feisty anti-racism period drama ‘BlacKkKansman’, the true story of an African-American police … Read more
Guterres met Trump in the White House on Friday and, according to a readout provided by the UN Chief’s office, the two discussed the situation in the broader Middle East, the Korean Peninsula and the ongoing United Nations reform. The Secretary-General also expressed his appreciation for the continued US engagement in the work of the … Read more
Built in Saint Petersburg, the Akademik Lomonosov arrived in Murmansk on Thursday where it was moored in the port and presented to the media. Constructed by the state nuclear power firm Rosatom, the 144 by 30 metre (472 by 98 foot) ship holds two reactors with two 35 megawatt nuclear reactors that are similar to … Read more
Based on the directions of Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, the Chinese and U.S. delegations conducted constructive consultations on trade issues on Thursday and Friday, the statement said. The two sides agreed to take effective measures to substantially decrease the U.S. trade deficit in goods with China. China will significantly increase … Read more
