August2018
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In England’s forgotten ‘rust belt’, voters show little sign of Brexit regret
Aug 7, 2018To Paul Green, a club steward in northern England’s ‘rust belt’, Britain is so broken that he would vote for Brexit again were he to get another chance. Green, who runs a Miners’ Welfare Club in... -
Toronto tournament a test for shot-clock innovation
Aug 7, 2018This week’s Toronto Masters is serving as a test bed for a time saving shot-clock innovation, with Wimbledon semi-finalist John Isner fully on board with the idea. A trial run of the 25-second on-court countdown clock... -
Zimbabwe court bails opposition members accused of post-election violence
Aug 7, 2018A Zimbabwe court Tuesday freed on bail 27 opposition supporters arrested by police last week on accusations of fomenting post-election violence. Magistrate Francis Vhitorini granted $50 bail to each of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)... -
Akij to sell tobacco business for $1.5 billion
Aug 7, 2018According to Reuters, the $1.5 billion (Tk124.3 billion) deal is one of the biggest cross-border mergers and acquisition transactions involving a Bangladeshi company Akij Group has signed an agreement with the Japan Tobacco (JT) Group over... -
Ball tampering threatens ‘cricket’s DNA’ says ICC CEO
Aug 7, 2018ICC CEO David Richardson declared that ball tampering and bad behavior threatened “cricket’s DNA” and would not be tolerated by fans in the wake of the Australia cheating scandal. The International Cricket Council chief executive said... -
Iraq football hit by age fraud scandals
Aug 7, 2018With players banned from travel, executives sacked and a national squad that just withdrew from the Asian Games, Iraqi football is paying the price for a string of age fraud scandals. Nearly five months ago, FIFA... -
England cricketer Stokes mocked gay couple before brawl, court told
Aug 7, 2018England cricketer Ben Stokes mocked a gay couple’s “camp behaviour” before losing his self-control and knocking two other men unconscious in a street fight last September, a court heard on Monday. Stokes — on trial for... -
Parts of Frankfurt Airport evacuated due to police action
Aug 7, 2018German police said on Tuesday that parts of Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport had been evacuated due to police action, with newspaper Bild citing a police spokesman as saying an unauthorized person had got past the... -
U.S. asked Riyadh for details on detention of activists
Aug 7, 2018The United States has asked the Saudi government for more details on the detention of activists and urged it to respect due process, a State Department official said on Monday, in the first comments by Washington... -
Malaysia’s former PM Najib to be charged under anti-money laundering act
Aug 7, 2018Malaysia’s former prime minister, Najib Razak, will be charged in court on Wednesday under the anti-money laundering act, the anti-graft agency said in a statement. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said it had summoned Najib on...
