August2018
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Nadal routs Paire to reach third round in Toronto
Aug 10, 2018Rafael Nadal was made to wait before his second-round Rogers Cup match due to several rain delays but did his part to put the schedule back on track with a speedy 6-2 6-3 win over Frenchman... -
Saiful Huq, AAPM’s first Bangladesh-born president
Aug 10, 2018Dr. M Saiful Huq has been elected as the first Bangladeshi president of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). He is the 5th person from South Asia to become AAPM president who is not... -
Romanian migrants rally against government
Aug 10, 2018Thousands joined a rally in Bucharest on Friday staged by Romanians working abroad to protest against entrenched corruption, low wages and attempts by the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) to weaken the judiciary. Among the protesters... -
Grammy-award winning singer Albita lights up Cuban version of Carmen
Aug 10, 2018Grammy-award winning singer Albita Rodriguez is such a celebrated interpreter of Cuban music that when a new version of the opera Carmen was produced set in revolutionary Havana a role was created especially for her. Albita... -
U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps
Aug 10, 2018A U.N. human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy”.... -
Russia tells Washington curbs on its banks would be act of economic war
Aug 10, 2018Russia warned the United States on Friday it would regard any U.S. move to curb the activities of its banks as a “declaration of economic war” and would retaliate, as new sanctions took their toll on... -
Peru’s new president spurns opposition proposals on referendum
Aug 10, 2018Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra has rejected calls to include measures proposed by opposition lawmakers in a national anti-corruption referendum that would bar them from serving consecutive terms in Congress. His comments, in a Reuters interview on... -
Former cycling champion Ullrich detained after attack on prostitute
Aug 10, 2018German police on Friday briefly detained former cyclist and Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich for attacking and injuring a 31-year old prostitute in a Frankfurt luxury hotel, a police spokeswoman said. Police and local prosecutors... -
‘Cold War’ opens largest Sarajevo film festival
Aug 10, 2018“Cold War”, by Oscar-winning Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, will open the 24th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) on Friday, the largest film competition and industry platform in a region stretching from Vienna to Istanbul. Launched in 1995... -
South Africa’s Stone smashes his way into PGA contention
Aug 10, 2018Brandon Stone never imagined himself among the leaders at the 100th PGA Championship, but the 25-year-old South African is riding his best career form as far as it takes him. Stone delivered a four-under par 66...
