Murray eases to Dubai crown
Andy Murray breezed past Fernando Verdasco to claim the Dubai Tennis Championships and his first title of the year with a 6-3 6-2 success.
China’s Response to Reports of Torture: ‘Fake News’
BEIJING — “FAKE NEWS,” a Twitter post declared. “Prejudice-based,” another said. “Cleverly orchestrated lies,” a news article asserted. President Trump’s harangues against the American news media appear to have inspired a new genre of commentary in
Nadal, Querrey into Mexico final
Two-time champion Rafael Nadal raced past third-seeded Marin Cilic 6-1 6-2 to reach the ATP Mexico Open final, where his perfect Acapulco record will be put to the test by Sam Querrey.
EPA allows thousands of fossil fuel companies to withhold data on greenhouse gasses
Last November, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would request and gather information from 15,000 oil and gas companies under the Clean Air Act to “assist the Administrator of EPA in developing emissions standards for oil and gas facilities.
‘Cold War mindset’: US & Japan present Beijing as ‘enemy’ to boost military ties, says Chinese envoy
“It sounds as if Japan and the United States are purposely taking China as their enemy and saying ‘Let’s join hands and go at China’,” ambassador Cheng Yonghua said Friday in Beijing, Kyodo reports.
100+ billionaires among China’s lawmakers, overall net worth above $500bn – report
The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a consultative assembly that serves as a loose equivalent of an upper chamber of parliament began its meetings on Friday, and the National People’s Congress (NPC), the legislative assembly will do the same on Sunday, for a fortnight-long event known as the “Two Sessions” in China’s political calendar.
Malaysia Condemns Use of Chemical Weapon to Assassinate Kim Jong-nam
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Malaysian Foreign Ministry said Friday that it was “greatly concerned” by the use of a banned chemical weapon in a public place to assassinate Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korea’s leader, and has asked for international help in responding to the episode.
Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies over recent spike in ‘induced’ earthquakes
On Friday, the Pawnee Nation filed the suit against the oil companies alleging that they were the cause of the sharp increase in earthquakes over the past few years. One of which – the largest earthquake in the state’s history, a magnitude 5.8, which caused extensive damage to several historic buildings and residential homes in…
Sergey Kislyak, Russian Envoy, Cultivated Powerful Network in U.S.
Sergey I. Kislyak, the longtime Russian ambassador to the United States, hosted a dazzling dinner in his three-story, Beaux-Arts mansion four blocks north of the White House to toast Michael A.
‘Deport El Chapo’: Will immigration crackdown trump criminal cases?
Less than a week after he assumed office, Trump signed an executive order that called on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies to “unapologetically enforce the law, no ifs, and’s or buts” when it comes to immigration, according to White House press secretary Sean Spicer.