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[ad_1] Reuters – Aryna Sabalenka continued to be an irrepressible force at the Australian Open as she powered to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Chinese 12th seed Zheng Qinwen on Saturday to successfully defend her title and add a second Grand Slam trophy to her cabinet.The Belarusian second seed barely put a foot wrong at what has turned into her happiest hunting ground as she became the first woman to […]

[ad_1] Lone yokozuna Terunofuji and promotion-hunting sekiwake Kotonowaka head into a gripping final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in a two-way tie for the lead after each improving to 12-2 on Saturday.Kotonowaka defeated the other overnight leader, ozeki Kirishima (11-3), while Terunofuji won by default following the injury withdrawal of ozeki Hoshoryu on Day 14 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.Bidding for promotion to ozeki at the 15-day tournament, Kotonowaka […]

[ad_1] Japan's Rei Sakamoto, 17, became just the second Japanese player to win a junior boys' Grand Slam singles title on Saturday, topping Jan Kumstat of the Czech Republic in a tight three-set Australian Open final. Sakamoto, the No. 4 seed in Melbourne, had dropped just a single set on his way to the final but needed to dig deep in a 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 comeback win over Kumstat. The […]

[ad_1] A man suspected of being on a wanted list for decades over one of a series of bombings in the 1970s may have worked in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo before being admitted to hospital for cancer treatment earlier this month, investigative sources said Saturday.The man, believed to be Satoshi Kirishima, is likely to have kept himself hidden in the prefecture, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is investigating whether […]

[ad_1] The U.S. hopes a fresh hostage deal between Israel and Hamas will create the space for talks to achieve a more lasting regional peace agreement, a State Department official said Friday, offering a longer-term vision for the Biden administration as its negotiators crisscross the region in search of a breakthrough.CIA Director William Burns, who helped hammer out a previous deal to release Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, is […]

[ad_1] NASA on Friday unveiled images taken by one of its satellites of Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) on the lunar surface after it succeeded in making a pinpoint landing. The images, taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at an altitude of about 80 kilometers before and after the landing, show a slight change in reflectance around the lander due to engine exhaust sweeping the surface, NASA said. […]

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES – Data gathered by NASA's rover Perseverance has confirmed the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jerezo Crater, according to a study published Friday.The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate previous orbital imagery and other data leading scientists to theorize that portions of Mars were once covered in water and may […]

[ad_1] From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, wealthy donors have thrown tens of millions of dollars at Republican U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley in an effort to keep Donald Trump from returning to the White House.They have learned a hard lesson: Big money cannot win the Republican presidential nomination, at least not against Trump, who holds the support of a wide majority of the party's voters.Pro-Haley forces outspent the main […]

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Ending months of negotiations, the U.S. government on Friday approved a $23 billion deal to sell F-16 warplanes to Turkey, after Ankara ratified Sweden's NATO membership, the State Department said.As required by U.S. law, the State Department notified Congress of the agreement, as well as a separate $8.6 billion sale of 40 F-35s to Greece.Turkey will get 40 new F-16s and upgrades to 79 of the jets […]