Wrestler Fransson axed from Swedish Olympic team after failing drugs test
Freestyle wrestler Jenny Fransson, a bronze medalist at the 2016 Rio Games, has been dropped from the Swedish team for the Tokyo Olympics after testing...
Back again, XFL has Luck on its side for relaunch
For anyone suffering from withdrawal symptoms after the Super Bowl, Vince McMahon and Oliver Luck have your football fix — welcome back XFL 2.0....
Fireflies threatened globally, with light pollution a glaring problem
Fireflies are under threat globally, with familiar hazards such as habitat loss and pesticides compounded by another peril: humankind’s ubiquitous nighttime artificial light that plays...
Trump says White House military aide who testified against him may be out
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the top White House expert on Ukraine might be ousted after testifying against the president in the impeachment...
Brazil environment agents surprised by deforestation through rainy season
Aggressive deforestation is starting earlier this year in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, environmental enforcement agents say, with government data on Friday showing destruction doubling in January...
U.S. says it has killed Al Qaeda Yemen chief
President Donald Trump said Friday the United States had killed the head of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, regarded as one of the network’s...
Myanmar’s watermelons left to rot as coronavirus hits
Farmers exporting goods to China are feeling the pressure as logistic channels are blocked at the border due to the virus outbreak. China is Myanmar’s...
Osaka suffers woeful Fed Cup return
Naomi Osaka’s return to Japan’s Fed Cup team after a year’s absence turned sour on Friday as the world number 10 suffered a thrashing at...
Pence dismisses idea of U.S. buying Nokia, Ericsson to challenge Huawei
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday declined to endorse an unusual suggestion from U.S. Attorney General William Barr that the United States consider taking...
Number of coronavirus cases on cruise ship off Japan rises steeply
At least 61 people on a cruise liner off Japan tested positive for coronavirus on Friday (February 7), and thousands of passengers remain confined to...
