BRUSSELS: US sprint sensation Noah Lyles will look to bag a second Diamond League trophy when he competes in the 200 metres in the Brussels final on Friday. The 22-year-old went to last week’s first final in Zurich and pipped American teammate and current world champion Justin Gatlin to win
JOHANNESBURG: Siya Kolisi dreams of becoming the first black Springboks skipper to lift the Rugby World Cup trophy, and complete the remarkable transformation of the team from “a dark place to a good space”. South Africa and defending champions New Zealand, who clash on September 21 in a blockbuster Pool
SEOUL: Tech giant Samsung has said it will launch its hotly anticipated first foldable smartphone today, months after faulty screens forced an embarrassing delay of its release. The world’s largest smartphone maker spent nearly eight years developing the Galaxy Fold, but had to hold its launch in April after reviewers
WASHINGTON: Trouble is raining down on US President Donald Trump, who appears to have given Americans incorrect information on Hurricane Dorian’s trajectory. During an Oval Office press conference Wednesday, Trump displayed a map from the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) showing the devastating storm’s initial predicted path. As he held up
HONG KONG: Most Asian equities and currencies rallied yesterday, building on the previous day’s advance as investors were cheered by a number of positive developments on trade, Hong Kong and Europe. Markets were already on an upward trajectory after the leader of Hong Kong on Wednesday withdrew a controversial extradition
YOKOHAMA (Japan): An express train travelling at around 120 kilometres per hour smashed into a truck at a crossing south of Tokyo yesterday, sparking a blaze and killing one person with around 30 others injured. The crash derailed the train’s front carriage and pinned the truck to a wall, as
WASHINGTON: Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the social media giant, US media reported Wednesday. An exposed server stored 419 million records on users across several databases — including 133 million US accounts, more than 50 million
NEW YORK: Bangkok ranked first in 2018 for the fourth straight year as the city with the most international visitors, according to an annual report by Mastercard released yesterday. With almost 23 million international visitors last year, the Thai capital outpaced both Paris and London, which were second and third
VLADIVOSTOK: Russia’s Novatek yesterday announced the launch of a major liquefied natural gas project in the Arctic with Chinese, French and Japanese partners. The privately owned company said that a “final investment decision” had been made on financing the $21 billion Arctic LNG 2 project with partners including France’s Total,
TOKYO: Japan coach Jamie Joseph admits his side can no longer fly under the radar, but has warned that his super-fit players will run teams ragged at the Rugby World Cup. The host side kick off the tournament against Russia in Tokyo on September 20 before facing Ireland, Samoa and
