WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States and barred transactions with its authorities, in Washington’s latest move against President Nicolas Maduro. The announcement came a day ahead of a major conference in Lima on the Venezuelan crisis, where the
SINGAPORE: Singaporeans dressed in overalls squirted paint onto walls and canvases using water pistols and syringes at a new pop-up art studio where people get messy to relieve stress. For Sg$39, guests at Splat Paint House get a package including canvas, paint, gloves and overalls. There are no rules and
KABUL: The Taliban warned Afghans yesterday to keep away from election rallies and ordered its fighters to “stand against” the planned September vote. The Taliban and other insurgent groups conducted frequent attacks during previous elections, and this year’s campaign season has already been rocked by deadly violence. The presidential election
WARSAW: Belgian cyclist Bjorg Lambrecht died in hospital on Monday at the age of 22 after crashing at the Tour of Poland, his team announced. “The biggest tragedy possible that could happen to the family, friends and teammates of Bjorg has happened… Rest in peace Bjorg,” Lotto-Soudal tweeted. Polish news
BUDAPEST: Team boss Mattia Binotto said Ferrari’s strengths and weaknesses are more exposed at slower and high down-force circuits, explaining why they finished more than a minute adrift of triumphant Lewis Hamilton in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel came home third ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc, but both conceded
SYDNEY: Australia’s reigning worldchampion hurdler Sally Pearson announced her surprise retirement yesterday, as persistent injuries sank her dream of regaining the Olympic title in Tokyo next year. Pearson, 32, the Olympic goldmedallist in 2012 and a two-time world champion over 100 metres hurdles, said after years of injuries her body
MONTREAL: Anett Kontaveit spoiled Maria Sharapova’s return from injury Monday, rallying to beat the five-time Grand Slam champion 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the WTA tournament in Toronto. Sharapova, competing for the first time since retiring from her first-round match at Wimbledon, appeared to be on course for just a fourth
MONTREAL: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Lucas Pouille led a French exodus in the Montreal Masters opening round on Monday. Tsonga, the 2014 champion in Toronto, slumped to a heavy 6-2, 6-2 defeat by German Jan-Lennard Struff while Pouille, with coach Amelie Mauresmo looking on, lost to Canada’s Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-4.
BEIJING: China’s central bank said yesterday it is ‘resolutely opposed’ to the United States labelling Beijing a currency manipulator a day after it let the yuan weaken significantly against the dollar. China’s central bank steadied the yuan yesterday, but stock markets continued to fall. The US Treasury Department on Monday
Efforts to take down the 8chan website where a racist “manifesto” was posted shortly before the El Paso shooting highlight the legal and ethical difficulties in curbing online hate speech that foments violence. The digital security firm Cloudflare said Sunday it was terminating its services to 8chan, making it more
