Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed Oleksandr Usyk’s victory over Tyson Fury to retain the WBA (Super), WBO and WBC world heavyweight titles in Riyadh, saying the boxer embodied the fighting spirit of Ukrainians. Undefeated Usyk, who took Fury’s WBC belt in their first bout in May, beat the British two-time…
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See AllNEW YORK :The U.S. dollar pulled back from a two-year high on Friday, but was heading for its third-straight week of gains, with data showing a slowdown in inflation two days after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates and indicated inflation was stubborn enough to scale back cuts in 2025.The dollar was down 0.72 per cent against a basket of six other currencies at 107.64 after spiking as high as 108.54 – its highest level…
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View MoreSINGAPORE: Fans of the Lions can secure their seats for the ASEAN Championship semi-finals when tickets go on sale at 12pm on Sunday (Dec 22). The first leg of the semi-final will kick off at the 6,000-seater Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday at 9pm, with tickets starting from S$24 (US$17.70).This…
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View MoreSAO PAULO: At least 38 people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday (Dec 21), officials said, in what President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called a “terrible tragedy”. The accident in Minas Gerais state, involving a bus that caught fire in the collision, is the worst seen…
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View MoreU.S. billionaire businessman Frank McCourt is crafting a fundamental overhaul of TikTok’s business model as part of a plan to bid for the Chinese-owned short-form video app, he told Reuters.McCourt, who formerly owned the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, said he has received verbal funding commitments totaling $20 billion from…
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View MoreWant to get better at tennis? Fine-tune your serve. Swimming? Perfect your stroke. But what about running? If you improve your form – from your posture to the way your foot hits the ground – will that make you faster and more efficient? On TikTok and Instagram, plenty of videos promise that…