Osaka: ‘Best Thing’ for French Open Would Be Her Withdrawal
Naomi Osaka wrote on Twitter on Monday that “the best thing for the tournament” would be if she withdrew from the French Open, a dramatic turn of events for the
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Pakistan’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Dips, But ‘We Aren’t Out of the Woods’, Official Tells VOA
Pakistan reported Monday that the national coronavirus positivity rate had remained well below 5% over the past week, with the country’s top health official attributing the declining trend to “effective”
Read MoreУ Києві майже на все літо зупинять рух швидкісного трамвая – КМДА
Трамвай сполучає столичний залізничний вокзал і масив Борщагівка …
Read MoreFueling Box Office Rebound, ‘Quiet Place’ Opens With $58.5M asso
Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn’t die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation. John Krasinski’s thriller sequel “A Quiet Place Part II” opened over the Memorial Day
Read MoreДиректор Укргідромецентру розповів, яким буде літо в Україні
Температура повітря буде значно вищою за норму, і велику кількість днів вона досягатиме 30-35, а в окремі дні, навіть до 40 градусів …
Read MoreСуд звільнив Стерненка від відбування покарання за ґратами
Стерненка засудили до трьох років ув’язнення, але дали випробувальний термін …
Read MoreUNICEF Says Malnutrition Spikes for Haiti Kids Amid Pandemic
Severe acute childhood malnutrition is expected to more than double this year in Haiti as the country struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, a spike in violence and dwindling resources, a
Read MoreBritish, Other Western Intel Agencies Assist US in Wuhan Probe
Britain’s intelligence agencies — along with other Western European security services — are assisting a new American investigation to try to establish the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, according to
Read More‘Tarzan’ Actor Joe Lara Among 7 Presumed Dead in US Plane Crash
All seven passengers aboard a plane, including “Tarzan” actor Joe Lara and his diet guru wife, are presumed dead after it crashed in a lake near the U.S. city of
Read MoreMost Medical Staff Needed for Olympics Secured, Games Official Says
The organizers of the Tokyo Olympics have secured about 80% of the medical staff needed to stage the Games, a top Olympic official told Reuters on Monday, amid worries over
Read MoreClimate Talks Resume Online as Pressure to Act Grows
For the first time since 2019 and following a flurry of net-zero pledges from the world’s largest emitters, UN climate negotiations resume Monday in a virtual format just six months
Read MoreBrazil’s Castroneves Wins Indianapolis 500 for 4th Time
Helio Castroneves won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday for a record-equaling fourth time, in front of the largest crowd to attend a sporting event in the United States since the
Read MoreFrom Uzbekistan to Inspecting American Bridges: An Engineer’s Story
About 40% of the more than 617,000 bridges in the U.S. are at least 50 years old, and of that number more than 46,000 are in dangerously poor condition. The
Read MoreЦьогоріч участь у «Пробігу під каштанами» в Києві взяли близько 11 тисяч людей
«Пробіг під каштанами» був започаткований у 1993 році і став традиційною частиною святкування Дня Києва …
Read MoreУкраїнська тенісистка Калініна стартувала з перемоги на Відкритому чемпіонаті Франції
Водночас інша українська тенісистка Катерина Козлова сьогодні у стартовому матчі поступилася австралійській тенісистці Айлі Томлянович …
Read MoreEgypt Bets on Ancient Finds to Pull Tourism out of Pandemic
Workers dig and ferry wheelbarrows laden with sand to open a new shaft at a bustling archaeological site outside of Cairo, while a handful of Egyptian archaeologists supervise from garden
Read MoreПомер літературознавець і публіцист Михайло Слабошпицький
Михайло Слабошпицький – член Національної спілки письменників України, лауреат національної премії імені Тараса Шевченка, автор низки творів, в тому числі для дітей …
Read MoreКиїв відзначає 1539-річчя: Зеленський і Кличко привітали з Днем міста
У ці вихідні в столиці до Дня Києва запланована низка культурних і розважальних заходів …
Read MoreTanzanian Muslims Fear Missing Hajj Due to Vaccination Delay
Saudi Arabia is requiring all pilgrims for the scaled-back, annual Hajj in July to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In Tanzania, where vaccinations have still not begun, Muslims hoping to go
Read MoreAustralians Rush for Vaccines as COVID Lockdown Continues in Victoria
Record numbers of COVID-19 vaccinations have been completed in Australia as a snap seven-day lockdown continues in the nation’s second most-populous state.Seven million people in Victoria are subject to strict
Read MoreMyanmar COVID-19 Outbreak Hits Health System Shattered After Coup
Breathless, fevered and without the extra oxygen that could help keep them alive, the new coronavirus patients at a hospital near Myanmar’s border with India highlight the threat to a
Read MoreBrazilians Stage More Protests Against Bolsonaro
Tens of thousands of people in Brazil staged another day of protest against President Jair Bolsonaro, in particular for his chaotic handling of the pandemic, which has claimed more than
Read MoreActor MacLeod, ‘Love Boat’ Captain, Dies at 90
Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who achieved stardom as Murray Slaughter, the sardonic TV news writer on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” before going on to even bigger fame
Read MoreVietnam Finds New Virus Variant
Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday.Nguyen Thanh Long said scientists examined
Read MoreMedics March to WHO Headquarters in Climate Campaign
Medics concerned about the effects on public health of environmental degradation marched Saturday on the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, demanding health authorities make climate change and biodiversity loss
Read MoreNew Paris Museum Offers Dazzling Display of Contemporary Art
As French cultural institutions reopen after months of coronavirus restrictions, a spectacular new museum has made its debut in Paris, housing the contemporary art collection of French billionaire Francois Pinault,
Read MoreVirus Fails to Deter Hundreds of Climbers on Mount Everest
A year after Mount Everest was closed to climbers as the pandemic swept across the globe, hundreds are making the final push to the summit with only a few more
Read More‘In the Heights’ Celebrates Diversity in America
In the Heights, a film about the dreams and struggles of the Latino community in a New York neighborhood, is Lin Manuel Miranda’s love letter to the place where he
Read MoreEU Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Adolescents
The European Commission has authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12, widening the pool of those eligible to be inoculated, following similar approvals in
Read MoreМОН: ЗНО з математики складали майже 245 тисяч осіб
Результати тестування оголосять до 22 червня, додали у міністерстві …
Read MoreOn World Menstrual Health Day, Cameroon NGOs Seek Free Kits to Battle Stigma
World Menstrual Health Day on May 28 is being observed in Cameroon with NGOs and girls asking the government to either subsidize sanitary pads or provide them for free, as
Read MoreУ МКІП розповіли, коли в Україні експонуватимуть Конституцію Пилипа Орлика
Конституція Орлика, написана латиною, зберігається в Національному архіві Швеції …
Read MoreHollywood Actors Say Local Theaters in California Under Threat
Some veteran Hollywood actors say a law intended to help gig economy workers has the unintended consequence of threatening nonprofit theaters. Mike O’Sullivan has the story from Los Angeles. Camera:
Read MoreВ українських вишах навчаються 76,5 тисяч іноземних студентів – Міносвіти
Серед спеціальностей, які обрали іноземні студенти, найпопулярнішими є медичні – майже 50% …
Read MoreFacebook Won’t Remove Posts Claiming COVID-19 is Human-made
Facebook says it will no longer remove claims that COVID-19 is human-made or manufactured “in light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19 and in consultation with public health
Read MoreНацрада оштрафувала канали «НАШ», «112» і NewsOne за розпалювання ворожнечі
Нацрада проаналізувала висловлювання в ефірах колишнього прем’єр-міністра Миколи Азарова, екснародної депутатки Олени Бондаренко, лідера забороненої Комуністичної партії Петра Симоненка та В’ячеслава Піховшека …
Read MoreTanzanian Muslims Fear Missing Hajj Due to Vaccination Delay
Saudi Arabia is requiring all pilgrims for the scaled-back, annual Hajj in July to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In Tanzania, where vaccinations have not yet begun, Muslims hoping to go
Read MoreСьогодні на заході України переважатиме прохолодне повітря, на півдні та сході – спекотне – синоптики
Температура в західних областях 16-21°, на решті території 24-29° …
Read MoreНа місці пошкодженої тепломережі у Києві замінять 100 метрів трубопроводу – КМДА
Витік стався напередодні під час гідравлічних випробувань. Вода залила проїжджу частину …
Read MoreUganda Sees Sharp Rise in COVID-19 Cases
Uganda is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases, forcing its health officials to take stern emergency measures. From 200 cases per day in April, the East African country is
Read MoreActor John Cena Faces Backlash in China over Taiwan Comment
Actor and professional wrestler John Cena has apologized to fans in China after he called Taiwan a country in a promotional interview for his upcoming film and became the latest
Read MoreHBO Max Airs Highly-Anticipated ‘Friends’ Reunion
After so many years — and episode re-watches — could there BE anything left to learn about “Friends”?As the highly-anticipated, almost two-hour reunion special for HBO Max shows (and with
Read MoreВідтепер в інстаграмі можна приховати кількість лайків
Відтепер інстаграм дозволяє приховати кількість лайків у всіх публікаціях у стрічці користувача …
Read MoreВ.о. директора Голосіївського парку звинувачують у хабарництві – адвокатка вважає справу «замовною»
Кононець заперечує, що дії Андрія Хрутьби мають будь-які ознаки складу злочину …
Read MoreNew COVID-19 Outbreak Sends Australia’s Victoria State into 4th Lockdown
Australia’s southern state of Victoria will enter into a one-week “circuit breaker” lockdown beginning Thursday as it deals with a new and growing outbreak of COVID-19 cases. The lockdown was
Read MoreCameroon Clears Abandoned Mental Health Patients from Streets
Authorities in Cameroon are clearing the streets in the capital, Yaounde, of more than 300 psychiatric patients whom officials say have been abandoned by family members. The central African state
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