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Eva Karpani © Getty ImagesProp Eva Karpani thundered over for a hat-trick of tries as Australia upset France 29-20 in their women's WXV1 tournament test in Dunedin on Saturday. It followed New Zealand's 70-7 trouncing of Wales and left England as the only unbeaten team after two full rounds of the top-tier six-nation tournament. Third-ranked…

WASHINGTON – When Donald Trump looked at Africa, he crudely dismissed its significance and fretted African immigrants would never “go back to their huts” once they entered the United States.When Joe Biden looks at Africa, he sees opportunities to curb China’s growing influence in the world.Biden has sought to move beyond Trump’s dismissive,…

Washington State University’s latest recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student awards—India Dykes and Lauren Hudson–will study, research, and teach in Europe and Southeast Asia this coming year. “With support from Fulbright, they will be exceptional representatives of WSU and the U.S. and will boost their scholarship and skills to make…

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after he crashed his vehicle in Stevenson Ranch and then disappeared from the scene. The deputy’s patrol vehicle crashed around 9:30 p.m. Friday night near Pico Canyon Road and Southern Oaks Drive, the department said. Not long…

By P.R. Venkat Meituan (HK:3690), a China-based shopping-and-delivery platform, plans to buy back its shares valued up to $1.0 billion, a day after announcing solid third-quarter results. The company said shares will be repurchased from the open market starting Dec. 1. The buyback would be made using current financial…

It appears to be the same man from two previous incidents. A video posted on social media appears to show a Caucasian man making racist remarks towards an Asian women at a Richmond Canada Line station. In the video, the man, who claims to be a lawyer, demands to know why the women were not speaking English, making references about Japan,…

Russian forces are allegedly planning to display captured Ukrainian soldiers in iron cages during a "show trial" on Ukraine's Independence Day, according to Ukrainian military intelligence.The event will take place in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, where the Mariupol Chamber Philharmonic is being "urgently remodeled" in…

A group of officers based at a central Japan police station are expected to be referred to prosecutors over allegations they failed to make adequate medical care available to a detained man who suffered chronic diseases, leading to his death late last year, an investigative source said Tuesday. The case of the 43-year-old…

Now housed in the new, 35-story glass tower, the consulate was erected at the cost of nearly $300 million, a sum that drew criticism in Turkey in 2021, when students protested the high cost of housing. It is reportedly Turkey’s most expensive foreign mission. Its curving facade was inspired by the crescent on the Turkish flag, while its…