Cricket Australia Chief James Sutherland has admitted that showing Mickey Arthur the door was the most difficult decision he took during his 12-year career as in charge but was very happy with the way things had changed since the ouster. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Sutherland is confident that new coach Darren Lehmann's methodology will blend well with that of the general manager of ...
Cummins says new action behind drive to return to Oz Test squad
Young Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins has revealed that a slightly new action is behind his drive to return to the Test team by the time England arrives at Australia in November for the later Ashes series. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Cummins, on the comeback trail from a back stress fracture that wiped him out from a second consecutive summer, could be central to the aspirations ...
China to cut costs during National Games
No pop stars, and no firework display. Organisers of the 12th Chinese National Games have pledged to deliver the opening ceremony in a frugal manner. "The total cost for the opening and closing ceremonies is 9 million yuan, just about 10 percent of the original budget," said Zhu Wenbiao, an official at the organising committee of the Games which will take place from Aug 31 to Sep 12. According ...
China Switzerland sign free trade pact
China and Switzerland Saturday signed a free trade agreement, capping over two years of negotiations and legal processes. The pact was signed by Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng and Swiss Federal Councillor Johann ...
6.4-magnitude quake hits Sumatra
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted south Sumatra off Indonesia Saturday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. The epicentre, with a depth of 20 km, was determined at 3.2 degrees south latitude and 100.6 degrees east longitude, Xinhua ...
Intel Offers Glimpse of Future
SAN FRANCISCO High tech companies are busy developing the next generation of products that will help us drive our cars, do our shopping and even care for our children. High tech giant Intel showed reporters some experimental devices in San Francisco. A vehicle mock-up shows a driver whose brain activity, monitored by head sensors, and eye movement, tracked by a dashboard camera, ...
Motorsports Raj Bharath qualifies third
Buoyed by his first win of the season at Shanghai International Circuit in May, Indian youngster Raj Bharath qualified third at round three of Formula Masters China here Friday. Backed by Bangalore-based real estate developer Embassy Group and driving for Indian outfit Meco Motorsport, Raj will start from the second row of the grid for two out of three races of the weekend. At the start of the ...
Implement 13th amendment India tells Sri Lanka
India Friday told Sri Lanka categorically not to dilute a key constitutional provision that promises autonomy to the Tamil minority. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid conveyed the message to Sri Lankan minister Basil Rajapaksa that Colombo should go beyond the 13th amendment to the constitution "to ensure meaningful development of Sri Lanka". Basil Rajapaksa, a brother of President ...
Not in a hurry to resolve border issues with China Khurshid
India and China will not rush to resolve differences over the disputed border while there has been steady progress in the overall relationship, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Friday, stressing that "it helps to remain cautious and vigilant". "It helps to remain cautious and vigilant and careful because it is not a relationship that has finally overcome the difficult issues that ...
Activists Syrian Planes Continue to Pound Rebels
Activists say Syrian warplanes carried out strikes on the outskirts of Damascus Saturday, as President Bashar al-Assad's government continues its bid to push back rebels. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported fresh clashes around the capital and renewed government shelling on rebel-held areas of the central city of Homs. The Observatory says neighborhoods ...
Results of Australia-Lions series
Results of Australia-Lions series Associated Press - 6 July 2013 07:58-04:00 SYDNEY (AP) -- Results of the nine tours involving test matches played between Australia and the British and Irish Lions (known as the British Isles before ...
HALFTIME score Lions 19 Australia 10
Australia 19-10 at halftime Saturday in the third and deciding test match.___HALFTIME score: British and Irish Lions 19 (Alex Corbisiero try; Leigh Halfpenny conversion, 4 ...
Dangerous chemicals found in south China river
China that is used as a drinking source has been found to be polluted with excessive amounts of the dangerous chemicals thallium and cadmium.The official Xinhua News Agency says authorities detected unsafe amounts of the substances in a section of the Hejiang River in Guangdong province after dead fish turned up in the water.Xinhua said Saturday that the Fengkai county government has warned the ...
Polls predict upper house win for Japans ruling party
Japan Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc looks set to achieve a majority in the upper house in this month's election, according to Saturday newspaper polls.Securing the majority would give Mr Abe control of both chambers of the legislature and mean he would not have to face a public vote for three years - ending a parliamentary deadlock and setting the stage for ...
Lions Beat Australia To Win Rugby Tour
The British and Irish Lions have beaten Australia 41-16 in Sydney, winning the series 2-1 in their first tour triumph since 1997. The Lions got an early lead at the Olympic Stadium with prop Alex Corbisiero crossing for a second minute try and fullback Leigh Halfpenny kicking 12 points to be up 19-3 after 26 minutes. Australia fought back with James O'Connor scoring just before ...
Retrial of Egypts former ruler Hosni Mubarak adjourned to August 17
CAIRO - A Cairo court has adjourned to August 17 the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak over charges of corruption and involvement in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ousted him. Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, who are on trial for corruption, appeared at the court session Saturday. Mubarak is charged with both corruption and responsibility for the ...
Egypt Still Tense after Day of Deadly Clashes
The Egyptian capital remains tense Saturday, with supporters and opponents of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi still camped out in the city after an explosion of violence Friday left at least 30 people dead. Rocks and other remnants of the battles still littered the streets of central Cairo Saturday morning. Friday's clashes erupted after thousands of Morsi's supporters ...
Free trade agreement signed with China
Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann and the Chinese Minister of Commerce, Gao Hucheng, signed a bilateral free trade agreement on Saturday, July 6, in Beijing. The agreement is expected to go into effect in 2014. The comprehensive agreement, signed after several years of negotiations, will improve Switzerland's ability to export goods and services to the rapidly growing ...
China probes Swiss-based packaging giant Tetra Pak
BEIJING -; China's national market regulatory agency says it is investigating possible abuse of market dominance by Switzerland-based food processing and packaging giant Tetra Pak, in a sign that Beijing is widening its scrutiny of operations by foreign companies in ...
Sierra Leone China sign $8bn deals
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma said on Friday that he had signed deals for a new international airport, a railway and raft of other huge construction projects totalling $8 billion during a recent visit to ...
At least 10 killed in Pakistan train accident Officials
LAHORE: At least 10 people including two children were killed on Saturday after a train collided with a packed motorcycle rickshaw in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, officials said. A high-speed train traveling from country's largest city Karachi to the capital of Punjab ...
Kerry U.S. China absolutely united on denuclearization of N. Korea
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that Washington, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo are "absolutely united" in their efforts to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program. Kerry made the remarks after holding bilateral talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of a regional security forum in Brunei. He also held three-way talks with the top ...
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