Monthly Archives: February 2022
Lampard fumes as Man City survive Everton scare
LIVERPOOL (AFP) - Frank Lampard described the decision not to award Everton a late penalty as “incompetence at best” as Manchester City ground out...
Breakaway north Cyprus reels from Turkish lira collapse
NICOSIA (AFP) - In the breakaway statelet of northern Cyprus, people are grappling with a perfect economic storm - spiking global commodity prices, hobbled...
Do you think of yourself as an athlete or an exerciser?
Ian McMahan
THE WASHINGTON POST - What is an athlete? The question is a surprisingly difficult one to answer. After watching the Olympics, the image...
Fast, flavourful fried quinoa
Ellie Krieger
THE WASHINGTON POST - Don't get me wrong - I am not one of those nutritionists who thinks you need to substitute quinoa...
From comedy to wartime leader
John Daniszewksi
WARSAW, POLAND (AP) - When Volodymyr Zelenskyy was growing up in southeastern Ukraine, his Jewish family spoke Russian and his father once forbade...
Tuition schools not allowed to operate fully online
Adib Noor
Tuition schools are not allowed to operate fully online as per the education act for private educational institutions, said Minister of Education Yang...
France call for Russia to be thrown out of 2022 World Cup
PARIS (AFP) - Russia should be expelled from the 2022 World Cup after invading Ukraine, French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet told Le...
Eighteen missing off Malaysian island rescued
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Eighteen people missing at sea near the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi were rescued, officials said yesterday, after their boat...
Researchers develop fragrant sorghum
BEIJING (XINHUA) - Chinese researchers have cultivated fragrant sorghum using CRISPR gene-editing technology.
Previous studies have found that a volatile aroma compound named 2-AP contributes...
Jennifer Hudson wins top honour at 53rd NAACP Image Awards
Jonathan Landrum Jr
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jennifer Hudson was named Entertainer of the Year at the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards that highlighted works...