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[ad_1] Serena Williams, 39, won her last major in 2017 at Melbourne Park before taking a break from the sport to give birth. Serena Williams collapsed and interrupted her post-match press conference after her 6-3, 6-4 loss to Naomi Osaka in the Australian Open semifinals that ended her bid for …

[ad_1] In the working-class neighborhood of Sham Shui Po, a mecca for cheap electronics, more than a dozen suppliers told Reuters they have seen an increase in demand for old smartphones since last week, when the government announced plans to ease restrictions. HONG KONG – Electronics stores in Hong Kong …

[ad_1] BEIJING, February 16: China continues to expand its aid and support to other countries, especially developing and least developed countries, to gain access to the COVID-19 vaccine. A shipment of 200,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines donated by China arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday. Peru received 700,000 more doses …

[ad_1] Women wearing protective masks walk past a poster for the hit animated film “Demon Slayer,” distributed by Sony, in front of a theater in Tokyo, Japan, in this Dec.13, 2020 file photo. Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters NEW YORK – Japanese illustrator Koyoharu Gotoge, author of the hit series “Demon Slayer,” …

[ad_1] Michael Ainsworth / Associated Press Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard will compete in the 2021 NBA Three Point Contest, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported earlier this month that the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association were closing in on an agreement …

[ad_1] KAROLÍNA MUCHOVÁ OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC in action during her women’s singles quarter-final match against Ash Barty of Australia on Day 10 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Wednesday, February 17, 2021. – REUTERS MELBOURNE – World number one Ash Barty’s dream of becoming the first …

[ad_1] A new crisis has broken out in Africa: an Ebola outbreak in Guinea and Congo. So far, five people have died in Guinea and six African countries have been put on alert. In Africa, health workers wearing PPE are fighting Ebola after new cases emerged in the region. Guinea …

[ad_1] These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know today. Passed human challenge tests The UK is the first country in the world to grant ethical approval for COVID-19 human provocation trials. A study is scheduled to begin in a few weeks with up to 90 healthy volunteers …

[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 17) – The Philippine government has finally submitted the required severance agreement to COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and AstraZeneca. The absence of a severance fund delayed the delivery of 117,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines through the COVAX facility run by the World Health Organization. …

[ad_1] Protesters shout slogans at a demonstration against the military coup in front of the Central Bank of Myanmar in Yangon on February 16, 2021. (Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP) HONG KONG – Your posters say it all: Myanmar’s ruling junta is worse than an ex-boyfriend, dirtier than …