A U.S. court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by former U.S. President Donald Trump against CNN for defaming him by comparing him to Adolf Hitler. Judge Raj Singhal of the federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, made the ruling on Aug. 28, Reuters and other news outlets reported. Judge Singhal wrote, “CNN’s use of the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he does not want a military conflict with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) over Syria and elsewhere, but is prepared for all scenarios. Reuters and Russia’s Sputnik-Tass news agency reported that Putin made the comments about the possibility of direct conflict between Russia and NATO during a press conference […]
Russian Wagner Group mercenaries in Belarus have moved toward Poland’s strategic border with Russia and could cross the border disguised as illegal migrants, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has warned. Morawiecki made the remarks at a press conference during a visit to an arms factory in the southern Polish city of Gliwice, according to the […]
Some flights at Beijing Capital International Airport were canceled today due to the impact of Typhoon Eagle, the fifth typhoon to make landfall in China. According to state-run China Central Television (CCTV), 52 flights were canceled as of 3 p.m. local time out of 1,119 flights scheduled to take off and land at Capital Airport […]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) – Professional football K League 1 club Suwon Samsung announced that it will begin ticket sales for its 15th “Suwon Derby” against Suwon FC on Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. at Suwon World Cup Stadium .Ticket sales for the Suwon Derby will begin on August 31 at 2 p.m. for Blue […]
SEOUL (Yonhap) – ’14-year-old driver’ Lee Kyu-ho (Pinocart) claimed his first win of the season in the Senior Max class at Round 2 of the Korea Automobile Racing Association (KARA) Karting Korea Championship 2023.Lee claimed his first victory of the season with a ‘pole-to-win’ (first place in qualifying and first place in the final) in […]
SEOUL (Yonhap) By Kim Dong-chan = The 2023 Woori Bank Park Shinjah Cup International Women’s Basketball Tournament will be held from Aug. 26 to Sept. 3 at Cheongju Gymnasium in North Chung cheong Province. The Korea Women’s Basketball League (WKBL) announced on Aug. 31 that it has invited four teams from Japan, Australia and the […]
‘National Team’ Lee Yi-ri wins 6 games despite pitching woes Korean baseball player Lee Yi-ri of the KIA Tigers recorded a win in his first start since being named to the Hangzhou Asian Games team. His delivery was shaky for a while, but he settled back down and picked up his sixth win of the […]
The aftermath of the PGA Tour’s merger with LIV Golf, one of the most controversial mergers in professional golf, has been quite dramatic. The players, who have been defending the PGA Tour, are not hiding their embarrassment. The PGA Tour, the world’s leading men’s professional golf organization, has been staunchly opposed to LIV Golf, which […]
Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim slugger Shohei Ohtani dominated a doubleheader with a cartoonish performance. He pitched a complete game shutout in game one and then did the unthinkable in game two, hitting back-to-back home runs. “The best day in the history of baseball,” he said. Seokjun Hong reports. In the doubleheader […]