BERLIN, Feb 7, (APP/AFP) – Martina Hingis rolled back the years on Sunday as her doubles win alongside Belinda Bencic sealed Switzerland’s 3-2 win over Germany in their Fed Cup World Group first round-match. Teenager Bencic and Hingis, 35, who won her 12th Grand Slam doubles title in last weekend’s Australian Open final alongside India’s […]
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Tennis: Hingis, Bencic take Switzerland into Fed Cup semi-finals
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Brazil mosquito repellent sales surge amid Zika outbreak
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 7, (APP/AFP) – Mosquito-borne viruses including Zika, which is feared to cause brain damage in babies, have driven a surge in sales of insect repellent in Brazil, a report said Sunday. The Brazilian insect repellent sector saw sales rise to a record $54 million in 2015 up from $36 million a […]
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Egypt police raid kills 4 ‘terrorists’: ministry
CAIRO, Feb 7, (APP/AFP) – Egyptian police raided a house south of Cairo on Sunday and killed four “terrorists” accused of carrying out attacks against the security forces, the interior ministry said. Since the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, militants have regularly attacked members of the security forces, mostly in the Sinai […]
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U.N. Security Council slams North Korea’s missile launch
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 7 (APP): The U.N. Security Council Sunday strongly condemned North Korea’s missile launch and vowed to “expeditiously” adopt a new resolution with “significant” new sanctions against Pyongyang. In a statement issued statement after an emergency meeting on Sunday, the 15-member Council underscored that launches using ballistic missile technology, “even if characterized as […]
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Rescuers race to save over 120 buried after Taiwan quake
TAINAN, Taiwan, Feb 7, (APP/AFP) – Rescuers raced Sunday to free more than 120 people buried under the rubble of an apartment complex felled by an earthquake in southern Taiwan that left 29 confirmed dead, as an investigation began into the collapse. The death toll rose as emergency workers dug for survivors of the 6.4-magnitude […]
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Anger, sanctions threats greet N. Korea rocket launch plans
SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – South Korea and Japan on Wednesday echoed US warnings that North Korea would pay a heavy price if it pushes ahead with a planned rocket launch just weeksafter conducting its fourth nuclear test. Urging Pyongyang to drop its plans for a launch as early as next week, the government in Seoul said […]