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WFI Asks Dope Tainted Wrestlers To Return Medals Won During Khelo India Games | Cricket News
Six men’s freestyle wrestlers and as many Greco Roman wrestlers have failed the dope test.© AFP Acting on the instructions of the government, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has demanded a return of medals and certificates from 12 wrestlers who have flunked dope test in the last four editionsContinue Reading
School children and their teacher kidnapped in Nigeria’s Kaduna, as armed bandits run amok · Global Voices
Nigerian government remains silent on the abduction School children in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Image by Jeremy Weate, January 15, 2010 via Flickr / CC BY 2.0. Armed bandits attacked a secondary school in Kaduna, northwestern Nigeria, on August 24, killing one person and kidnapping four students and a teacher, reportsContinue Reading
US Open 2020: First-Time Duo Laura Siegemund-Vera Zvonareva Clinch Women’s Doubles Title | Tennis News
Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva romped past third-seeded Xu Yifan and Nicole Melichar 6-4, 6-4.© AFP First-time doubles duo Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva won the US Open women’s doubles on Friday, defeating China’s Xu Yifan and Nicole Melichar of the United States in straight sets in the final. Germany’sContinue Reading
Why Malawi urgently needs a data protection law · Global Voices
‘Are Malawians sleep walking into a surveillance state?’ A demonstration in the capital Lilongwe, organized by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), over fraud in the 2019 elections, which were eventually nullified. Photo by Steve Sharra. This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments toContinue Reading
IPL 2020: KXIP Batsman Mayank Agarwal Swaps Coaching Role With Jonty Rhodes. Watch | Cricket News
IPL 2020: Mayank Agarwal also gave his inputs to Jonty Rhodes on his foot movement.© Twitter Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) batsman Mayank Agarwal and fielding coach Jonty Rhodes swapped roles during a training session, as visible in a video shared by the franchise’s official Twitter handle. KXIP reacted with surpriseContinue Reading
Website exposing military corruption blocked in Myanmar · Global Voices
A government official said the website is ‘spreading fake news’. Screenshot of the website homepage of Justice for Myanmar The Justice for Myanmar website was blocked in Myanmar on August 27 for allegedly spreading ‘fake news’. The website was launched on April 28 by a ‘covert group of activists’ who vowedContinue Reading
Are Romance languages becoming more gender neutral? · Global Voices
Languages reflect a divided society Image from Pixabay, under Pixabay License, remixed by Global Voices. In the coming months, Global Voices will explore non-binary language initiatives, initially known as “inclusive language”. This first collective story begins with an exploration of gender in Romance languages. Language can be seen as a formContinue Reading
Brexit: why US politicians are opposed to Boris Johnson’s latest move
Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, has led a volley of warnings by senior American politicians that the UK government should not undo the Brexit withdrawal agreement it has signed with the European Union. Pelosi stated: If the UK violates its international agreements and Brexit underminesContinue Reading
In DR Congo, will new legislation protect citizens’ digital rights? · Global Voices
A cybercrime bill was submitted to the parliament in February A view of downtown Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani / CC BY-SA 2.0 This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments to address digital rights challenges at the Universal PeriodicContinue Reading
IPL 2020: RCB Leg-Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal Says “Training In The Bubble Is Very Different” | Cricket News
Yuzvendra Chahal said he is mentally prepared to be in the bubble till the situation gets back to normal.© Instagram Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal feels that this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) will be very different from the as there are usual many challenges for players toContinue Reading