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FIFA wants Saudis to stop pirated Women’s World Cup TV feeds

FIFA wants Saudi-backed satellite broadcaster Arabsat to stop transmitting pirated feeds of Women’s World Cup games from a Qatari network, part of an ongoing sports television rights dispute linked to the Gulf diplomatic crisis. Bootlegged feeds from Doha-based beIN Sports of top soccer games have been broadcast by Saudi-based BeoutQ since 2017. FIFA, which sells […]

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Visa Delays at Backlogged Immigration Service Strand International Students

Politics / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — The visa applications of hundreds of international students seeking to work in the United States this summer are languishing at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, where increased processing times have left students stranded and university leaders struggling with the fallout. Students have written petitions and panicked letters to leaders of some

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Protests return to Hong Kong streets

World / En Sound Media

Protesters took part in a demonstration to state their dissatisfaction at Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s recent decision to suspend a controversial law which would allow extradition to mainland China. Ms Lam has since sent an apology to the people of Hong Kong. Mourning is also taking place after the death of a protester, who is

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Paris zoo gives orangutan Nenette a 50th birthday party

Travel / En Sound Media

Nenette, one of the world’s oldest Borneo orangutans in captivity, has celebrated her 50th birthday at a zoo in Paris, where she has lived almost all her life. Birthday cake, wrapped boxes and visitors singing “Happy Birthday” were part of the party held Sunday for Nenette at Menagerie, a zoo in the Jardin des Plantes

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Escrow tops NHL players’ list of concerns ahead of CBA talks

Sports / En Sound Media

Jonathan Toews says he just wants his contract to be worth what it says on paper. Right now, it’s not that simple. Under terms of the collective bargaining agreement, NHL owners and players divide hockey-related revenue 50/50, and if player salaries exceed that split a certain percentage is withheld in escrow to make it even.

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India announces retaliatory trade tariffs against the US

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Reuters India has said that, from Sunday, it will impose tariffs on 28 US products, including almonds and apples. The new duties, some as high as 70%, are in response to Washington’s refusal to exempt Delhi from higher taxes on steel and aluminium imports. Earlier this month, US President Trump also announced the

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Berrettini breaks through on grass to win Stuttgart Open

Sports / En Sound Media

Matteo Berrettini beat Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-6 (11) to win the Stuttgart Open and his third tour-level title on Sunday. The Italian saved five set points in a second-set tiebreaker and clinched his first title on grass. His other titles came at Budapest in April, and Gstaad, Switzerland, last year. The 18-year-old Auger-Aliassime

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Liberals Want Trump Impeached, but Centrist Freshmen May Have the Final Say

Politics / En Sound Media

Mr. Kean used Facebook to call Mr. Malinowski a “full-time Trump protester.” On Friday, the House Republicans’ campaign arm blasted Mr. Malinowski’s “impeachment crusade” as “a perfect example that the socialist Democrats don’t give a damn about the facts.” But Mr. Malinowski’s district is evenly split; Hillary Clinton beat Mr. Trump there by one percentage

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‘My parents wanted me to marry. I became a DJ’

Business / En Sound Media

Women DJs are still a rare sight in India’s nightlife. Photographer Sayan Hazra captures a day in the life of Puja Seth, one of few women spinning discs in the southern city of Bangalore. “I love to see people enjoy my music. For me, it’s a type of freedom – it lets me express myself

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2 killed in heavy storms in Switzerland, France

Travel / En Sound Media

Authorities say a tourist has drowned in Switzerland’s Lake Geneva after her boat capsized in a driving storm, and another was killed in nearby France after high winds brought down a tree on her campsite. The Swiss news site 20 Minuten reported Sunday the previous day’s storm brought heavy rain, hail and wind gusts as

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