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Sato wins first IndyCar pole by Japanese driver Takuma Sato became the first Japanese driver in IndyCar Series history to win a pole position, pacing Friday night’s qualifiers for Saturday night’s Iowa Corn Indy 250. Sato posted a two-lap average speed of 180.375 mph (288.600 k/hr) around the .875-mile oval to edge US racer Danica [...]
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says assistant freed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei confirmed a fourth associate of his had been released from detention, just days after the activist himself was unexpectedly freed on bail. Ai’s assistant Wen Tao returned home on Friday night, the activist told AFP in a text message — the same day his [...]
90,000 flee storm in Philippines Nearly 90,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Philippines due to floods caused by Tropical Storm Meari, with 15 people listed as missing, the civil defence office said. In Marikina, a low-lying suburb of Manila, 25,000 people were in evacuation centres after waters reached dangerous levels, [...]
Comedy icon Jerry Lewis ill in Australia Veteran US comedian Jerry Lewis has had to cancel a sell-out Sydney tour after collapsing from exhaustion as he prepared to take the stage, promoters said Saturday. The 85-year-old was due to perform before a packed house in western Sydney Friday night to raise money for muscular dystrophy [...]
30 die in Afghan hospital car bomb: officials Thirty people were killed in a suicide car bombing Saturday targeting a hospital in Afghanistan’s Logar province, just south of the capital Kabul, a provincial official said. “A suicide car bomb attacker targeted a hospital in Azra district of Logar province,” Din Mohammad Darwaish, the Logar provincial [...]
Defectors launch 100,000 anti-N.Korea leaflets North Korean defectors launched 100,000 leaflets across the tense inter-Korean border urging the toppling of the communist regime to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. About 10 members of the Fighters for Free North Korea floated the messages on Saturday, slung under five large gas-filled balloons, [...]
Argentina favourites for women’s field hockey Trophy Argentina have once again been installed as the team to beat ahead of the eight-team women’s hockey Champions Trophy, which begins on Saturday. As world champions and reigning Champions Trophy holders, Argentina are favoured to prevail again over hosts the Netherlands, having beaten the Dutch side twice in [...]
Defectors launch anti-N.Korea leaflets North Korean defectors launched 100,000 leaflets across the tense inter-Korean border urging the toppling of the communist regime to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. About 10 members of the Fighters for Free North Korea floated the messages on Saturday, slung under five large gas-filled balloons. The [...]
Vietnam storms kill 10, seven struck by lightning At least 10 people have been killed, seven of them struck by lightning, during several days of storms and heavy rain in northern Vietnam, according to the disaster authorities. Those killed by lightning were hit as they worked in rice fields, while flash floods on Wednesday swept [...]
Taiwan’s Yani Tseng clings to LPGA lead World No. 1 Yani Tseng of Taiwan briefly lost her lead after a double bogey but battled back to reclaim a one-stroke edge after rainy second round of the LPGA Championship. Tseng on Friday fired a two-under par 70 to stand on eight-under par 136 after 36 holes [...]