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Tensions over U.S. global power were on full display at a security summit on Sunday, with China accusing Washington of stoking tensions over Taiwan and the South China Sea, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling for greater support for his embattled country.The scenes were on display at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual security forum in Singapore that has long been a barometer of the ups and downs of U.S.-China relations.U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun met this year, though the two countries’ defense officials do not necessarily meet at the meeting. But Admiral…

The United States (USA), co-hosts of the T20 World Cup 2024, will face Canada in the tournament’s opening match at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday. USA vs Canada Toss UpdateUSA captain Monank Patel won the toss and elected to bowl. Monanck (USA) – I’m bowling first. The wicket seems fresh. I have a clearer target in mind. It feels great. I’ve sacrificed a lot in the last five years.Saad Bin Zafar (Canada) – I think the court is very good. I don’t mind playing first. All the players are here. It’s a historic day. All the players…

Pakistan, June 2: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has strongly rejected a reconciliation offer from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor, saying the party will not hold talks with “power thieves”, ARY News reported.Reacting to an offer for dialogue by Petroleum Minister and PML-N leader Musadiq Malik and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, a PTI spokesman said the offer was absurd coming from people who “have neither the authority nor the credibility” to mediate.Those who promised to hold talks were “imposed with a false mandate,” a PTI official said.”State criminals have no right to take decisions in…

Singapore CNN — Taiwan is slowly moving towards independence and those who support it will “end up self-destructing”, China’s new defence minister warned Sunday in a wide-ranging speech to a security summit in Singapore that laid bare the extent of regional tensions. Defence Minister Tung Jun made the remarks in a roughly 30-minute speech that came days after China carried out large-scale military drills surrounding the island of Taiwan following the inauguration of the country’s new democratically elected president last month. “We will take firm action to thwart Taiwan independence and ensure that such plots never succeed,” Tung said through…

Liz Lee, Joey Roulette, Joe Block, Eduardo BaptistaBEIJING (Reuters) – China landed an unmanned spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday, overcoming a key hurdle in a groundbreaking mission to retrieve the world’s first rock and soil samples from the dark lunar hemisphere.The landing boosts China’s status as a space power amid a global surge to the moon, where countries including the United States hope to use lunar minerals to sustain long-term astronaut missions and lunar bases within the next decade.Equipped with an array of tools and its own launcher, Chang’e-6 landed in a huge impact crater…

Seventh round of voting in Bihar concluded peacefully with 50.56% voter turnout Barring some incidents of violence at a few polling stations, voting in eight Lok Sabha seats in Bihar — Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Nalanda, Ara, Karakat, Buxar, Sasaram and Jehanabad — was conducted peacefully on Saturday with an estimated 50.56 percent voters exercising their franchise. Voting in four Lok Sabha polling stations — Nalanda, Patliputra and Jehanabad — was boycotted due to local issues.Voter turnout was about 0.68 percentage points lower this time compared to 2019 (51.24%), but Bihar’s Chief Election Officer HR Srinivasa said the final figure was…

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Former NBA star Michael Cooper hosted an autograph session at Sun City Collectables on Saturday. “I [was] “I was raised to give back to the community,” Cooper said, “and that’s one of the reasons I’m here with Sun City Collectables – to give the fans an opportunity to meet the people who watched me grow up from college to the pros. It’s always fun to come back and have fun and interact with the kids.” The five-time NBA champion guard played his entire professional career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Most recently, Cooper was named…

FORT WORTH, Texas — Less than a year ago, American gymnast Brodie Malone posted a video to Instagram of himself walking gingerly with crutches in one arm and a large brace on his right leg, with the caption “Learning to walk, round 2.”On Saturday night, with his leg still in a bulky brace, he walked off the court at Dickies Arena to win his third national championship, an accomplishment made even more impressive given the gruesome injuries he overcame to get there.Malone maintained the lead she built on the first day of competition with a remarkably consistent and dominant performance,…

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Kevin Holland kept his arm around Michal Oleksiejchuk. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)This can be said about Michal Oleksiejczuk after UFC 302: “He’s not going to give up easily, although that will probably work against him.”The final bout before the co-main event at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, featured a bizarre first-round showdown between the Polish fighter and UFC veteran Kevin Holland, with Holland winning by submission.Oleksiechuk landed a potentially game-changing blow that would take Holland down and give him a chance to finish the bout on the ground. He dove in, but his right hand was a little…