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Reigning Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of this year’s tournament after a shock upset.The 36-year-old top seed faced off against American Mackenzie McDonald in a tense match which ultimately ended in injury for the Spaniard. Nadal appeared to injure his leg late in the second set, which resulted in him calling an injury time-out and left the court with a physio for treatment.Stream more sports news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023He returned to the court but appeared to…

HANOI: A 15-year-old girl was killed when a convenience store collapsed in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday (Jan 18), with rescue workers blaming an overload of stock ahead of Lunar New Year. At least one more person was thought to be trapped inside the two-storey Circle-K shop, state media said, after eight others escaped from the ground floor. “Paramedics gave the girl CPR in the ambulance as we rushed her to hospital. But we were informed by the hospital that she died,” Nguyen Duy Long, head of the southern business hub’s ambulance service, told AFP. Photos of the site…

Just days after a Yeti Airlines passenger jet crashed in Nepal at the weekend – killing all onboard – Qantas flight QF144 on Wednesday issued a mayday alert about an hour out from Sydney International Airport.The aircraft, a 737 twinned-engine jet, had 144 passengers onboard when one of its engines failed en route from Auckland.The aircraft model should not be confused with the ill-fated Boeing 737 Max 8, which was grounded for an extended period after two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people.While the alert raised by the Qantas cockpit was initially a “mayday” call, it was…

CNN  —  Brian Walshe is expected to be arraigned in court Wednesday after being charged with murdering his wife Ana Walshe, a Massachusetts mother and corporate real estate manager who had been missing since the new year. Brian Walshe, 47, has been in jail since January 8 when he was arrested and charged with misleading investigators, to which he has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors have accused Walshe of intentionally delaying investigators in order to cover up evidence, alleging he lied about some of his actions in the days following his wife’s disappearance. Evidence supporting the murder charge against Walshe is…

JAKARTA: An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7 hit near eastern Indonesia’s Maluku islands on Wednesday (Jan 18), the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted. The epicentre of the tremor was located 150km northwest of the eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera, at a depth of 48km. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. The quake occurred at around 1.06pm local time off the coast of Sulawesi island, shaking nearby islands and forcing residents to flee in panic. “The quake was felt around 15 to 20 seconds. The shakings were…

Both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have been on a prolonged uptrend and have been gaining popularity, with BTC breaching $21,000 and ETH crossing the $1,500 mark recently.The rise in cryptocurrency usage has been attributed to a variety of reasons, such as the positive China GDP numbers released last year. Investors have reacted to this data and have actively pursued trades within the market.In reality, everything has been working in favor of digital assets, including better-than-expected China GDP figures, increased Bitcoin blockchain activity, cooling inflation, and growing institutional crypto adoption.Furthermore, the United States was regarded as one of the most…

Aviation Consultant Dr Peter Bates has discussed with Sky News Australia the Qantas flight from New Zealand to Sydney which made a mayday call following a reported engine failure – which he says is “standard procedure”. Qantas flight QF144 has landed at Sydney Airport. “The crew are highly competent, and they’re trained in this at least four times a year so this would have been a standard procedure although it’s a non-standard event,” Dr Bates said. “If it was an engine failure, they would have contained the engine, carried out the checklist then selected a more appropriate altitude for them…

WELLINGTON: Alex Morgan scored her 120th international goal as the United States thrashed New Zealand 4-0 in a friendly in Wellington on Wednesday (Jan 18) to fire a World Cup warning. Forward Mallory Swanson netted twice and Lynn Williams was also on the scoresheet for the world’s top-ranked side, six months before the Americans defend their title in New Zealand and Australia. The match was the first of the year for the Americans, who will be pursuing a third World Cup crown in a row. Coach Vlatko Andonovski said he wants his team get familiarised with the stadiums, training venues…

UK inflation slowed for the second consecutive month in December after it hit a 41-year peak in October suggesting the price surge has peaked.The annual rate of consumer price inflation declined to 10.5 per cent in December, from 10.7 per cent in November and further below the 41-year high of 11.1 per cent in October, according to data published on Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics.The decline was in line with analysts’ expectations. However, core inflation, which strips out volatile food, energy, alcohol, and tobacco prices remained unchanged at 6.3 per cent, missing the forecast by economists polled by…

Ruurd Brouwer is the chief executive of TCX, a currency hedging fund set up by several development banks to help developing countries ameliorate FX risks. In last week’s FT, Martin Wolf made a just case that high income countries should support emerging and developing economies to prevent the next debt crisis.Covid was not these countries’ fault. The lack of global co-operation in tackling it was not their fault. The lack of adequate external official funding was not their fault. The global inflation was not their fault. The war is not their fault. But if the high-income countries do not offer…