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Men to watch at the Australian Open, which begins Monday at Melbourne Park (Sunday in the U.S.):

Earth simmered to the sixth hottest year on record in 2021, according to several newly released temperature measurements.

He said that about 7,000 appointments were made for the first Covid vaccine dose were on January 11, which is 2,000 appointments more than the day before.

If youve ever owned a slave, please raise your hand, Jeffery Robinson asks a live audience at the beginning of Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, a searing documentary based on a lecture hes spent a decade perfecting.

The United States' CongressionalExecutive Commission on China (CECC) released a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday voicing concern over forced labour in the production of uniforms ahead of the Beijing Games.

Green Bay Packers outside linebacker ZaDarius Smith is practicing again, raising hopes the 2020 Pro Bowl selection could return for the playoffs after missing nearly the entire regular season.

The Nigerian government has lifted its ban on Twitter in the West African country, seven months after the countrys more than 200 million people were shut out of the social media network.

The U.S. last month posted its smallest monthly budget deficit in two years thanks to a rebounding economy that helped boost tax receipts, coupled with slower spending as some COVID relief programs ended.

Several prominent U.S. women's national team veterans were left off coach Vlatko Andonovski's January training camp roster as the squad focuses on preparing its younger players for World Cup qualifying this summer.

Southampton earned its biggest Premier League win of the season by beating Brentford 41 with the southcoast club's new owner in attendance on Tuesday.

Rachel Balkovec became the first woman hired to manage a minor league affiliate of a Major League Baseball team when she was promoted Tuesday by the New York Yankees to dugout boss of the Low A Tampa Tarpons.

There was a prominent Atlanta resident missing on Tuesday when President Joe Biden swung through the city to press for voting rights protections: Stacey Abrams.

Double world champion Vincent Kriechmayr is in danger of missing the two mens World Cup downhills in Wengen on Friday and Saturday because he tested positive for COVID19, one month ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

The highly-transmissible variant has ripped through countries at breakneck pace, forcing governments to impose fresh measures and scramble to roll out booster shots.

Tianjin, which is close to Beijing, will now join Xi'an and Yuzhou, which have been put on lockdown following detection of Covid-19 clusters

News reports suggest that Almaty, which saw widespread protests and anger against the government, is showing some semblance of normalcy this week