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With Fans Forbidden Due To COVID-19, A Noticeably Quiet U.S. Open Kicks Off In Queens
Tennis players are navigating the eerie stillness of a Grand Slam event known for its lively crowds. Last year’s U.S. Open set an attendance record, drawing more than 737,800 fans over two weeks.(Image credit: Al Bello/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
US and Canadian festivals team up for a month of virtual world music shows
When festivals wish to bring in international artists, their task is facilitated and the tour costs are reduced if they can book the same artists, especially if the dates and locations of the shows are close enough. This collaborative practise, called “group booking”, has been used over the last decades by over 15 North American world music...
House readies contempt resolution as Pompeo defies subpoenas
WASHINGTON — The House Foreign Affairs Committee is moving to hold Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in contempt after he has repeatedly rejected the committee’s subpoenas for records related to Ukraine that the department has turned over to the Republican-led Senate. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said Friday...
Russian navy conducts major manoeuvrs near Alaska
MOSCOW — The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times. Russia’s navy chief, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov, said that more than 50 warships and about 40 aircraft were taking part in the exercise in the Bering Sea, which...
The Latest: GOP convention wraps up with opera, fireworks
WASHINGTON — The Republican National Convention — the first political convention ever held at the White House — has ended with opera and fireworks. President Donald Trump wrapped up his speech closing out the RNC on Thursday by recounting the achievements of the nation’s pioneers and pledging to forge achievements in energy development,...
The Latest: Protesters look to drown out Trump’s RNC speech
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the Republican National Convention (all times local): 2:40 p.m. A group of activists hopes to drown out President Donald Trump’s speech as he accepts the Republican Party nomination at the White House. Trump is set to speak Thursday night from the South Lawn. As he does, a local band will be blaring Go-Go music, a...
Melania Trump tells virus sufferers they’re ‘not alone’
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump went there. While others at the Republican National Convention spoke about the coronavirus as a challenge successfully conquered, the first lady on Tuesday night used her address from the Rose Garden to acknowledge the pain of lives lost and families upended by the pandemic. “I want you to know you’re not alone,”...
Garneau, Champagne pan Iranian report on downing of PS752 as limited, selective
OTTAWA — Two federal cabinet ministers say they expect more answers from Iranian officials about an air strike that downed a passenger plane earlier this year, killing everyone on board. Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne say Iran’s preliminary report from the plane’s data...
Compensation talks for victims of downed jetliner to start in October: Iran
OTTAWA — The head of Iran’s civil aviation organization says his government will launch compensation talks in October with Canada and other countries that lost citizens when the Iranian military shot down a civilian jetliner earlier this year. Touraj Dehqani Zangeneh made the comments to Iran’s official news agency over the weekend...
Compensation talks for victims of downed jetliner to start in October: Iran
OTTAWA — The head of Iran’s civil aviation organization says his government will launch compensation talks in October with Canada and other countries that lost citizens when the Iranian military shot down a civilian jetliner earlier this year. Touraj Dehqani Zangeneh made the comments to Iran’s official news agency over the weekend...
