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Bangladesh were no match for the quality of the West Indies fast bowling. © AFP Kemar Roach led the demolition of Bangladesh with a five-wicket haul as the tourists were dismissed for 43, their lowest total ever in Test cricket, before lunch on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies at …

Washington’s top diplomat Mike Pompeo was addressing Vietnamese business leaders but his real audience was not in the Hanoi dining room. The U.S. Secretary of State was sending a message from the thriving commercial heart of this once war-torn city all the way to North Korea. Vietnam fought a brutal war to expel American invaders, …

It’s a little pricey, but how many things do you use every day? Photo: Courtesy the retailer Until you use one, a bidet seems faintly ridiculous. Then you go on a ten-day vacation to Japan — or Europe, but let’s be honest, Japan is where you’ll be converted — and just the thought of coming home …

By Rusty Simmons Updated 4:17 pm PDT, Friday, July 20, 2018 In the wake of Sam Warburton’s shocking retirement this week, some of rugby’s top brass used Friday’s opening of the Rugby World Cup Sevens as a platform to address injury concerns in the game. Just ahead of one of the sport’s most prestigious tournaments, Warburton, …

Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler have allegedly suspended development of their luxury compact car that was supposed to be a joint effort. Japanese publication Nikkan Kogyo claims that the two automakers have halted work on the joint model due to consumers now demanding utility vehicles. Additionally, uncertainty over tariffs in the United States are …

Gabriel’s raw pace was too hot to handle for the Bangladesh top-order. © AFP Bangladesh were sliding towards a massive innings defeat after the West Indies completely dominated the second day of the first Test match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday. After Kraigg Brathwaite’s seventh Test hundred anchored the West …

A report in a Japanese business publication claims the partnership that gave us the Infiniti QX30 crossover — built on the same MFA platform as the Mercedes-Benz GLA — won’t yield a compact Infiniti luxury car, as was planned. This isn’t a case of bad blood between the two automakers, however. The United States just isn’t a …

MADRID, July 10- Five-times world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo has signed for Italian champions Juventus from Real Madrid, the La Liga club said in a statement on Tuesday. Ronaldo, who joined Real from Manchester United in 2008 for a then world record 80 million pounds ($106.27 million), is the Spanish club’s all-time top scorer with …

It is late October, 1978, in Colorado Springs when Ken O’Dell, a closet member of the newly resurgent Ku Klux Klan, receives an encouraging sign that his strategy of placing ads in the personal section of the local paper for new recruits has met with some success. Ken has been sent a letter from a …

German business leaders have issued a strongly worded statement warning they are reluctant to invest in Britain because of Brexit uncertainty. The intervention from German Industry UK (GIUK), which represents firms including carmakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz as well as the Lufthansa airline, came as the UK’s largest carmaker, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), said a bad …