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UNESCO hails $2.9-bn Australian plan to protect Great Barrier Reef
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» PARIS - The UN's cultural agency UNESCO welcomed on Tuesday commitments from Australia to protect the Great Barrier Reef, with the government pledging 4.4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) to safeguard the natural wonder.
PGA Tour and LIV Golf merge to end golf's 'civil war'
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» MIAMI - The PGA Tour and DP World Tour announced on Tuesday that they have merged their commercial operations with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf and ended all litigation, bringing to a close the sport's two-year rift.
‘Bossa Nova Queen’ Astrud Gilberto dies at 83
Reuters and AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» BRASILIA: Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, the voice of Bossa Nova whose version of “The Girl from Ipanema” was an international success in the late 1960s, has died at the age of 83, her family said.
Men’s golf tours announce surprise merger
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2023
» The PGA Tour, LIV Golf and DP World Tour, the operator of the European Tour, have agreed to merge into a single, for-profit entity that is likely to transform the world of men’s golf, the tours jointly announced on Tuesday.
$3,500 headset will test Apple’s marketing might
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/06/2023
» Apple Inc will charge an eye-popping $3,499 — that’s just over 120,000 baht — for its long-awaited mixed-reality headset, testing whether consumers are ready to spend huge sums on a technology that the company sees as the future of computing.
BYD overtakes LG as world's No.2 EV battery supplier
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/06/2023
» BYD, backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has gone past LG Energy Solution as the world's second-largest electric vehicle (EV) battery producer, reinforcing China's dominance of the industry as EV adoption picks up pace globally.
Djokovic and Alcaraz close in on French Open semi-final showdown
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» PARIS: Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz have a chance on Tuesday to set up a blockbuster French Open semi-final while Ukraine's Elina Svitolina tackles Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in a politically charged tussle where the only guarantee will be the absence of a handshake at the end.
Harry tells UK court of lifelong ‘press invasion’
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» LONDON: Prince Harry on Tuesday said he had suffered lifelong “press invasion” and accused some media of having blood on their hands, as he became the first royal in more than 100 years to give evidence in court.
'Everything is going to die': Kherson locals rage at Russians
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» KHERSON, Ukraine: "Everything is going to die here," said Sergiy as water from the breached Kakhovka dam poured downstream into the Ukrainian city of Kherson on Tuesday.
Some female aid workers return in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» KABUL: Afghan women employed by a leading international NGO have resumed their work in some provinces, months after the Taliban government banned them from working.