Ashleigh Barty and Barbora Krejcikova can stay on course for a high-class semi-final collision, while Rafael Nadal looks to continue his march to a record 21st Slam title as #AusOpen hits the quarter-final stage u.afp.com/wNCY
Fans at #AusOpen can wear "Where is Peng Shuai?" shirts as long as they are peaceful, tournament chief Craig Tiley says, after backlash when video emerged of security staff ordering spectators to remove shirts and banner in support of the Chinese player
A resurgent Madison Keys reaches her first #AusOpen semi-final since 2015 with another big upset to down French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova, who struggled in the searing Melbourne heat, 6-3, 6-2
Madison Keys continues impeccable season start with straight-sets destruction of Barbora Krejcikova to set up a potential #AusOpen semi-final against Ashleigh Barty, while Rafael Nadal looks to continue march to record 21st Slam u.afp.com/wNCF
Rafael Nadal moves to within two matches of a record 21st Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 dogfight quarter-final win over Denis Shapovalov at #AusOpen, his seventh semi-final in Melbourne where he will face Matteo Berrettini or Gael Monfils
#BREAKING Top seed Barty crushes Pegula to make Australian Open semi-finals
#UPDATE Ashleigh Barty accelerated her march towards a maiden Australian Open title Tuesday with a straight-sets masterclass against Jessica Pegula, setting up a semi-final with Madison Keys
#UPDATE Ashleigh Barty accelerated her march towards a maiden Australian Open title Tuesday with a straight-sets masterclass against Jessica Pegula, setting up a semi-final with Madison Keys u.afp.com/wNtb #AFPSports
A fuming Denis Shapovalov slammed Rafael Nadal for receiving preferential time treatment after losing to the Spanish great in an epic quarter-final at the #AustralianOpen on Tuesday u.afp.com/wxk5 #AFPSports
#UPDATE Matteo Berrettini created tennis history on Tuesday by becoming the first Italian man to reach the last four of the Australian Open after a rollercoaster five-set victory over France's Gael Monfils u.afp.com/wxoA#AFPSports#AusOpen
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BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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