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China, who finished top of Group A, swept past Indonesia 3-1 (25-17, 25-17, 23-25, 25-22) to make the last four, reports Xinhua.In the beginning of the match, both teams were evenly matched, with China making more errors at the net. During Jiang Chuan’s serves, China established a four-point lead. Building on their momentum, China further extended their advantage before claiming the set at 25-17.The second set went more smoothly for China, but Indonesia fought back in the third set and once led China with a five-point cushion. Although China narrowed the gap through Zhang Jingying’s serves, the host side still…

Speaking at a news conference here on Friday, Jilani said the Canada issue is “very unfortunate” and is a “very, very serious situation”.Trudeau has accused India of involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey in British Columbia in June.Nijjar, a Khalistan secessionist leader, had been declared a terrorist by India.Jilani asserted that India had carried out assassinations in South Asian countries, “but this is perhaps for the first time that it has gone global”.”This is like the mask that they had coming off the Indian face”, he said.Since it took place in “a very, very important country,…

Despite facing the delicate task of leading the wavering 2014 world champions to the 2024 UEFA Euro, the second youngest coach in the history of the national association spoke of “pushing the entire nation”, reports Xinhua.This Friday the former Bayern coach and successor of Hansi Flick signed a short-term contract until the end of July 2024 but didn’t rule out to stay longer if things work out.58-year-old Flick departed two weeks ago following a series of disappointing friendlies and a painful group exit at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.”First we talk about a successful Euro tournament and if…

According to data shared by anonymous working professionals portal Blind, which tracked return-to-office (RTO) policies of more than 1,500 companies globally, 883 companies have a RTO policy requiring at least one day in the office, affecting 24.9 million employees in all.About 46 per cent of companies require in-office work three or four days a week.Only 9 per cent of companies require five days a week of in-office work, including Broadcom, Goldman Sachs, United Airlines, X and more, the data showed.Another 500 companies’ RTO policy is team, job function or location-dependent.About 350 companies are now fully remote post the pandemic, according…

The European team, who are chasing a third consecutive win in the women’s equivalent of the Ryder Cup, suffered a nightmare in the morning when they lost all four of the foursomes to trail 4-0, reports Xinhua.However, they recovered in the afternoon fourballs, with Madelene Sagstrom and rookie Gemma Dryburgh winning against Rose Zhang and Megan Khang.There was late drama when Leona Maguire chipped in on the final hole alongside Georgia Hall to claim a win by 1-up over Lexi Thompson and Lilia Vu.The highlight of the day was a hole-in-one from Emily Pedersen, which helped her and partner Maja…

Bach made the remarks during an exclusive interview with Xinhua, a day before he is scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games, reports Xinhua.Paris 2024 will be “the first Olympic Games which has been planned from the very beginning and will be delivered to the very end according to the Olympic Agenda 2020 of the IOC,” Bach noted.”So they will be Games which will be more sustainable by making use of 95 percent of existing temporary facilities.”According to the IOC chief, Paris 2024’s goal is to cut in half the Games’ carbon emissions compared to the…

The official Barcelona website confirms that Xavi has signed the contract “until 20 June 2025 with the option of an additional year”, reports Xinhua.The confirmation comes after Xavi said in his press conference ahead of Saturday’s La Liga game against Celta Vigo, that he agreed his new deal, “several days ago,” and that it “would be announced soon.”Since replacing Ronald Koeman in November 2021, Xavi has been in charge for 96 matches, overseeing 60 wins, 17 draws and 19 defeats and last season he led Barca to the La Liga title and the Spanish Supercup with a 3-1 win over…

“As a country with one of the world’s worst human rights records, particularly when it comes to minority and women’s rights, Pakistan would do well to put its own house in order before venturing to point a finger at the world’s largest democracy”, Petal Gahlot, a first secretary in India’s UN Mission said on Friday exercising the right of reply to Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar’s speech.Gahlot dismissed Kakar’s attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue saying they were integral parts of India.”We reiterate that the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are an integral part of India”,…

Musk’s announcement earlier this week backfired as Bluesky hit a daily active user record afterwards.According to data from analytics firm Similarweb, Bluesky’s Android app saw half a million daily active users on the day of Musk’s announcement and its web traffic increased even higher.On Android, the daily active users metric was up 20.6 per cent for Bluesky.Bluesky saw a total of 53,585 new signups in one day after Musk’s announcement — 5 per cent of the platform’s user base of around 1.13 million accounts, reports TechCrunch.In a live-streamed interaction with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the X owner floated the…

Dhruv Jani was part of a conspiracy to launder funds obtained from a government official imposter scheme, starting in January 2020, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced on Friday.Sentenced by US District Court Judge Raymond P Moore on September 21, Jani will be deported to India after serving his term of incarceration.”This sentence holds Mr Jani accountable for his malicious acts of orchestrating Social Security-related and government imposter scams that preyed upon vulnerable persons,” said Gail S Ennis, Inspector General for the Social Security Administration.According to the plea agreement, victims in the US were contacted by…