By Reuters Staff SYDNEY (Reuters) – Steve Smith led an imperious display from Australias top-order batsmen with his second straight century as the hosts piled on a massive 389 for four against Indias listless bowlers in the second one-day international in Sydney on Sunday. The match followed a script similar…
Made from delicate silk, intricately embroidered and with vast, flared sleeves: Vietnamese 19th-century outfits do not seem a perfect fit for life in the country’s hectic modern cities. But Nguyen Duc Loc, a 28-year-old entrepreneur, together with his 11-strong production team in Hanoi, is convinced the attire of their ancestors…
Many sports fans perhaps needing a nostalgia fix tuned in to watch boxing legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition fight in Los Angeles on Saturday night. They were treated to some decent action, too. That likely was a surprise from Tyson and Jones, who both are…
After bobbing and weaving around the coronavirus pandemic for much of the fall, the N.F.L. nears the end of the third quarter of its regular season facing crises on teams from coast to coast. On Saturday, health officials in Santa Clara County threw the San Francisco 49ers season into turmoil…
If you’re an Oculus Quest 2 owners and have suddenly started having problems with controllers losing tracking, or have started seeing them move all on their own while playing VR, there’s likely a very good explanation for it. Last year, right before Christmas, Oculus released a patch for the Oculus…
Jennifer Pickens, a White House historian and author of Pets at the White House: 50 Years of Presidents and Their Pets, said the emergence of the internet had added to Sockss popularity as a cartoon version of the cat greeted visitors at the White House for Kids website. The last…
When oil ministers from the worlds largest fossil-fuel nations meet via webcam this week to make decisions about the global oil market in 2021, they could be forgiven for indulging in a little early festive cheer. Oil prices have more than doubled since tumbling below $20 a barrel and hitting…
Canada remains on a troubling path for new COVID-19 infections as case counts continue to mount, the country’s top doctor said Saturday. The most recent infection rates indicate Canada is on track to hit as many as 10,000 new cases a day by next month, Dr. Theresa Tam said. If…