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Verstappen holds off Hamilton to win F1 US GP

Max Verstappen held off Lewis Hamilton by just 1.3s in a titanic title fight at Texas Austin, Texas, U.S. | Xinhua | Red Bull’s Max Verstappen extended his lead in the 2021 Formula One World Championship by holding off Lewis Hamilton to win an absorbing United States Grand Prix at Austin …

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Salah bangs hat-trick as Liverpool thump Man Utd

🔴 FT: Man United 0 Liverpool 5 London, UK| THE INDEPENDENT | Mohamed Salah crowned an outstanding individual display with a hat-trick and an assist as Liverpool recorded their biggest away win against Manchester United. Liverpool raced into an early 2-0 lead, Naby Keita arrowing Salah’s pass home for a fifth-minute …

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Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker captured

Bogota, Colombia | Xinhua |  The Colombian government said on Saturday that Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker “Otoniel” was captured. According to the authorities, Dairo Antonio Usuga, who headed the country’s largest drug trafficking gang known as the Gulf Clan, was captured in a rural area of the Department of Antioquia …

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Gun violence in US surges 30% in last year

Washington, US | Xinhua |  Rates of gun violence in the United States surged by almost a third during last year’s COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published Thursday in Scientific Reports. Researchers identified around 51,000 incidents of gun violence across the United States during the 13-month period of the …

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UK on high alert over new Delta variant

London, UK | Xinhua | The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed Friday that the Delta variant sub-lineage (Delta AY.4.2) was designated a Variant Under Investigation (VUI) on Oct. 20, 2021, and has been given the official name VUI-21OCT-01. The UKHSA said the designation was made on the basis that …

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