Month: May 2019

Serena Williams won her French Open first round match against Vitalia Diatchenko, despite an initial scare when the Russian won the opening set, to win “Serena Williams gets 1st win in ‘zebra’ outfit at French Open despite dropping opening set”

Billionaire yoga teacher Baba Ramdev wants sweeping political measures across India, including a total ban on alcohol and cow slaughter. He also suggested stripping third-born “Strip third-born children of rights, says yoga guru close to Modi, forgets Modi is a 3rd child”

Israel moved towards a new election after parliament gave preliminary approval on Monday to a dissolution motion as PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to form a “Israeli parliament gives preliminary approval to dissolution motion”

At least four employees were wounded after a man with a knife attacked the office of the regional Russian Communist Party’s newspaper in the southern “Four people stabbed in attack on Russian communist newspaper over refused Stalin article”

Serena Williams has already made headlines with her eclectic taste of outfit before her Roland Garros 2019 campaign has gotten underway, but what do we “Meet Vitalia Diatchenko – 5 things you need to know about Serena Williams’ French Open opponent”

Germany’s Social Democrats called a crisis meeting for next week to discuss strategy after the SPD suffered a double humiliation on Sunday, Reuters reported. Defeated “Germany’s SPD calls crisis meeting to review coalition strategy after vote rout”

A Canadian drone operator snagged amazing footage of a stunning passing iceberg as it made its way along the country’s eastern seaboard. Spotting the hulking “Drone catches spectacular aerial footage of gorgeous lagoon-filled iceberg (VIDEO)”

Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket was struck by lightning just 10 seconds after take-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome… but it still weathered the tough hit. The “Russia’s Soyuz rocket HIT BY LIGHTNING during launch (VIDEO)”

At least 16 people, most of them elementary school children, have been stabbed by a knife-wielding man in Tokyo Metropolitan Area early on Tuesday morning, Kyodo “13 school children injured in stabbing spree near Tokyo”

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struggles to form a coalition government, his friend from across the Atlantic, President Donald Trump, has thrown his support with “‘Stronger than ever’: Trump weighs in as Israel’s Netanyahu struggles to form government”