The US Open 2020 represented the best chance for an aging Serena Williams to win that elusive 24th Grand Slam title and equal the record of Australian Margaret Court. Seeds[...]
For many years, Australia has been trading with China, apparently in the belief that one can do business with a country for yonks without expecting the development of some sense[...]
In 1987, I got a job in Dubai, to work for a newspaper named Khaleej (Gulf) Times. I was chosen because the interviewer was a jolly Briton who came down[...]
Back in 1976. the Indian Government, for whom my father, Ipe Samuel Varghese, worked in Colombo, cheated him of Rs 13,500 – the gratuity that he was supposed to be paid[...]
Michael Anthony Holding, one of the feared West Indies pace bowlers from the 1970s and 1980s, bowled his best spell on 10 July, in front of the TV cameras. Holding,[...]
What does one make of the argument that David Warner, who was behind the ball tampering scandal in South Africa in 2018, was guilty of less of a mistake than[...]
Twice in the space of three months, researchers from BlackBerry have put out studies pushing claims about malware and ransomware that is alleged to attack Linux, giving the impression that[...]
Australia has been imposing hefty duties on Chinese steel, aluminium and chemical imports for more than six years, despite a letter from the Chinese side in 2014 saying that holding[...]
A second month under lockdown. Outside it looks bleak. And the same applies to indoors. Suddenly the simple act of taking one’s car to the petrol pump seems like a[...]
Some months, one has nothing to say. The coronavirus pandemic may be a contributory factor. Or not. One is really unclear about the reason.[...]