Milos Raonic is heading into this year's Rogers Cup in a different position than the one he's become accustomed to over the last few years. Supplanted by teenager Denis Shapovalov as the top-ranked Canadian in the men's singles draw, there's suddenly a lot less outside pressure on the Thornhill, Ont., product to succeed in the […]
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Assange: Constant US threats against N. Korea have put it on total war footing
Published time: 3 Sep, 2017 21:17 Repeated threats made by the US and directed against North Korea have only worsened the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, as they prompt Pyongyang to further develop its weapons, whistleblower Julian Assange said. “Constant US threats” have put the North “on a total war footing,” the WikiLeaks founder, who […]
China experts: North Korea not on war footing, fighting unlikely
Reuters PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Chinese experts see little immediate possibility of hostilities breaking out between the US and North Korea, but say Beijing will respond harshly to any further North Korean nuclear tests. Director of Jilin University’s Institute of Northeast Asian Studies Gui Rui says President Donald Trump’s domestic troubles should prevent him […]
New-look Raptors find footing against Celtics
Toughness was what Masai Ujiri saw in Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker. And the two new Raptors certainly delivered Friday. On a night when DeMar DeRozan scored a career-high 43 points — prompting serenades of “M-V-P!” — Ibaka and Tucker earned rave reviews in their Raptors debuts, a thrilling, knock ’em down, drag ’em out […]
