China quietly increases purchases of low-priced Russian oil
China is quietly ramping up purchases of oil from Russia at bargain prices, according to shipping data and oil traders who spoke to Reuters, filling the vacuum left by Western ...
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Three people stabbed in south-east Norway attack
At least three people were stabbed and injured on Friday in random attacks in a village in south-east Norway, police said.
One of the victims was in critical condition.
A ...
Lampard hails Everton fans after Premier League safety secured
Everton manager Frank Lampard was close to tears at the final whistle as his side staged a dramatic comeback to secure a 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace that ensured their ...
McIlroy grabs PGA Championship lead as Tiger toils
Rory McIlroy got the dream start that has eluded him at recent majors to grab the first-round lead at the PGA Championship on Thursday, outshining the two other members of ...
Musk denies he sexually harassed flight attendant on private jet
Billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday to denounce as “utterly untrue” claims in a news report that he had sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private ...
‘We are going to die’: Sri Lanka warns of food shortages
Sri Lanka’s prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the ...
Shanghai detects new infections after five days of ‘zero Covid’
Shanghai reported new COVID-19 cases outside quarantined areas for the first time after five days of no infections, prompting stricter curbs in a district, but plans to end a prolonged ...
Ukraine’s Donbas ‘destroyed’ as Russian artillery and aircraft step up strikes (Update)
Russian forces have bombarded areas of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas from land and air, killing at least 13 civilians, Ukraine’s military said on Friday, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the ...
Washington holds key to Russia’s sovereign default
The prospect of a Russia sovereign default is moving centre stage again with a deadline for a US license allowing Moscow to make payments expiring on May 25 and $100 million in ...
JP Morgan downgrades India’s IT sector as pandemic boom fades
Soaring inflation, supply chain issues and the hit from the Ukraine war will bring an end to the growth boom India’s IT services industry enjoyed during the pandemic, J....
After delay, U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approves $40 billion in Ukraine aid
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved nearly $40 billion in new aid for Ukraine on Thursday sending the bill to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law ...
G7 pledges billions for Ukraine ‘to get through this’ (Update)
The Group of Seven agreed on Thursday to provide Ukraine with $18.4 billion to pay its bills, funds that Ukraine‘s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said would speed up Kyiv’s ...
Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire score, dies at 79
Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire became one of the most loved movie scores, has died at the age of 79.
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Taliban say female Afghan TV presenters must cover face on air
Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air, an official said on Thursday.
The move comes ...
Ukraine to seek damages from Russia over huge environmental damage
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused huge environmental damage for which Kyiv will seek compensation in international courts, Ukraine’s environment minister said on Thursday.
Ruslan Strilets, Minister of ...
Sri Lanka fuel shortage set to ease; police clash with protesters
Sri Lanka’s central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said on Thursday, but police fired ...
Crypto crash leaves El Salvador with no easy exit from worsening crisis
El Salvador’s big bet on bitcoin, which the Central American nation has been buying since September, has soured in recent weeks as a cryptocurrency rout shaved over a third ...
Erdogan digs in over Nato as Biden hosts Finnish, Swedish leaders (Update)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan dug in over his rejection of Sweden and Finland joining Nato, casting a shadow over a White House visit on Thursday by the leaders of the ...
Tesla cut from S&P 500 ESG Index, and Elon Musk tweets his fury
An S&P Dow Jones Indices executive told Reuters on Wednesday it has removed electric carmaker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) from the widely followed S&P 500 ESG Index (....
British Airways owner IAG to order 50 Boeing 737 MAX jets
British Airways owner IAG (ICAG.L) said on Thursday it has agreed to order 50 Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX jets for delivery between 2023 and 2027, in a vote of confidence in the ...
One person severely injured in German school shooting – Bild (Update)
Shots were fired at a German school in the northern city of Bremerhaven on Thursday and one person, who was not a student, was wounded, police said.
An armed person ...
Ten years from boom to bust, Chinese football in a tailspin
A decade after the splash of Chinese cash first made waves in the global football market, the once racing certainty that China would become a major player in the game ...
Money for Ukraine tops G7 agenda; inflation, food a concern
Group of Seven financial leaders are likely to agree on Thursday and Friday to help Ukraine pay its bills in coming months, but surging inflation, climate change, supply chains and ...
Half of Gazprom’s 54 clients opened Gazprombank accounts, says Russia’s Novak
Half of Russian gas giant Gazprom’s GAZP.MM 54 clients have opened accounts at Gazprombank, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday, as Moscow seeks to compel its clients ...