Belarusian Azarenka finds no sense in Wimbledon ban
Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka said the Wimbledon ban on players from Russia and her country makes no sense and the former world number one called on the tennis governing bodies to ...
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Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site
Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday, the latest outbreak of violence at a site revered by Muslims ...
New Mexico wildfire burns 166 homes, thousands ready to evacuate
A drought-driven wildfire has destroyed 166 homes in northern New Mexico and is threatening hundreds more as fierce winds fan flames towards mountain villages, local officials said.
Thousands of residents were ...
‘Entry only. No exit:’ Beijing sees more Covid closures as anger grows in Shanghai
China’s capital Beijing closed more businesses and residential compounds on Friday, with authorities ramping up contact tracing to contain a COVID-19 outbreak, while resentment at the month-long lockdown in ...
Meta spreads cheer on Wall Street as Facebook adds more users
Shares of Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) rose 17 per cent in a relief rally on Thursday after having lost nearly half their value this year, as the social media giant ...
West Ham and Rangers beaten in Europa League semis
RB Leipzig’s Angelino volleyed in an 85th minute winner to hand his team a 1-0 victory over visiting Rangers in their Europa League semi-final first leg on Thursday.
Leipzig ...
Ronaldo on target as United draw 1-1 with Chelsea
Cristiano Ronaldo cancelled out Marcos Alonso’s opener as Manchester United drew 1-1 with Chelsea at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Thursday.
After Chelsea had failed to make ...
Guterres calls for escape route from Mariupol ‘apocalypse’
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said after talks in Kyiv on Thursday that intense discussions were still continuing to enable the evacuation of a steel plant where fighters and civilians ...
Amsterdam airport asks airlines to cut flights to avoid chaos
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has asked airlines to cancel flights over the weekend to avoid chaos due to overcrowding at Europe’s third busiest airport, it said on Thursday.
The ...
Russia fires on Kyiv, two explosions heard in central district, says mayor Klitschko (Updated)
Russia fired two missiles at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday evening and one of them struck the lower floors of a residential building, injuring at least three people, Ukrainian ...
Mass walkout in Sri Lanka over economic crisis
Many schools in Colombo were shut and several train stations deserted on Thursday as teachers and train drivers joined mass walkouts demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government quit over Sri ...
Greece says Turkish overflights in the Aegean undermine NATO unity
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Turkey on Thursday to stop violating Greek airspace with fighter jets, a behaviour which he said undermines the unity of NATO at a ...
US accuses Russia of planning to shut down Ukrainian democracy
The United States accused Russia on Thursday of planning to short-circuit Ukrainian democracy by forcing the government from power and dismantling local authorities.
“We have information that Russia’s planning ...
US joins 55 nations to set new global rules for the internet
The United States and 55 other nations on Thursday signed a political commitment to push rules for the internet that are underpinned by democratic values, at a time when the U....
Hobbled by economy, Erdogan heads to Saudi to mend ties after Khashoggi U-turn
Three and a half years after accusing Saudi Arabia’s leadership of murder and running a sham trial over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan plans ...
Greece to pay Gazprom without breaching sanctions against Russia
Greece plans to pay Russian gas supplier Gazprom next month in a way that will not breach European Union sanctions against Russia, the country’s energy minister said on Thursday.
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EU estimates up to 80% of population has had COVID
The European Commission said that between 60% and 80% of the EU population was estimated to have been infected with COVID-19, as the bloc enters a post-emergency phase in which mass reporting ...
Investors fret over potential Musk U-turn in $44 billion Twitter buyout
Investors speculating over whether Elon Musk will complete his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) sent the social media company’s shares on Wednesday to their lowest level since ...
Britain delays post-Brexit import controls until late 2023
Britain has delayed imposing post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union until the end of next year, saying retailers were facing too many other cost pressures and it ...
Euro peers over the cliff at dollar parity as recession looms
The euro’s drop to a five-year low is rekindling the possibility the currency will reach parity versus the dollar for the first time in two decades, as fears of ...
Standoff with Lebanon banks could derail IMF deal, minister says
Lebanon’s efforts to secure $3 billion in International Monetary Fund support to help it tackle its financial crisis could be derailed by divisions over how to deal with massive financial ...
Britain’s Sainsbury’s warns of lower profit as inflation hits
British supermarket group Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) followed market leader Tesco (TSCO.L) in warning that soaring inflation would lower profit in the current financial year, taking the shine off ...
UK says Ukraine can attack Russian logistics, unlikely to use its weapons
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday it would be legitimate for Ukrainian forces to target Russian logistics but they were unlikely to use British weapons.
Moscow has accused ...
Russian-controlled region of Ukraine will start using rouble, official says
Ukraine’s southern Kherson region will start using the Russian rouble from May 1, an official from a pro-Russian committee that styles itself as the region’s “military-civil administration” told Russian ...