Laporta says he feels ‘moral debt’ to let Messi finish career at Barca
Barcelona president Joan Laporta said the club will try to bring seven-times Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi back to the Camp Nou as they have a “moral debt” to ...
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How the other half lives: luxury companies thrive
While millions are fretting whether they can afford another $1,000 on energy this year, others are still splashing out on $10,000 Hermes handbags as soaring prices leave wealthier people relatively unscathed.
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Ireland head coach Farrell signs two-year contract extension
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has signed a two-year contract extension with the national team with the option to extend the deal further, the governing body of the sport in ...
Man City’s Foden backs Haaland to deliver in Premier League
Manchester City’s new signing Erling Haaland is “scary” in front of goal, team mate Phil Foden said, backing the Norwegian striker to quickly adapt to life in England and ...
If you’re high risk, do not wait for updated Covid vaccines, experts say
People at high risk of severe disease who have yet to get a second COVID-19 booster should not wait for next-generation, Omicron-targeted vaccines expected in the fall, five vaccine experts ...
Dubai real estate sales surge 60 per cent as investors, Russians snap up property
Dubai’s red-hot property market surged in the first half of the year as investors piled in, with Russians among the top five buyers as the emirate benefits from an ...
Euro zone inflation hits yet another record high after big jump
Euro zone inflation rose to another record high in July and its peak could still be months away, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to opt for another big ...
As Lebanese staple runs short, tempers flare at bakeries
Mohamed Abu Khodr had been waiting for hours outside a Beirut bakery in hopes of buying two bags of subsidised bread he needs to feed his family. But there was ...
Russia says Ukraine struck prison in Donetsk region, killing 40
Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday that Ukraine struck a prison in the separatist-held territory with U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war and leaving 75 wounded.
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NatWest boosts investor payouts even as inflation gathers pace
British bank NatWest (NWG.L) raised its full-year guidance and made a bumper payout to shareholders on Friday after rising interest rates lifted its finances, despite runaway inflation threatening to ...
Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever talks on out-of-court deal on Israeli dispute break down
Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company Unilever Plc (ULVR.L) did not reach an out-of-court agreement on a dispute over the sale of the ice cream maker’s ...
UEFA to launch disciplinary probe over ‘Putin’ chants at Dynamo Kyiv soccer match in Turkey
UEFA said it will start a disciplinary investigation against Turkey’s Fenerbahce over a group of its fans chanting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s name after conceding a goal at ...
Russia tasks Wagner Group mercenaries with frontline sectors as infantry losses mount
Russia has tasked mercenaries to hold sections of the frontline in Ukraine in a sign it is running short of combat infantry, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said on Friday, ...
Giant video screen falls on boyband Mirror dancers at Hong Kong concert
A big video panel fell onto a stage during a concert by Hong Kong boyband Mirror on Thursday, injuring at least two dancers, one of them seriously, and prompting authorities ...
Kentucky floods kill 8, death toll expected to rise
Flooding in eastern Kentucky has caused at least eight deaths, Governor Andy Beshear said and the death toll is expected to reach double digits as water continues to rise.
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Ukraine bombs Russian forces in the south, missiles hit near Kyiv
Ukraine stepped up its counter-attacks against Russian forces in the south while Moscow bombed Kyiv’s outskirts for the first time in weeks as Europe’s biggest conflict since World ...
Top model Bella Hadid joins metaverse with NFT collection
US supermodel Bella Hadid has stepped from the catwalk into the metaverse with the launch of CY-B3LLA – a collection of Non-Fungible Tokens featuring artwork based on 3-D scans of ...
Crypto assets need new rights in law, UK legal body says
Britain should create a new category of private property law for digital assets like cryptocurrencies which are being used to make payments or represent other assets, independent body the Law ...
Thousands of dead migrant seabirds wash up on Canada shore, avian flu suspected
The carcasses of thousands of migrant seabirds have washed up on the shores of eastern Canada this week and preliminary findings showed that the birds died of avian flu.
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Ukraine steps up drive to retake Russian-controlled south with air strikes (Updated)
Ukraine stepped up its drive to retake its Russian-controlled south by trying to bomb and isolate Russian troops in hard-to-resupply areas, but it said on Thursday it saw evidence that ...
As party members decide, Truss has upper hand in contest to be Britain’s new PM
Few members of the governing Conservative Party supported foreign secretary Liz Truss when the leadership contest began this month, but now there’s a sense of inevitability that she will ...
U.N. says details for safe Ukraine grain shipments still being worked out
U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday he was hopeful that the first shipment of grain from a Ukrainian Black Sea port could take place as early as ...
Don’t ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan, China’s Xi warns in call with Biden
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against playing with fire over Taiwan in a call with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday, highlighting Beijing’s concerns about a possible visit ...
U.S. on the brink of recession as GDP contracts again in second quarter
The U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter, with consumer spending growing at its slowest pace in two years and business spending declining, raising the risk that the ...