Shells hit power lines at Ukraine nuclear plant, fighting in east
Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of shelling Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant as fighting raged again in the crucial border region of the Donbas and three ...
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‘Angry’ Klopp compares player welfare to climate change, calls for action
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has likened player welfare to climate change as an issue that everyone is aware of but no one is prepared to confront, calling on football’s ...
Israel-Gaza fighting spills into second day with air strikes, rockets
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza and Palestinian militants fired rockets at Israeli cities on Saturday as fighting ran into a second day, ending more than a year ...
Taiwan says Chinese planes, ships carry out attack simulation exercise
By Yimou Lee
Chinese aircraft and warships practised on Saturday for an attack on Taiwan, island officials said, in retaliation for a visit there by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...
Chasing pack look to close gap on Premier League duopoly
For all the global appeal and excitement the Premier League generates, there is a clear danger that the dominance of Manchester City and Liverpool reaches a level of repetitiveness that ...
Amazon’s connected device cart grows with $1.7 billion deal for Roomba maker
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) will acquire the maker of robot vacuum cleaner iRobot Corp (IRBT.O) in an all-cash deal for about $1.7 billion, in the latest push by the ...
Crypto lender Voyager Digital gets approval to return $270 million to customers
The US Bankruptcy Court in New York has given crypto firm Voyager Digital Holdings Inc the approval to return $270 million in customer cash, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Own goal helps Arsenal win at Palace in Premier League opener
Arsenal battled to beat Crystal Palace 2-0 on Friday as the new Premier League season got underway, with Gabriel Martinelli scoring the first goal before home defender Marc Guehi turned ...
China halts military, climate dialogue with U.S. over Pelosi Taiwan trip
China announced on Friday it was halting dialogue with the United States in a number of areas, including between theater-level military commanders and on climate change, in a furore over ...
U.S. readies new $1 billion Ukraine weapons package
The Biden administration’s next security assistance package for Ukraine is expected to be $1 billion, one of the largest so far, and include munitions for long-range weapons and armoured medical ...
‘Early signs’ monkeypox outbreak plateauing in UK, health authority says
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday there were “early signs” that the monkeypox outbreak is plateauing across the country and that its expansion has slowed.
“While the ...
Russia bans Western investors from selling banking, key energy stakes
Russia has banned investors from so-called unfriendly countries from selling shares in key energy projects and banks until the end of the year, stepping up pressure in the sanctions stand-off ...
As satellites and space junk proliferate, US to revise rules
With Earth’s orbit growing more crowded with satellites, a US government agency on Friday said it would begin revising decades-old rules on getting rid of space junk and on ...
Putin and Erdogan agree to boost cooperation, some rouble payments for gas
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Friday to boost cooperation in the transport, agriculture, finance and construction industries, they said in a joint statement after ...
Ukraine war making 40 mln people go hungry, Africa to bear brunt, says US
The United States’ ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Friday said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will cause 40 million people to become food insecure and that sub-Saharan Africa ...
US labour market defies recession fears as job growth surges in July
US job growth unexpectedly accelerated in July, lifting the level of employment above its pre-pandemic level and pouring cold water on fears the economy was in recession.
The Labor Department’...
Blast in Kabul, Afghanistan kills 8; Islamic State claims responsibility
The Islamic State (IS) militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for a deadly blast in a Shi’ite residential area in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, the group said.
The Afghan ...
Palestinian militants fire rockets at Israel after Gaza air strikes
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Friday in response to Israeli airstrikes which killed at least 10 people, including a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic ...
Shelling hits power lines at Ukraine nuclear plant, both sides trade blame
Shelling hit a high-voltage power line on Friday at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant captured by Russia, but Ukrainian authorities said the plant still worked and no radioactive leak had ...
Chile’s Easter Island reopens to tourists after pandemic shutdown
Chile’s Easter Island received its first group of tourists on Thursday after closing its borders for more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Easter Island, over 2,000 miles (3,219 ...
Snickers maker apologises for advert suggesting Taiwan is a country
Mars Wrigley, maker of the Snickers candy bar, apologised on Friday for a Snickers product launch which Chinese social media users said suggested that Taiwan was a country.
Videos and ...
Chelsea sign defender Cucurella for a reported £63 million from Brighton
Chelsea have signed Spanish defender Marc Cucurella from Brighton & Hove Albion on a six-year contract, both Premier League clubs said on Friday.
Financial details were not disclosed but Brighton ...
Renewed US-Iran talks to salvage nuclear deal are ‘serious’ -Russian envoy
Russia’s envoy to talks on reviving Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal said on Friday they had resumed in a “serious” atmosphere even as few expect a breakthrough compromise while Tehran’...
Chelsea’s Tuchel worried about mid-season World Cup’s toll on players
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel expressed concerns that players could be affected in the months before and after the mid-season World Cup in Qatar, saying that the emotions and demands of ...