Liverpool’s Klopp believes title race is still not over
Liverpool may be three points behind league leaders Manchester City in the Premier League with three games to go but manager Jurgen Klopp said on Monday he does not believe ...
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Lex Netflix – Swiss to vote on streaming tax, European border agency
Swiss voters decide on Sunday whether to make global video streaming services support Swiss filmmakers and on spending more money on Europe’s Frontex border security agency in a referendum ...
Protests break out as Philippines election returns a Marcos to presidency
The Philippines woke to a new but familiar political landscape on Tuesday, after an election triumph by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. paved the way for a once-unimaginable return to the country’...
Bank of Israel still unsure on digital shekel but garners public support
Israel’s central bank said on Monday it had received public support for its plans to possibly issue a digital shekel on grounds it would help the economy by supporting ...
UN Security Council due to meet Wednesday on North Korea, say diplomats
The UN Security Council is due to meet on Wednesday at the request of the United States to discuss North Korea’s latest missile launches, diplomats said, as Washington pushes ...
Suspect in murder of Haiti’s Moise appears in US court
Former Haitian Senator John Joel Joseph, a suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last July, appeared in a US court in Miami on Monday on charges of conspiracy ...
Queen Elizabeth pulls out of parliament opening because of ‘mobility problems’ (Updated)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will not carry out the opening of parliament on Tuesday as the 96-year-old monarch has had a recurrence of mobility issues, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, ...
Greece, UAE agree joint investments in energy, other sectors (Updated)
Greece and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday agreed to jointly fund investments worth 4 billion euros ($4.2 billion) in the Mediterranean country and explore further cooperation in the energy sector, ...
Sri Lanka prime minister resigns, curfew imposed after clashes (Updated)
Sri Lanka’s prime minister resigned on Monday to make way for a unity government that would try to find a way out of the country’s worst economic crisis ...
Musk’s $44-bln Twitter deal at risk of being repriced lower – Hindenburg
Short-seller Hindenburg Research warned on Monday that Elon Musk’s $44-billion (€41 billion) offer to take Twitter Inc TWTR.N private could get repriced lower if the Silicon Valley billionaire walked ...
Germany, Qatar at odds over terms in talks on LNG supply deal -sources
Germany and Qatar have hit difficulties in talks over long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deals amid differences over key conditions, including the duration of any contract, three people familiar ...
Marcos, son of strongman, poised for Philippines election triumph
Ferdinand Marcos Jr was headed for a stunning victory in the Philippines’ presidential election on Monday with double the votes of his nearest rival, putting the son of the notorious ...
Woman tells trial that celebrity chef Mario Batali groped her at Boston bar (Updated)
A teary Boston-area software worker on Monday testified that celebrity chef Mario Batali groped and squeezed her “sensitive feminine areas” five years ago at a Boston bar while posing with ...
Cyprus concerned over Russian real estate ban in EU sanction package
The European Commission is considering offering landlocked eastern European Union states more money to upgrade oil infrastructure in a bid to convince them to agree to an embargo on Russian ...
UK Labour’s Starmer to resign if fined for COVID rule breach
British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said on Monday he would resign if police decide he broke Covid-19 rules, putting pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has refused to ...
Pro-military symbols adorn shop windows of western brands in Moscow
Salvatore Ferragamo and De Beers branded stores were decked out with pro-military symbols to mark Russia’s annual Victory Day parade on Monday, demonstrating how little control high-end retailers have ...
Ukraine calls for moves to unblock ports and prevent global food crisis
Ukraine’s president said that trade at the country’s ports was at a standstill and urged the international community to take immediate steps to end a Russian blockade to ...
‘We will win’, defiant Zelenskiy tells Russia on WW2 anniversary
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv would defeat Russia’s invasionand not give up a single piece of land,as he marked victory over Nazi Germany in ...
Four-fifths of emerging market funds still trapped in Russian stocks
Fewer than a fifth of actively managed emerging market equity funds have cut their exposure to Russian stocks to zero, data from Copley Fund Research shows, with a number of ...
Russian ambassador doused in red by protesters in Poland
The Russian ambassador to Poland was doused in a red substance on Monday by people protesting against the war in Ukraine as he went to lay flowers at the Soviet ...
Bitcoin falls to lowest since January, in line with tumbling stock markets
Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since January on Monday as slumping equity markets continued to hurt cryptocurrencies, which are currently trading in line with so-called riskier assets like tech ...
Markets must face up to tightening financial conditions
Already sitting on double-digit losses this year, stock market investors must brace for more, as the realisation sinks in that the US Federal Reserve intends to tighten financial conditions to ...
Putin’s Victory Day speech leaves no clue on future escalation (Updated)
Vladimir Putin exhorted Russians to battle in a defiant Victory Day speech on Monday, but was silent about plans for any escalation in Ukraine, despite Western warnings he might use ...
Zverev blames scheduling for 62-minute thrashing in Madrid final
World number three Alexander Zverev blamed the ATP Tour’s scheduling for his underwhelming performance in Sunday’s Madrid Open final where Carlos Alcaraz stormed to a 6-3 6-1 victory ...