Ten Hag off to perfect start as United thrash Liverpool in Thailand
Manchester United got their pre-season off to a flying start with a 4-0 rout of rivals Liverpool in Thailand on Tuesday, giving new manager Erik ten Hag a big boost ...
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NASA officials gather to unveil Webb telescope’s first full-colour images
Following a presidential sneak peek of a galaxy-studded image from deep in the cosmos, NASA officials gathered on Tuesday to unveil more of their initial showcase from the James Webb ...
Russia gives exiting firms time by pausing asset seizure law
Moscow’s plan to implement a new law enabling authorities to seize the assets of Western firms leaving the country failed to get through parliament before the summer recess, giving ...
Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-held area as Kyiv readies southern counter-attack
Ukraine launched long-range rocket attacks on Russian forces in southern Ukraine and destroyed an ammunition store, its military said, as Russia continued to pound the country’s east.
The strike ...
India to surpass China as most populous country in 2023
India to surpass China as most populous country in 2023 -UN report
By Manoj Kumar
NEW DELHI, July 11 (Reuters) – India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous ...
London’s Heathrow caps passengers at 100,000 a day (plus Europe’s travel chaos)
London’s Heathrow said it would cap departing passengers at 100,000 a day this summer to limit queues, baggage delays and cancellations, and it was asking airlines to stop selling tickets ...
Euro pulls back from near parity, up 0.2 per cent
The euro bounced from near-parity versus the dollar on Tuesday and pushed into positive territory in volatile London trading.
Against the greenback, the euro rose 0.2 per cent to $1.0057 after falling 0.4 ...
EU has frozen £13.8bn of Russian assets over war
The European Union has so far frozen 13.8 billion euros worth of assets held by Russian oligarchs, other individuals and entities sanctioned for Moscow’s war against Ukraine, the bloc’s ...
Cryptoverse: Shrimps and whales keep bitcoin afloat
The shrimps of the crypto world have joined the whales in a glorious last stand to banish the bleak bitcoin winter.
These two contrasting groups are both HODLers – investors in ...
Failure to implement Russian oil price cap could jack up oil prices
The global price of oil could surge by 40 per cent to around $140 per barrel if a proposed price cap on Russian oil is not adopted, along with sanction exemptions that ...
African states’ private debts three times that owed to China
African countries’ debts with China are a third of what they owe non-Chinese private lenders, while interest rates are just over half, according to a report published on Monday amid ...
Subway can be sued over its tuna, US judge rules
A federal judge said Subway can be sued for allegedly deceiving customers about its tuna products, including a claim it uses other fish species, chicken, pork and cattle instead of ...
Anti-war Russian journalist fined under “gay propaganda” law
Russian journalist Yury Dud was fined 120,000 roubles ($2,024) by a Moscow court on Tuesday under a law that bans “propaganda” in support of gay relationships.
Lefortovo district court said the 35-year-old ...
At least seven killed by Ukrainian strike on Russian-held town, Russian news agencies say
At least seven people were killed and 70 wounded in an overnight missile attack by Ukrainian forces on the Russian-held town of Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, the ...
Russia’s breadbasket seeing high yields as wheat harvest starts
Farmers in Russia’s southern Rostov region, one of the largest grain producing and exporting areas of the country, are seeing high wheat yields as harvesting gets underway, growers and ...
England coach in disbelief but preaching calm after record win
England coach Sarina Wiegman was at pains to try and keep her team’s feet on the ground following their record 8-0 thrashing of Norway in Group A on Monday, ...
Britain’s Labour to put forward no confidence motion on Tuesday
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party will put forward a motion for a no confidence vote in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government on Tuesday, with the vote expected to ...
France’s Macron under fire over Uber contacts as minister
French President Emmanuel Macron came under pressure from opposition politicians over his reported links with ride-hailing company Uber Technologies during his years as economy minister.
The Guardian and Le Monde ...
Biden unveils Webb space telescope’s first full-color image of distant galaxies
U.S. President Joe Biden, pausing from political pressures to bask in the glow of the cosmos, on Monday released the debut photo from NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope – ...
Binance served crypto traders in Iran despite US sanctions, clients say
The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, continued to process trades by clients in Iran despite US sanctions and a company ban on doing business there, a Reuters investigation has ...
Rescuers pull survivors from ruined Ukrainian apartment building (Update 2)
Rescuers pulled survivors on Monday from an apartment block destroyed by a Russian missile strike that killed 30 people in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said, while its President Volodymyr Zelenskiy lamented ...
The process to replace UK PM Boris Johnson on Sept. 5
Boris Johnson has announced that he will step down as British prime minister with the Conservative Party choosing a new leader who will be announced on Sept. 5, with 11 candidates so ...
UK rail unions vote to strike as more travel disruption looms
British rail and transport workers have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay on Monday as the threat of more disruption looms across transport network.
Britain ...
Ukraine’s richest man announces his holding’s exit from media business
Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, said on Monday his investment company would exit its vast media business to conform with a law designed to curb the influence of “oligarchs”, ...