Argentina coach urges fans to enjoy Messi while they can
Argentine football fans should enjoy Lionel Messi while they can and stop worrying about whether the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner will retire from international soccer after this year’s ...
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Russia will not supply gas to Europe for free, Kremlin says
Russia is working out methods for accepting payments for its gas exports in roubles and it will take decisions in due course should European countries refuse to pay in the ...
Gunmen kill 20 at cockfight in troubled western Mexican state (Updated)
Gunmen massacred 20 people on Sunday night in a suspected gangland attack at a clandestine cockfighting venue in western Mexico, authorities said, in one of the worst mass shootings under the ...
Ukraine insists on territorial integrity as talks loom (Update)
Ukraine and Russia were preparing on Monday for the first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks, with Kyiv insisting it would make no concessions on Ukraine’s territorial ...
Russia warns media: don’t report interview with Ukrainian president
Russia’s communications watchdog told Russian media on Sunday to refrain from reporting an interview done with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and said it had started a probe into the ...
Bone density study confirms watery lifestyle of ‘ominous’ Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus, the largest-known carnivorous dinosaur, and its closest relatives long have confounded scientists trying to understand how these unusual water-loving beasts lived their lives and hunted prey. Did they wade ...
End of the road for Root, say former England skippers
Former England captain Michael Atherton said current skipper Joe Root should step down following Sunday’s 10-wicket defeat by the West Indies in the deciding third test.
England have won ...
Eriksen enjoys ‘perfect’ Denmark comeback after heart attack at Euros
Christian Eriksen said he made his return to international football in the “perfect way” by scoring two minutes after coming on for Denmark on Saturday following a near-fatal heart attack ...
Canada beat Jamaica to end 36-year World Cup finals drought
Canada qualified for the World Cup finals for just the second time on Sunday, beating Jamaica 4-0 to book their ticket to Qatar and end 36 years of failure and heartache.
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UK’s National Grid to sell 60 per cent stake in gas unit to Macquarie, BCI
Britain’s National Grid (NG.L) said on Sunday it would sell a 60 per cent stake in its British gas transmission and metering business to Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management ...
Ukraine launches NFT ‘Museum of War’ in crypto crowdfunding push
Ukraine started auctioning off a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Friday in an expansion of a cryptocurrency fundraising push that Kyiv says has already collected more than $65 million for ...
Gates Foundation, Qatar to spend $200 million on climate-adaptive agriculture
Major gas producer Qatar and the Gates Foundation will jointly invest up to $200 million over the next two years to help prepare farmers in developing countries to adapt to climate ...
Oscars: Will Smith punches presenter Chris Rock after wife joke
Best actor nominee Will Smith smacked presenter Chris Rock in the face with an open hand and shouted a vulgarity at the comedian for making a joke about his wife’...
‘CODA’ wins best picture in a streaming first at the Oscars
Heartwarming movie “CODA,” about a deaf family with a hearing daughter, won the prestigious best picture prize at the Oscars on Sunday, the first time a streaming service took home ...
French retailer Auchan says it plans to remain in Russia, Ukraine calls for boycott
Privately-owned French retailer Auchan plans to maintain its presence in Russia, its CEO said in an interview published in the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche on Sunday, prompting Ukraine to ...
Verstappen wins Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Formula one champion Max Verstappen swept past Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc four laps from the finish to take his first win of the season at Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand ...
Irritated Zelenskiy demands Western arms, asks if they’re afraid of Moscow (Update 4)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visibly irritated, demanded that Western nations provide a fraction of the military hardware in their stock piles to his country and asked whether they were afraid ...
Macron chides Biden over Putin ‘butcher’ comment, escalation not the answer, French leader says
French President Emmanuel Macron called for restraint in both words and actions in dealing with the Ukraine conflict, after U.S. President Joe Biden described Russian President Vladimir Putin as ...
U.S. to Nato: No American policy of regime change in Russia (Update 1)
The United States has no strategy of regime change for Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters on Sunday after President Joe Biden a day earlier said Russian President ...
Pope evokes spectre of Ukraine war sparking global conflict
The threat of a global conflict spawned by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should convince everyone that the time has come for humanity to abolish war before it abolishes humanity, ...
Israeli study: Fourth shot ‘significantly lowers Covid death rate’ in over 60s
Senior citizens who received a second booster of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination had a 78% lower mortality rate from the disease than those who got one only, a study from ...
UK’s Prince William says he wants to serve after Caribbean criticism
Prince William has said he is committed to service and “not telling people what to do” after a tour of the Caribbean that was marked by protests over the British ...
Turkey says world cannot ‘burn bridges’ with Moscow
Turkey and other nations must still talk to Russia to help end the war in Ukraine, Turkey’s presidential spokesman said on Sunday, adding that Kyiv needed more support to ...
Streaming showdown and a ceremony shakeup set stage for Oscar Sunday
A dark Western, “The Power of the Dog,” will battle feel-good deaf family drama “CODA” for the film industry’s top honor on Sunday when, free of last year’s ...