UK set to step in to host next Eurovision due to war in Ukraine
The Eurovision Song Contest is likely to be held in Britain in 2023 as the organisers deem it too risky for this year’s winners Ukraine to host it due to ...
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U.S. FDA opens way to COVID vaccines for children under five
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized two COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 and under, opening the door to vaccinating millions of the country’s youngest children.
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Bayern agree deal for Liverpool’s Mane
Bayern Munich have agreed terms with Liverpool to sign Sadio Mane, British media reported on Friday.
German champions Bayern will pay a fee in the region of 35 million pounds for ...
Europeans pant in early summer heatwave compounding climate change fears
Spain headed for its hottest early summer temperatures in four decades on Friday, one area of France banned outdoor events, and drought stalked Italian farmers as a heatwave sent Europeans ...
Russian warship violated Danish territorial waters in Baltic
A Russian warship early on Friday twice violated Danish territorial waters north of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm where a democracy festival attended by senior lawmakers and business people ...
Putin dismisses ‘stupid’ Western sanctions ‘blitzkrieg’
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Friday of colonial arrogance and trying to crush his country with “stupid” sanctions that amounted to an economic “blitzkrieg”.
Addressing the St ...
F1 governing body to eliminate car ‘porpoising’
Formula One’s governing FIA on Thursday said it plans to introduce changes to reduce or eliminate the “porpoising” that has affected this season’s cars, after Lewis Hamilton suffered ...
Full force of central banks siphoning world liquidity
Coordinated or not ahead of this month’s G7 summit, global central banks are accelerating interest rate hikes but also actively draining the giant pool of cash swilling around world ...
Russian economy may need a decade to return to pre-sanctions levels
Russia’s economy may need a decade to return to the pre-sanctions levels of 2021, the chief executive of the country’s top bank Sberbank SBER.MM said on Friday, as ...
Support for refugees rises amid Ukraine war exodus
The world has become more compassionate towards refugees, according to a survey by pollster Ipsos published on Friday, a finding it said suggested the war in Ukraine had increased public ...
Russian gas flows to Europe below demand, threaten storage buildup
Russian gas flows to Europe fell short of demand again on Friday, coinciding with an early heat wave gripping its south and boosting benchmark prices on concerns the continent may ...
Brussels proposes Ukraine become EU membership candidate
The European Commission recommended on Friday that the European Union designate Ukraine as a candidate for membership, a milestone in its path from a former Soviet republic towards a developed ...
UK gives go-ahead to U.S. extradition of WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange
British interior minister Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange to the United States to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer to ...
Elon Musk sued for $258 billion over alleged Dogecoin pyramid scheme
Elon Musk was sued for $258 billion on Thursday by a Dogecoin investor who accused him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency.
In a complaint filed in federal ...
France’s Macron sceptical on Russia Odesa grain deal, sees Romania option
France’s president said on Friday he saw little chance of an agreement with Russia, for now, to get grain out the Ukrainian port of Odesa, but said there were ...
WTO strikes global trade deals after ‘roller coaster’ talks
The World Trade Organization agreed the first change to global trading rules in years on Friday as well as a deal to boost the supply of COVID-19 vaccines in a ...
Gas flows from Germany to France have halted due to reduced Russian deliveries
Gas flows to France from Germany have been at a halt since June 15, France’s pipeline operator GRTgaz said on Friday, citing the effects of reduced Russian deliveries.
“GRTgaz remains ...
2026 World Cup ‘invasion’ will develop North American love for football
North America’s historical ambivalence to football is no match for the spectacle of the 2026 World Cup, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday, as he bids to make the ...
McIlroy trails US Open leader Hadwin by one, Mickelson struggles
Tournament favourite Rory McIlroy was among the five-man pack sitting one shot back of Canada’s Adam Hadwin after the first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday while ...
London’s Gatwick caps summer flight numbers over staff shortages
London’s Gatwick airport said on Friday it will limit the number of flights during the summer travel season in light of continuing labour shortages, a move that will force ...
Warriors crush Celtics for fourth NBA Championship in eight years
The Golden State Warriors beat the Celtics 103-90 in Game Six of the NBA Finals in Boston on Thursday to win the Championship trophy for the fourth time in eight ...
Republican walks out on U.S. gun legislation talks, Democrat remains hopeful
The lead Republican negotiator in U.S. Senate efforts to craft a bipartisan gun safety bill walked out of the talks while the lead Democrat remained optimistic that lawmakers could ...
Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinian gunmen in West Bank -Israeli army
Israeli troops killed three Palestinian gunmen during a fire fight in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Israel’s military said.
The military said soldiers operating in the area of ...
Europe steps up support for Ukraine as Russia presses offensive
Britain will host talks on rebuilding key infrastructure in Kyiv on Friday, a day after the leaders of Germany, France and Italy visited Ukraine and offered it the hope of ...