One person killed in Qatar Embassy in Paris
A security guard was killed in the early hours of Monday inside the Qatar Embassy in Paris in an incident that does not appear to have any links to terrorism, ...
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In Tokyo, Biden says would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan, as part of a series of critical comments about China, but an ...
French Open order of play on Monday
Order of play on the main showcourts on the second day of the French Open on Monday (play begins at 0900 GMT, prefix number denotes seeding):
COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER
1-Iga Swiatek (Poland) ...
Thomas stages major fightback to win PGA Championship in playoff
Justin Thomas capped a breathtaking comeback by beating Will Zalatoris in a three-hole playoff to win the PGA Championship on Sunday after Chile’s Mito Pereira blew a one-shot lead ...
Cryptoverse: Stablecoins wend wobbly way into the unknown
Stablecoins, the safe and strait-laced cousins of crypto, are looking distinctly dicey.
Tether, USDC and others lost their prized pegs to the dollar last week in a bout of market ...
Australian banks enter tech arms race as rising rates squeeze profit
The 10-minute home loan – at the tap of a smartphone screen – is emerging as the next frontier in Australian banking as rising interest rates quash a pandemic-fuelled property boom, eating ...
BMW exploring energy investments to reduce dependence on natural gas
BMW (BMWG.DE) is exploring new investments in solar, geothermal and hydrogen energy to lower its dependence on natural gas, the carmaker’s production chief told Reuters on Monday, warning ...
Israel Discount Bank quarterly profit rises, to pay dividend
Israel Discount Bank (DSCT.TA) reported a higher-than-expected rise in quarterly profit that was boosted by higher financing income and a one-time gain.
Discount, Israel’s fourth-largest bank by assets, ...
Tooth from Laotian cave sheds light on enigmatic extinct humans
A young girl’s tooth excavated from a cave wall in northeastern Laos is providing new insight into the mysterious extinct human species called Denisovans and revealing their resourcefulness in ...
Beijing urges millions to keep working from home amid COVID outbreak menace
Beijing authorities extended work-from-home guidance for many of its 22 million residents to stem a persistent COVID-19 outbreak, while Shanghai deployed more testing and curbs to hold on to its hard-won ‘...
US Southern Baptists release scathing report on sexual abuse
For decades, complaints of sex abuse by pastors and staff in the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, were either ignored or covered up by top clergy, ...
Man City fight back to beat Villa and win Premier League title
Manchester City won their fourth Premier League title in five years on Sunday but nearly let the trophy slip from their hands, coming back from two goals down to beat ...
Verstappen takes F1 lead with Spain win, agony for Leclerc
Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two on Sunday to take over at the top from Ferrari’s luckless Charles Leclerc, ...
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off east coast of Honshu, Japan
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth of 60 kms (37 ...
Ukraine comes to Davos in first spring gathering of business leaders
Russia would normally have its own “house” at the World Economic Forum as a showcase for business leaders and investors.
This year the space on the dressed-up main street in ...
Shi’ite “shrine defender” assassinated in Tehran – Tasnim
A member of a force that fought on behalf of Iran to protect Shi’ites and their shrines in Syria or Iraq was killed on Sunday in a rare assassination ...
Turkey summons U.S. envoy over demonstration alert – sources
Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned the ambassador of the United States on Sunday to convey discomfort over an alert the embassy published on its website related to an opposition rally ...
White House sees decision on Moderna shot for kids under 5 in next few weeks
White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Sunday he expects a U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision on authorizing Moderna’s MRNA.O vaccine for children ...
Ukraine must decide its own future, says Poland’s president
Only Ukraine has the right to decide its future, the Polish president told lawmakers in Kyiv on Sunday, as he became the first foreign leader to give a speech in ...
Pounded by Russian offensive in the east, Ukraine rules out ceasefire (Update 2)
Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or any territorial concessions to Moscow while Russia stepped up its attack in the eastern Donbas region and stopped sending gas to Finland in its ...
Newly appointed French minister denies rape accusations
Damien Abad, France’s newly appointed minister for Solidarity and the Disabled, strongly denied he raped two women, following accusations published on Sunday by the Mediapart website in an article ...
Johnson has not intervened in ‘partygate’ report, education minister says
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has not intervened in an internal investigation into breaches of COVID-19 rules at his Downing Street office and residence, education minister Nadhim Zahawi said on ...
Biden says ‘hello’ to N.Korea’s Kim amid tensions over weapons tests
U.S. President Joe Biden, in Seoul before heading to Japan as part of his first Asia trip as president, had a simple message for North Korea’s Kim Jong ...
Australia’s Labor to retake power after 9 years, independents may hold sway
Australia‘s Labor Party will form the country’s next government on Monday, as unprecedented support for the Greens and climate-focussed independents ended nearly a decade of rule by the ...