Holders Chelsea knocked out by Real Madrid in thriller
Real Madrid saw off a stirring Chelsea fightback to book their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League following a 3-2 defeat after extra time at the Santiago Bernabeu ...
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Villarreal stun Bayern with late equaliser to reach semis
Underdogs Villarreal scored an 88th minute equaliser through substitute Samu Chukwueze to snatch a stunning 1-1 draw at Bayern Munich and advance to the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-1 ...
Ukraine secret service says it has arrested top Putin ally
Ukraine’s security services on Tuesday said they had arrested pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who is President Vladimir Putin’s closest and most influential ally in Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ...
Humbled British PM apologises after fine for lockdown birthday bash
By Michael Holden and Kylie MacLellan
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised but defied calls to resign on Tuesday after being fined for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules by attending a ...
Drinks firms spooked as India refuses to exempt some plastic straws from ban
India has rejected demands from large global and domestic beverage firms to exempt some plastic straws from a ban that takes effect on July 1, fanning fears of disruption in a ...
Putin says peace talks with Ukraine are at dead end, goads the West
By Guy Faulconbridge
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end, using his first public comments on the conflict in more than a ...
After unusual silence, Putin defends ‘noble’ Ukraine war
By Maria Starkova
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had largely vanished from public view since his forces were driven from the approaches to Kyiv this month, resurfaced on Tuesday to ...
Gunman shoots 10 in New York subway after setting off smoke bomb; manhunt underway
A gunman wearing a gas mask set off a smoke bomb and opened fire in a New York subway car during Tuesday’s morning commute, injuring 16 people, authorities said, prompting ...
Abandoned cats and dogs look for new homes in Russia
With the trunk of her car filled to the brim with pet carriers, Yulia drives across the conflict-torn Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine to pick up cats and dogs abandoned ...
Greece speeds up gas exploration to help reduce Russia reliance
Greece will speed up gas exploration as it looks to cut its reliance on Russian energy, aiming at its first test drilling in more than two decades by the end ...
The forecast on planet Neptune is chilly – and getting colder
Frigid and far-flung Neptune, our solar system’s outermost planet, is adding to its reputation as an enigmatic world, with astronomers puzzled by a surprising drop in its atmospheric temperatures ...
Sri Lanka suspends external debt payments, needs money for essentials
Sri Lanka’s central bank said on Tuesday it had become “challenging and impossible” to repay external debt, as it tries to use its dwindling foreign exchange reserves to import ...
Philippines rescuers race to find survivors after storm wreaks havoc
Rescue teams in the Philippines faced a race against time on Tuesday in the search for 28 people missing and feared dead, after tropical storm Megi unleashed heavy rains and deadly ...
Zelenskiy urges quick EU sanctions on Russian oil, all banks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the European Union on Tuesday to impose sanctions on all Russian banks and Russian oil and to set a deadline for ending imports of Russian ...
Putin warns the West: Russia cannot be isolated – or held back
President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday that attempts to isolate Moscow would fail, citing the success of the Soviet space programme as evidence that Russia could achieve spectacular ...
10 billion reasons bitcoin could become a reserve currency
A crypto platform’s pledge to amass $10 billion worth of bitcoin to back its own “stablecoin” is firing up the market. It’s part of a wider movement to crown ...
Cable-car collision kills two in India, leaves almost 50 trapped mid-air
Indian military rescuers with helicopters lifted to safety on Tuesday the last of almost 50 passengers who had been trapped mid-air since a fatal cable-car collision two days earlier, police said.
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UK jobless rate lowest since 2019, but labour market signals some cooling
Britain’s jobless rate slipped further below its level immediately before the coronavirus pandemic, underscoring the risk of inflation pressure in the labour market that has the Bank of England ...
Russia’s economy set for biggest contraction since 1994, says former finance minister
Russia’s economy is on track to contract by more than 10% in 2022, the biggest fall in gross domestic product since the years following the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, former ...
Teenage Russian karter apologises after Nazi salute storm
A 15-year-old Russian go-karter apologised for being “a fool’ and denied any fascist sympathies after he appeared to make a Nazi salute on the podium at a race in Portugal ...
Rouble falls as Russia relaxes capital controls; Rosbank shares jump 40 per cent
The rouble weakened sharply on Monday, reversing some of the previous week’s gains, after Russia relaxed temporary capital control measures aimed at limiting a drop in the currency.
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Macron’s offer to soften pension reform is ‘manoeuvre’ to seduce left-wing voters – Le Pen
Emmanuel Macron’s offer to soften planned pension reforms is a “manoeuvre” to lure voters ahead of the second round of France’s presidential election, but he would still execute ...
Gigantic Jupiter-like alien planet observed still ‘in the womb’
Scientists have observed an enormous planet about nine times the mass of Jupiter at a remarkably early stage of formation – describing it as still in the womb – in a discovery ...
Chelsea must overperform to overturn Real Madrid deficit says Tuchel
Chelsea will have to overperform if they are to overturn a two-goal deficit against Real Madrid in their Champions League quarter-final, manager Thomas Tuchel said on Monday.
The Spanish side ...