World Cup agony for Italy again as North Macedonia strike late
Italy missed out on the World Cup finals again after losing 1-0 at home to North Macedonia in their playoff semi-final on Thursday as Aleksandar Trajkovski’s last-gasp strike earned ...
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Russian demand for rouble gas payments would be breach of contract, EU leaders say
Leaders from some European Union member states said on Thursday Russia’s demand that “unfriendly” countries use roubles to buy for its oil and gas could breach supply contracts.
President ...
Greek supermarkets limit flour, sunflower oil purchases as customers hoard
Supermarket chains in Greece said on Thursday they are restricting how much flour and sunflower oil customers can buy, saying the step was precautionary after seeing demand rise on worries ...
West unites to back Ukraine and seek ‘ruinous cost’ for Putin (Updated)
Western leaders agreed on Wednesday to strengthen their forces on Europe’s eastern flank, increase military aid to Ukraine and tighten sanctions on Russia whose invasion and bombardment of its ...
Japan and Saudi Arabia qualify for World Cup
Substitute Kaoru Mitoma scored twice in the final few minutes to give Japan a 2-0 win over Australia at a rain-soaked Olympic Stadium on Thursday and send his country through ...
Pope says increased defence spending after Ukraine is ‘madness’
Pope Francis on Thursday criticised increased defence spending by Western nations following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as ‘madness’ and said a new way must be found to balance world ...
Ukrainians ‘using roubles, feeling at home in historical Russia’
A Crimean official has said that Ukrainians living under Russian military control have begun to reject the Ukrainian currency in favour of Russian roubles, and “feel at home once more ...
Trump to urge court to block House from getting his tax returns
An appeals court on Thursday will debate whether a congressional committee can obtain former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from the U.S. Treasury Department, the latest face-off in ...
UK sanctions Alfa, Gazprombank and Lavrov’s step daughter
Britain sanctioned another wave of Russia’s banks, critical industries and a host of members of its elite on Thursday, including Gazprombank, Alfa Bank, and a woman they said was ...
Nato chief tells Russia it cannot win nuclear war
NATO warned against Russia’s war in Ukraine sliding into a nuclear confrontation between Moscow and the West.
“Russia should stop this dangerous irresponsible nuclear rhetoric,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg ...
Challenges arise as Russia calls for gas payments in roubles
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the world’s largest natural gas producer would soon require “unfriendly” countries to pay for their fuel in Russia’s currency, the rouble.
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‘Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis
British finance minister Rishi Sunak faced broad criticism on Thursday for not going far enough to help households through the biggest drop in living standards since the 1950s, despite announcing ...
Dubai ruler’s ex-wife gets custody of children after ‘exorbitant’ domestic abuse
Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, inflicted “exorbitant” domestic abuse against his ex-wife, a senior British judge has concluded as he awarded her sole responsibility for looking after ...
Russia stocks jump as trade resumes after month-long break
Russia’s stocks jumped on Thursday, the first day of trading in almost a month in the wake of its troops entering Ukraine, with gains in commodity stocks offset by ...
Russian ambassador says Poland blocked his embassy’s bank accounts
Russia’s ambassador to Warsaw said on Thursday that Poland had blocked the Russian embassy’s bank accounts on the basis that they might be used to finance terrorist activity ...
Five South American teams still vying for World Cup berth
The penultimate round of the South American World Cup qualifiers takes place on Thursday and five teams are still in with a chance of joining Brazil and Argentina at the ...
Italian police seize documents in Juventus accounting probe
Italian tax police have seized documents as part of a Turin prosecutors probe of allegations of false accounting at Italian Serie A football club Juventus JUVE.MI, a source with ...
Illumina launches multiple-gene test to spot rare treatable cancers
Genome sequencing group Illumina (ILMN.O) on Tuesday launched a cancer test in Europe that checks for a wide range of tumour genes in one tissue sample, potentially helping patients ...
West to warn Putin in trio of summits: ‘Russia will pay’ (Update)
Western leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will agree to strengthen their forces in Eastern Europe and increase military aid to Ukraine as the Russian assault on its neighbour entered ...
Portugal confident of winning ‘final’ against Turkey
Portugal have what it takes to win their World Cup playoff semi-final against Turkey, their coach Fernando Santos said on Wednesday.
Portugal play Turkey in Porto on Thursday, with the ...
Italy just need to be themselves to qualify for World Cup
Italy do not need to do anything extraordinary to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar and will not have to outdo themselves to reach the same level they did ...
N.Korea fires ‘long-range’ ballistic missile off east coast (Update)
North Korea fired what is thought to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the sea off its east coast on Thursday, militaries in South Korea and Japan said, in ...
Foreigners banned from selling Russian stocks as market set for limited reopening
Russia plans to resume some stock trading on Thursday after a near month-long hiatus, with 33 rouble securities to be traded on the Moscow Exchange. Non-residents will have to wait, though – ...
US says Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine
The United States has assessed that members of Russia’s forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, adding that Washington’...