Car drives into Belgian carnival troupe, kills six
A car drove at high speed into a group of Belgian carnival performers who were preparing a parade early on Sunday, killing six people and seriously injuring 10 others, authorities said, ...
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Sugar rush: Russia probes price hikes and ‘unjustified’ shortages
Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) said on Thursday it was conducting “anti-cartel” inspections at major sugar producers following a sharp increase in sugar prices and “unjustified” shortages in some ...
Egypt state banks setting up $85 million fintech innovation fund
Egypt’s three biggest state-owned banks are setting up an $85 million financial technology fund that aims to accelerate innovation in the sector, venture capital firm Global Ventures, a partner in ...
Saudi Arabia hikes oil investments as it profits from price surge
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco, under pressure from the West to boost output amid soaring prices, pledged on Sunday to hike investments by around 50% this year as it ...
Intel picks EU chip factory sites in race to boost supplies
Intel on Tuesday picked Germany as the site for a huge chipmaking complex, the first details of its planned $88 billion investment in Europe, as the region scrambles to boost output ...
Ukraine war opens diplomatic and energy opportunities for Qatar
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has opened up diplomatic and commercial opportunities for gas exporter Qatar to expand energy sales to the West and bolster its alliance with Washington amid ...
Zelenskiy says Russia wages ‘terror’, Mariupol says thousands deported
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia’s siege of the port city of Mariupol was “a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come”, while local authorities said thousands ...
Zelenskiy tells Russia to hold peace talks now or suffer for generations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Saturday for comprehensive peace talks with Moscow and also urged Switzerland to do more to crack down on wealthy Russian oligarchs who he said ...
Ferrari’s Leclerc takes first pole of the F1 season
Charles Leclerc heralded a return to form for Italian team Ferrari by seizing a stunning pole position on Saturday for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix.
The Monegasque lit up ...
Brexit shows Britons love freedom in same way as Ukrainians, Johnson says
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that Brexit showed British people loved freedom in the same way as Ukrainians fighting Russia’s invasion, comments that were branded tasteless by ...
Russia ridicules idea that cosmonauts wore yellow in support of Ukraine
Russia’s space agency on Saturday dismissed Western media reports suggesting Russian cosmonauts joining the International Space Station (ISS) had chosen to wear yellow suits with a blue trim in ...
Saka strike enough to earn Arsenal win at Villa
Fourth-placed Arsenal opened up a four-point gap over Manchester United, one place below, in the Premier League standings after Bukayo Saka’s first-half strike earned them a 1-0 victory at ...
China reports first Covid deaths in over a year
Mainland China reported its first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year on Saturday, according to a post on the National Health Commission’s website that said two people died ...
Royals William and Kate start Caribbean tour amid colonial reckoning
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate arrive in Belize on Saturday for a week long Caribbean tour that sparked controversy before it even began amid growing scrutiny of ...
Putin ‘in better shape than ever’, Belarus leader says
Russian President Vladimir Putin is healthy, sane and “in better shape than ever”, his close ally Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has said in an interview with the Japanese television channel ...
Dead buildings tower over uncollected corpses in Mariupol
In Mariupol daily life is a series of harrowing escapes from bomb blasts and basic survival rituals, amid the rubble that lies everywhere.
Uncollected corpses wrapped in blankets, coats or ...
Greek star Sakkari sets up Indian Wells final showdown with Swiatek
Maria Sakkari knocked out reigning champion Paula Badosa in Friday’s Indian Wells semi-finals and will take on Iga Swiatek in the title decider after the world number four fought ...
Three bids submitted for Chelsea as deadline passes
Three bids have been made to purchase English Premier League club Chelsea by groups led by British property developer Nick Candy, Chicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family and the pairing ...
Putin, Zelenskiy and the West face deadly Ukraine decision points
By Peter Apps
As Britain teetered on the edge of Nazi invasion in 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill reportedly waylaid legendary American war reporter Edward Murrow in a corridor in Downing ...
Xi says improper handling of Taiwan issues will hit China-U.S. ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping told his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Friday that the Taiwan issue needs to be handled properly to avoid a negative impact on Sino-U.S. ...
US warns China of ‘consequences’, Xi calls for Nato-Russia talks
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday of ‘consequences’ if Beijing gave material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said, while ...
At least 12 migrants, most of them Syrians, drown off Tunisia in shipwreck
At least 12 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy on Friday, a civil protection official told Reuters.
The official added that ...
Russia blasted by West at UN for spreading bioweapons ‘nonsense’ over Ukraine
The United States and Western allies slammed Russia on Friday for spreading propaganda, disinformation and “nonsense” at the United Nations Security Council by alleging that parts of biological weapons were ...
Greek farmers on tractors protest ‘unbearable’ fuel, fertiliser costs
Hundreds of Greek farmers, some on tractors, protested in Athens on Friday, demanding more tax cuts and subsidies to combat high fuel and fertiliser prices which have soared since Russia’...