UEFA scraps away goals rule in all club competitions
European soccer‘s governing body UEFA said on Thursday it had approved a proposal to remove the away goals rule from all its club competitions involving men’s, women’s ...
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Germany, France urge common EU travel line to fight Delta variant
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron urged fellow EU leaders on Thursday to take a firmer line on travel from countries outside the bloc, such as Britain, ...
UK to ban daytime junk food adverts on TV and online
Britain will ban adverts promoting unhealthy food from appearing on television during the day and on the internet as part of its drive to tackle obesity and encourage healthy eating.
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Britney Spears wants out – what happens next in her conservatorship?
Britney Spears has made clear how frustrated she is with the legal arrangement that has controlled her life for 13 years, but the singer will need patience before finding freedom.
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Murray named in Britain’s tennis squad for Tokyo Games
Twice Olympic champion Andy Murray has been named in Britain’s tennis team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the British Olympic Association said on Thursday.
Murray, 34, will compete in ...
Gigafactories for EV batteries to be built in UK
Britain is in talks with six companies for building gigafactories to produce electric vehicle batteries, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people briefed on the discussions.
Ford Motor Co, ...
Derby fined 100,000 pounds for accounting irregularities
Derby County have been fined 100,000 pounds ($139,670) by an independent disciplinary commission for accounting irregularities but the Championship club have escaped a points deduction, the English Football League (EFL) has announced.
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Huge emergency operation under way after building collapse in Miami
More than 80 fire and rescue units were on the scene of a partial building collapse in Miami, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department said in a tweet early Thursday.
While there were ...
Despite ancient cat connections, Cyprus is swamped with strays
Every day at dawn, as Dinos Ayiomamitis’ small truck slowly navigates the pathway of a cemetery, cats quietly emerge from among the surrounding tombstones.
“Here you go, Bourekka mou,” he ...
Late goal gives Brazil controversial 2-1 win over Colombia
Brazil went behind for the first time in eight games on Wednesday but responded with a controversial equaliser before netting a dramatic winner deep into stoppage time for a 2-1 ...
Greece ends mandatory face mask-wearing outdoors as pandemic recedes
Greece will end the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors and ease other remaining restrictions imposed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said , with infections now clearly on the wane.
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Malta faces blow after being greylisted by financial crimes watchdog
Malta has been put on a grey list by the world’s money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog (FATF), Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Wednesday, in a move that ...
Over 2 million in England may have had long COVID
Over 2 million people in England might have had long COVID and suffered one or more COVID-19 symptoms that lasted at least 12 weeks, one of the biggest surveillance studies of the ...
Portugal squeeze into last 16 after 2-2 draw
Cristiano Ronaldo kept Portugal alive in Euro 2020 with two penalties to cancel out a brace from France’s Karim Benzema in an enthralling 2-2 draw that sent both sides into ...
US software mogul John McAfee dies by hanging in Spanish prison
US technology entrepreneur John McAfee apparently hanged himself in his prison cell on Wednesday after the Spanish high court authorised his extradition to the United States, his lawyer told Reuters.
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Sweden take top spot after thrilling 3-2 win over Poland
Sweden topped Group E and sent Poland home from the European Championship on Wednesday with a stoppage time winner to make it 3-2 in one of the tournament’s most ...
Priest douses bishops with acid in Athens
Police have arrested a priest who attacked metropolitan bishops at the Petraki Monastery in Athens on Wednesday by dousing them with acid.
The seven bishops, who were meeting to consider ...
Spain crush Slovakia to set up Euros last-16 date with Croatia
Spain claimed the biggest win of the tournament with a 5-0 thrashing of Slovakia in their final European Championship Group E match on Wednesday to finish second in the group ...
It ‘is a shame’ – EU to take steps against Hungary over anti-LGBT bill
By Sabine Siebold
June 23 (Reuters) – The European Commission will take action against Hungary over planned new restrictions on LGBT rights, the head of the bloc’s executive announced on Wednesday, ...
Greece ends mandatory face mask-wearing outdoors as pandemic recedes
Greece will end the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors and ease other remaining restrictions imposed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said on Wednesday, with infections now clearly on ...
Biden lauds athletes Nassib, Yokoyama for coming out
U.S. President Joe Biden praised the courage of the Las Vegas Raiders’ Carl Nassib for becoming the National Football League’s (NFL) first openly gay active player and Japan ...
Cheerleader prevails at US Supreme Court in free speech case
By Andrew Chung
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of a Pennsylvania teenager who sued after a profane social media post got her banished from her high ...
Germany’s health minister angered by UEFA decision on stadium lighting
German health minister Jens Spahn has been angered by what he slammed as a “very irritating” UEFA decision to stop Munich’s Allianz Arena being lit in rainbow colours for ...
Buffett resigns as Gates Foundation trustee, donates another $4.1 bln for philanthropy
Warren Buffett on Wednesday resigned as trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations, as he delivered another $4.1 billion worth of ...