England all but qualified as Kane hat-trick sinks Albania
England captain Harry Kane plundered a hat-trick before halftime in a 5-0 hammering of sorry Albania at Wembley on Friday to all but guarantee his side’s spot in next ...
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UN climate talks overrun in push to save 1.5 Celsius goal
Two weeks of U.N. COP26 climate talks in Glasgow continued past deadline on Friday after the conference president called on countries to make a final effort to secure commitments ...
Greece wants dialogue with UK for return of Parthenon sculptures
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday that the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum should be returned to Athens and called for talks with Britain to achieve that ...
Dutch return to partial lockdown as Covid-19 cases soar
The Netherlands will return to a partial lockdown from Saturday after the government ordered restaurants and shops to close early and barred spectators from major sporting events in an effort ...
Judge in Rittenhouse trial allows jury to consider that teen provoked attack
The judge in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse said on Friday he would allow the jury to consider that the teenager provoked an encounter with one of two men ...
Factbox – Countries making Covid-19 vaccines mandatory
Governments have been making COVID-19 shots mandatory for health workers and other high-risk groups, pushed by a sharp upturn in infections caused by the Delta variant and a slowdown in ...
Turkey curbs flights to Belarus to ease migrant crisis
Turkey banned Syrian, Yemeni and Iraqi citizens from flights to Minsk on Friday, potentially closing off one of the main routes that the EU says Belarus has used to fly ...
Tesla’s Musk sells more shares worth $687 million
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk disclosed an additional share sale worth about $687 million in the electric-car maker, regulatory filings showed on Friday, after offloading about $5 billion ...
German ministries welcome Lufthansa’s early bailout aid repayment
Germany’s finance and economy ministries on Friday welcomed the early repayment by flag carrier Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) of bailout aid it received during the coronavirus crisis.
The news showed ...
Hapag-Lloyd CEO says higher efficiency could help port waiting times
Hapag-Lloyd (HLAG.DE) could clear pandemic-related logjams in container ports faster if operators improved the turnaround of boxes, the German logistics company’s chief executive said on Friday.
“There is ...
Latvia bans unvaccinated lawmakers from voting, docks pay
Latvia’s parliament voted on Friday to ban lawmakers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine from voting on legislature and participating in discussions.
Latvia, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates ...
Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson to split into two companies
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) plans to split into two companies, separating its consumer health division that sells Band-Aids and Baby Powder from its pharmaceuticals and medical devices business in ...
Verstappen will swap 33 for number one if he wins F1 title
Max Verstappen fans will have to get used to a new number next season if Red Bull’s Formula One leader wins the world championship.
The Dutch driver told reporters ...
Kremlin says Lukashenko did not consult it on threat to cut Russian gas supplies
The Kremlin said on Friday that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko had not consulted Moscow before raising the possibility of cutting natural gas flows to Europe, and that Russia was a ...
Indonesia’s rain-averting shamans back in business after pandemic hiatus
Seated cross-legged amid a fog of incense and platters of fragrant offerings, dishes of red chillies, garlic bulbs and frangipani petals, Indonesian shaman Ki Joko Sapu-Jagat prepares at home the ...
Polish police reports two incidents on Belarus border
Polish authorities stopped two groups of migrants from crossing the border from Belarus late on Thursday, private broadcaster TVN24 quoted local police as saying, marking a relatively quieter day in ...
Worries mount for England’s Southgate ahead of Albania clash
England’s qualification with games to spare for next year’s World Cup finals had looked like a formality but two draws in their last three Group I qualifiers has ...
Brazil first South American team to qualify for World Cup
Brazil beat Colombia 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Sao Paulo on Thursday to become the first South American team to qualify for Qatar 2022.
Lucas Paqueta got the vital ...
Pressure mounts as UN climate negotiations enter final day
Negotiators at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow are expected to lock horns on Friday for what is scheduled to be the final day of bargaining over how to ...
Working from home may hurt women’s careers, says Bank of England’s Mann
Women who work mostly from home risk seeing their careers suffer now that significant numbers of workers are returning to the office after the COVID-19 pandemic, Bank of England policymaker ...
Lockdown for the unvaccinated in Austria, partial lockdown in the Netherlands
Austria is days away from placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on lockdown, as daily infections are at a record high and intensive-care units are increasingly strained, ...
Rampant Russia crush Cyprus 6-0 to strengthen qualifying hopes
Russia struck five second-half goals as they routed visiting Cyprus 6-0 in their Group H World Cup qualifier on Thursday ahead of a decisive clash with Croatia this weekend for ...
Biden, China’s Xi expected to meet virtually on Monday -sources
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to hold a virtual summit on Monday, sources said, amid tensions over trade, human rights and military activities.
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Queen to make first public appearance since hospital stay
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will attend a Remembrance Day Service on Sunday, Buckingham Palace said, in her first public engagement in person since she spent a night in hospital last ...