India asks WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy
India’s technology ministry has written to Facebook Inc-owned WhatsApp asking the messenger to withdraw its updated privacy policy, which came into effect on May 15, in its biggest market by ...
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Thai town offers free cows to boost vaccine campaign
A district of northern Thailand has launched a raffle campaign for its vaccinated residents to win a live cow per week for the rest of the year, in a bid ...
Japan health panel approves Moderna, AZ vaccines
Japanese regulators recommended the approval of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Moderna Inc and AstraZeneca PLC’s on Thursday, paving the way for the country to speed up its slow-moving vaccination ...
Easyjet to operate at 15% of schedule between April and June
EasyJet announced it expects to fly 15 per cent of its normal schedule between April and June, in a statement of its results released on Thursday.
The airline said it may ...
City defender Dias wins Football Writers’ award
Manchester City defender Ruben Dias has been voted the Football Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year.
Portugal international Dias, 24, was a comfortable winner ahead of Tottenham forward Harry Kane ...
China says U.S. warship illegally enters its territory in S. China Sea
China said on Thursday a U.S. warship had illegally entered its territorial waters in the South China Sea, and was expelled by its forces, an assertion the United States ...
Child’s burial site tells of early man’s emotional life – Kenyan archaeologist
The discovery of the oldest known human burial site, a child’s grave in a Kenyan cave, sheds new light on the emotional life of early Homo sapiens, the head ...
French court: victims of PIP breast implant scandal should be compensated
Thousands of victims of defective breast implants manufactured by a French firm and certified as safe by German firm TUV Rheinland should receive compensation, a Paris appeals court ruled on ...
Ronaldo completes the set, Buffon matches Maldini trophy haul
Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianluigi Buffon have won many trophies in their careers and after helping Juventus beat Atalanta to win the Coppa Italia on Wednesday they achieved further milestones.
Ronaldo ...
Covid-hit River Plate win with midfielder in goal, no subs
A COVID-19 outbreak and injury problems saw River Plate face Colombia’s Independiente with midfielder Enzo Perez playing in goal and no substitutes on the bench but the Argentines still ...
Greece evacuates villages as forest fire spreads to Attica region (Update)
Greek authorities moved more people to safety on Thursday as firefighters battled a forest fire that spread from the Corinth region of southern Greece to western Attica, they said.
No ...
Turkey’s Erdogan blames UK Prime Minister for CL Final switch
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said UEFA’s decision to move the Champions League final between English clubs Manchester City and Chelsea to Porto from Istanbul was political.
“A couple of ...
Bundesliga moves to keep out private investors, avoid their influence
Germany’s top-flight soccer league has scrapped plans to sell a 25 per cent stake in its overseas broadcasting rights after resistance from Bundesliga clubs concerned about private equity firms meddling ...
Liverpool move into top four with crucial win at Burnley
Liverpool moved into the Champions League qualifying spots after a 3-0 win at Burnley on Wednesday took them above Leicester City and into fourth place with one round of Premier ...
Villa loss deepens Spurs gloom with Kane future in the balance
Tottenham Hotspur’s European hopes were dealt a huge blow as their final Premier League home game of the season ended in a 2-1 defeat by Aston Villa on Wednesday ...
Netanyahu vows to fight on as Biden urges Gaza ‘de-escalation’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue fighting against Gaza militants after U.S. President Joe Biden urged him to seek a “de-escalation” on Wednesday in the 10-day conflict ...
Texas governor signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into law a “fetal heartbeat” abortion bill that bans the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy and grants citizens the right ...
New protest over Eurovision entry, ‘song promotes devil worship’
It may have won audiences in Europe, but Cyprus‘s entry for the Eurovision song contest has raised hackles at home, scandalising the faithful for paying homage to the devil.
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Blue Origin discloses $2m as highest bid for seat on space flight
Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, disclosed $2 million as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepherd spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of ...
Merkel bemoans lack of EU expertise in chips, batteries
German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed concern on Wednesday that Europe cannot make the semiconductor chips and batteries it needs to compete for the production of cars as well as the ...
Stars ready to tackle longest course in golf major history
Rory McIlroy, fresh off a drought-busting win, is considered by many to be the man to beat in this week’s PGA Championship at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course in ...
Bitcoin slides below $40,000 after China’s new crypto ban
Bitcoin tumbled below the $40,000 mark on Wednesday to a 3-1/2 month low as selling in digital coins intensified after China banned financial and payment institutions from providing cryptocurrency services.
Bitcoin, ...
Four rockets launched from Lebanon to Israel
Four rockets were launched from southern Lebanon towards Israel on Wednesday, security sources said.
The rockets were fired from near Seddiqine, a village in the region of Lebanon’s southern ...
Scotland’s Clarke names uncapped trio in Euro squad
Scotland manager Steve Clarke named the uncapped trio of Billy Gilmour, David Turnbull and Nathan Patterson in his 26-man squad for the European Championship on Wednesday, but left out veteran ...