Judge postpones trial for three ex-cops in George Floyd case
A judge in Minneapolis on Thursday postponed the trial of three former policemen accused of taking part in the murder of George Floyd to March 2022, saying the federal case against ...
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Covid kills more than 4,000 Indians amid clamour for vaccines
India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day on Thursday as infections stayed below 400,000, and extended the interval between doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to up to 16 ...
Gaza conflict intensifies with rocket barrages and air strikes (Update)
Palestinian militants fired more rockets into Israel‘s commercial heartland on Thursday as Israel kept up a punishing bombing campaign in Gaza and massed tanks and troops on the enclave’...
Boeing wins FAA OK for 737 MAX electrical fix, notifies airlines
Boeing on Wednesday won approval from US regulators for a fix of an electrical grounding issue that had affected about 100 737 MAX aeroplanes, clearing the way for their quick return to ...
In Apple vs Epic Games, battle of the experts gets personal
In its ongoing case against Apple Inc, “Fortnite” creator Epic Games is counting on this week’s testimony from its star expert witness David Evans, chairman of Global Economics Group, ...
Foreign IT firms must open offices in Russia under new draft law – lawmaker
Foreign technology companies will be forced to open offices in Russia or face penalties such as advertising bans under draft legislation, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday, in a fresh ...
Madrid judge asks top EU Court to decide on Super League legality
A Madrid court has asked the European Court of Justice to establish if FIFA and UEFA, the world and continental soccer governing bodies, are breaching EU competition law by preventing ...
Top scientists question the need for Covid booster shots
COVID-19 vaccine developers are making ever bolder assertions that the world will need yearly booster shots, or new vaccines to tackle concerning coronavirus variants, but some scientists question when, or ...
Uefa confirms Champions League final switch to Porto
The Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea on May 29 has been moved from Istanbul to Porto to allow English fans to travel under COVID-19 restrictions, European football’s ...
More than 25% of EU adults would refuse Covid-19 shot, survey says
More than a quarter of adults in the European Union would be unlikely to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it was offered to them, a survey published on Thursday showed.
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European airlines cancel Tel Aviv flights amid escalating conflict
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Iberia, and Lufthansa (till May 15) all cancelled flights to Tel Aviv as European carriers joined U.S. airlines in avoiding flying to Israel amid an ...
Premier League clubs agree UK TV deal renewal
Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed on a three-year renewal of the league’s UK live and non-live broadcast deals with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC ...
UK watchdog warns holiday companies over refunds as travel restarts
Britain’s competition watchdog told package holiday companies on Thursday they must be ready to refund consumers if foreign trips this summer are cancelled by the coronavirus pandemic, after it ...
Ohio state offers $1 million prize, college scholarships to get people vaccinated
As U.S. political leaders grow increasingly desperate to persuade Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Wednesday topped offers of baseball tickets and beer with ...
Israel masses troops along Gaza as rocket fire, air strikes escalate (Update 2)
Israel prepared ground troops along the Gaza border on Thursday and Hamas launched rocket barrages at Israel as international calls mounted for an end to the region’s fiercest hostilities ...
Brexit: France to hold up financial services deal
Paris has said it will delay a European Union financial services deal with Britain until Prime Minister Boris Johnson grants European fishermen fair access to UK waters, a source familiar ...
Bitcoin plunges as Tesla’s Musk halts use of bitcoin for car purchases
Bitcoin fell more than 10 per cent after Tesla Inc will no longer accept bitcoin for car purchases, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday, citing long-brewing environmental concerns for a ...
Arsenal dent Chelsea’s Champions League push
Chelsea slipped up in their push for a Champions League spot when they lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday with Emile Smith Rowe’s ...
Champions League final moved to Porto from Istanbul
UEFA has moved this month’s Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea to Porto from Istanbul, two Turkish Football Federation sources said on Wednesday.
The sources said Turkey ...
Serena suffers shock loss in 1,000th match
Serena Williams, playing the 1,000th Tour-level match of her glittering career, suffered a shock 7-6(6) 7-5 defeat by Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska in the the Italian Open second round on ...
UK PM Johnson apologises ‘unreservedly’ for 1971 Belfast killings
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday apologised “unreservedly” on behalf of the British government for the deaths of 10 innocent people killed in a 1971 incident in Belfast during a British Army ...
Israel strikes kill senior Hamas commander, Palestinians fire rockets (Update 3)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller
Israel said it killed 16 members of the Hamas armed wing in Gaza in a barrage on Wednesday and Palestinian militants rained rockets into Israel ...
McGregor tops Forbes’ highest-paid athletes list
Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor was the world’s highest-paid athlete over the last year ahead of footballers players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the annual Forbes http://...
US identifies 28 clotting cases after J&J vaccine
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it had identified 28 cases of serious, potentially life-threatening cases of blood clotting, among the more than 8.7 million people ...