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Barca president Joan Laporta has insisted that the Super League project is still alive, despite the withdrawal earlier this year of the majority of founding clubs. The Catalans, along with ...

Europe had its warmest summer on record this year, though only by a small margin over two previous highest temperatures for June-August, European Union scientists said on Tuesday. The EU’...

Russian cosmonauts have discovered new cracks in a segment of the International Space Station that could widen, a senior space official said on Monday, the latest in a series of ...

Bonds issued by indebted developer China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) slumped on Monday after a ratings downgrade led to restrictions on their use as collateral, prompting China’s stock exchanges to ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced a 1.25% levy based on National Insurance contributions to come in from next April to pay for health and social care reform and ...

The head of Russia’s No. 2 oil producer Lukoil (LKOH.MM) said that oil prices of $65-$75 were “comfortable” for consumers and that the OPEC+ group of leading oil-producing nations ...

A truce between bitter regional rivals Turkey and the United Arab Emirates has calmed tensions that fuelled conflicts including Libya’s war, officials and diplomats say, after years of animosity ...

Britain needs to ease taxes on banks and make it easier to hire staff from abroad, its financial and professional services lobby said in a blueprint to help London unseat ...

Taliban gunmen fired in the air on Tuesday to scatter protesters in the Afghan capital of Kabul, witnesses said, as video showed scores of people scurrying to escape volleys of ...

Dutch electric bicycle maker Van Moof on Wednesday said it has raised $128 million to expand production and speed its growth in an investment round led by private equity firm Hillhouse ...

Valtteri Bottas will leave Mercedes and race for Ferrari-powered Alfa Romeo in a multi-year deal from 2022, the Swiss-based Formula One team said in a statement on Monday. The Finn’s ...

Greek Maria Sakkari emerged triumphant from a gruelling three hour, 30 minute battle with former champion Bianca Andreescu at the U.S. Open on Monday, clinching a 6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-3 victory ...

Brazil great Pele said that he was recovering in hospital from surgery to remove a tumour from his colon. Pele, the only player to win three World Cups, did not ...

Teenagers have lit up the U.S. Open this year and on Tuesday Leylah Fernandez and Carlos Alcaraz will look to take their dream runs a step further by claiming ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address lawmakers on Tuesday on his plans to fix Britain’s social care system though many in his own party are furious that he wants ...

El Salvador will on Tuesday become the first country in the world to recognize bitcoin as legal tender, a move President Nayib Bukele says will save Salvadorans living abroad millions ...

An out-of-sorts Novak Djokovic scraped his way to a 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 win over American wildcard Jenson Brooksby on Monday to move into the U.S. Open quarter-finals and ...

British teenager Emma Raducanu continued her dream run at the U.S. Open on Monday by overwhelming American Shelby Rogers 6-2 6-1 to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final. Going ...

Britain plans to further extend post-Brexit grace periods on some goods imports to Northern Ireland, Brexit minister David Frost said on Monday, in a move designed to give London and ...

Spinner Ravindra Jadeja combined with his seam bowling team-mates to bowl India to an emphatic 157-run victory over England in the fourth Test on Monday and put the touring side 2...

By Barbara Goldberg U.S. Southern states still grappling with widespread power outages and water-logged homes after deadly Hurricane Ida faced new flash flood threats on Monday from slow-moving rain ...

FIFA has opened an investigation into the abandonment of the Brazil v Argentina World Cup qualifier with its president Gianni Infantino labelling the events “crazy” while Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday condemned the “politically motivated conviction and shameful sentencing” of Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak. “These sentencings are further evidence ...

Jean-Paul Belmondo, a star of France’s New Wave cinema after his breakthrough performance in Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” in 1959, has died. He was 88. The death of a leading figure ...