Queen joined by Edward for Trooping the Colour
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth viewed a scaled-down military ceremony at Windsor Castle to mark her official birthday on Saturday, her first since the death of her husband Prince Philip two ...
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Euro 2020 starts with fireworks and balloons after year-long delay
The Euro 2020 football championship finally got underway on Friday night after a year-long delay with a colourful fireworks show and choreography featuring balloons representing the 24 teams in Rome’s sparsely ...
British supermarket Morrisons faces heat over unhealthy food
Morrisons on Thursday became the latest British supermarket group to be targeted by activist shareholders over the amount of unhealthy food it sells.
Responsible investment group ShareAction said it, along ...
Pavlyuchenkova or Krejcikova to write final act in tale of the unexpected
After one of the most wildly unpredictable women’s singles draws in French Open history, Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova stands on the threshold of finally delivering the title long predicted ...
Airline Eurowings to open Prague base, will offer Athens and Tel Aviv flights
German airline Lufthansa’s (LHAG.DE) said on Friday its budget carrier Eurowings would open a new base in Prague with two aircraft in October, in a sign of growing ...
Germany buys Dubai data to track possible tax evasion
Germany has bought a trove of data that could help treasury officials track down possible tax evasion by wealthy German citizens, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Friday.
“The data ...
G7 to counter China’s belt and road with infrastructure project
The Group of Seven rich nations will announce on Saturday a new global infrastructure plan as a response to China’s belt and road initiative, a senior official in US ...
France’s Macron tells UK’s Johnson: keep your word on Brexit deal
By Michel Rose
French President Emmanuel Macron told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday that Franco-British relations could only be reset if he stood by the Brexit divorce deal ...
Djokovic beats Nadal in French Open classic
Novak Djokovic came from a set down in a spellbinding French Open semi-final to inflict only a third ever defeat on the Parisian clay for Rafa Nadal, moving through 3-6 6...
Italy open Euro 2020 with 3-0 win over Turkey
Italy kicked off the European Championship with a convincing 3-0 victory over Turkey in Group A at the Olympic Stadium on Friday with Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne on target.
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China brands Covid-19 lab-leak theory as ‘absurd,’ Blinken urges transparency
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need for cooperation and transparency over the origins of COVID-19 in a call with Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on Friday and ...
Companies say no change in plans after Covid cases on all-vaccinated test cruise
Royal Caribbean Group and Carnival Corp will push ahead with a return to cruises this summer despite two guests onboard a test run for Royal Caribbean’s Celebrity Millennium ship ...
UK plans to delay lockdown lifting until July 19
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to delay lockdown lifting to July 19 after cases of the Delta variant, first identified in India, rose in the country, The Sun reported ...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth hosts Biden at G7 reception
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth met U.S President Joe Biden under the canopy of the world’s largest indoor rainforest on Friday as she hosted a reception for leaders of ...
Tsitsipas overcomes Zverev fightback to reach first major final
Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas staved off a spectacular fightback from U.S. Open runner-up Alexander Zverev for a 6-3 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 victory in a scintillating French Open ...
Turkey turns to US firms with plans of Black Sea gas extraction
Turkey has shared data on its Black Sea discovery with US energy majors Chevron and Exxon Mobil ahead of possible cooperation in extracting the gas, a Turkish official with knowledge ...
UK economy posts record annual jump as recovery speeds up
Britain’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic sped up in April as lockdown measures eased, with the fastest monthly growth since July leaving output a record 27.6 per cent higher than ...
G7 eyes allocating $100 billion from IMF funds to COVID-ravaged nations
The United States and other Group of Seven nations are considering reallocating $100 billion from the International Monetary Fund’s war chest to help countries struggling most to cope with the ...
Spain players receive vaccines amid fears of side effects
Spain’s players were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Friday at their training centre, bringing an end to a long saga but provoking fears of potential side effects before kicking off ...
EU countries agree to free travel for fully vaccinated tourists within bloc
European Union countries agreed on Friday to an easing of travel restrictions over summer that will allow fully vaccinated tourists to avoid tests or quarantines and broaden the list of ...
UK’s Raab: No doubt some countries are using vaccines a geopolitical tool
British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday there was no doubt some countries were using vaccines as diplomatic tool to secure influence, and that Britain did not support so ...
JOC executive says Tokyo Games should be held without spectators
One of Japan’s sporting legends and an executive of the country’s Olympic committee said on Friday the Tokyo Games should be held without spectators to ensure the safety ...
G7 preparations hit by covid-19 outbreak, hotel closed
A hotel, which British media reported was being used by members of Germany’s delegation to a Group of Seven summit in England, has closed because members of staff tested ...
Heart inflammation in young men higher than expected after Pfizer and Moderna shots
A higher-than-expected number of young men have experienced heart inflammation after their second dose of the mRNA COVID-19 shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, according to data from two vaccine ...