Oil drops due to restrictions and environmental concerns
Oil prices fell by 4 per cent on Monday, extending last week’s steep losses on the back of a rising US dollar and concerns that new coronavirus-related restrictions in Asia, ...
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Turkish e-commerce firm valued at $16.5 billion
Turkish e-commerce firm Trendyol, backed by Chinese internet giant Alibaba, said on Monday it had entered into agreements to raise $1.5 billion from a number of high-profile investors, valuing the company ...
More problems for Barca as Aguero ruled out for 10 weeks
Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero has been ruled out of action for 10 weeks, the club said on Monday, deepening the Catalans’ troubles ahead of the new season following Lionel Messi’s ...
Italian police seize envelope with bullets sent to Pope
An envelope addressed to Pope Francis containing three pistol bullets has been seized in a mail sorting facility close to the northern Italian city of Milan, police said on Monday.
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Greece starts to count cost after a week of devastating fires
Greek authorities have begun assessing the damage from wildfires that have devastated huge swathes of forest and forced thousands to flee from their homes over the past week, as fires ...
UN climate report: UNSG Guterres describes report as code red for humanity
The U.N. panel on climate change sounded a dire warning on Monday, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans are “unequivocally” to blame.
Already, ...
UN climate report: Five possible scenarios for the future
The U.N. climate panel report released on the physical science of climate change uses five possible scenarios for the future.
The scenarios are the result of complex calculations that ...
Robots are not for all
The robot apocalypse is hard to find in America’s small and mid-sized factories
When researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology visited Rich Gent’s machine shop here to ...
UN climate report: To save the planet, focus on cutting methane
In four decades of climate negotiations, the world has focused intensely and exclusively on the most abundant climate-warming gas: carbon dioxide.
This year, scientists are urging a focus on another ...
UN climate report: Once-in-50-year heat waves now happening every decade
Extreme heatwaves that previously only struck once every 50 years are now expected to happen once per decade because of global warming, while downpours and droughts have also become more frequent, ...
The Covid drug the Australian government has bought before being approved for use?
Australia currently has drugs that treat the symptoms of COVID, and drugs that have been repurposed from other diseases. Now the government has placed an early order for a new ...
Kane quarantining at Spurs’ training complex, says Nuno
Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has reported back to the club and is isolating at its training complex while fulfilling quarantine requirements following his holiday in the Bahamas and Florida, ...
Fewer viewers, nervous sponsors: Olympics must rethink strategy to stay relevant
t the conclusion of every Olympics, there are reflections on the importance and relevance of the Games. There are always a wide range of opinions, from those who praise the ...
Australia’s New South Wales state expands lockdown, China reports more cases
Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales expanded its COVID-19 lockdown to the rural town of Tamworth on Monday due to concerns the virus may have spread from ...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway recovers from coronavirus slowdown
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) on Saturday said many of its businesses are enjoying strong recoveries from the early depths of the coronavirus pandemic, fueling rebounds in ...
Euro drops to new low against dollar and pound
The pound extended recent gains to hit its strongest level since February 2020 against the euro on Friday, but it fell versus the dollar after better-than-expected U.S. payrolls data boosted ...
Delta variant may be transmitted by those vaccinated for Covid-19
There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, ...
U.S. Senate edges toward passage of $1 tln infrastructure bill
By David Morgan and Makini Brice
The U.S. Senate will try to move toward passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Sunday, as Republicans struggle to heal a rift ...
Tokyo douses Olympic flame, ending pandemic Games
Tokyo doused its Olympic flame in a ceremony on Sunday that echoed the restraint of a Games that played out without spectators and were defined and transformed by the global ...
German Greens co-leader defends embattled chancellor candidate
The co-leader of Germany’s Greens on Sunday defended the party’s candidate for chancellor at next month’s federal election, and brushed off suggestions that he should replace her ...
Emotional Messi says ‘I became the man I am at Barcelona’
Lionel Messi wept on Sunday as he bade farewell to his boyhood team FC Barcelona and confirmed he was talking with French club Paris St Germain over a possible move.
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Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e Pul
Taliban fighters overran two provincial capitals, including the strategic northeastern city of Kunduz and northern Sar-e Pul on Sunday, local officials said, as the insurgents intensified pressure on the north ...
‘CODA’ breaks new ground for deaf movie theater-goers
By Jill Serjeant
Going to the movies isn’t much fun for deaf people. Screenings in theatres with captions are limited and the special glasses and equipment needed to read ...
N.Korea’s Kim calls for relief campaign in rain-hit areas
By Hyonhee Shin
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilised the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media said on Sunday, ...