Tokyo doctors demand cancellation of Olympic Games
A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less ...
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Kane tells Spurs he wants to leave club before Euros
Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has informed the Premier League club of his desire to leave this summer, with the England international looking to resolve his future before next month’...
Top-four still in Chelsea’s hands, says Tuchel
Chelsea’s hopes of a top-four finish and Champions League qualfication are still in their hands despite Liverpool’s dramatic late winner from goalkeeper Alisson Becker against West Bromwich Albion, ...
Goldman to launch automated investment advice, ‘robo-adviser’
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) will launch an app for UK users of its digital bank Marcus over the following weeks and plans to offer automated investment management to clients in ...
EU to beef up taxation across Member States
The European Commission wants to propose in 2023 a more unified way of taxing companies in the European Union, hoping that such rules, which have failed to win support in the ...
Gaza violence shows few signs of slowing as global diplomacy ramps up
More than a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas showed few signs of abating on Tuesday despite intense U.S. and global diplomacy to stop the region’s fiercest ...
Biden to send 20 mln doses of U.S.-authorized vaccines abroad for first time
President Joe Biden will send at least 20 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses abroad by the end of June, marking the first time the United States is sharing vaccines authorized for ...
U.S. Supreme Court takes up major challenge to abortion rights
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider gutting the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, taking up Mississippi’s bid to revive a Republican-backed state ...
Eurovision song contest prepares for slimmed down COVID version
The Dutch port city of Rotterdam is preparing for a slimmed down version of the Eurovision song contest this weekend with a limited live audience, amid falling but still significant ...
Former Minnesota police officer to make court appearance over shooting Daunte Wright
The white Minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter after fatally shooting the 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop near Minneapolis last month was due to attend a ...
Israel kills militant commander after Palestinian rocket fire, UN General Assembly to meet (updated)
Israel killed a senior Palestinian militant commander in heavy air strikes on Gaza on Monday and Islamist groups renewed rocket attacks on Israeli cities despite mounting international calls for a ...
AT&T to bow out of media through $43 billion deal with Discovery
AT&T, owner of HBO and Warner Bros studios, and Discovery, home to lifestyle TV networks such as HGTV and TLC, said on Monday they will combine their content ...
Can Israel blast Gaza and still make friends in the Gulf?
Scenes of devastation in Gaza are likely to make it harder for Israel to win its biggest diplomatic prize: recognition by Saudi Arabia. But so far, the other rich Gulf ...
Bitcoin hits 3-month low and then rallies on Musk tweets
Bitcoin rallied from a three-month low on Monday in a volatile session that saw investors initially selling and then buying cryptocurrencies in the wake of Tesla boss Elon Musk’s ...
EU agrees partial truce with US over Trump tariffs
The European Commission, which oversees EU trade policy, said on Monday it would suspend a planned hike of retaliatory tariffs for up to six months. These would have added US ...
Saudi Arabia and Dubai ease Covid restrictions to allow tourism to flourish
Saudi Arabia plans to soon reopen to foreign tourists, a senior tourism official said on Monday after the kingdom announced the lifting of quarantine restrictions for certain foreign arrivals.
The ...
Nadal overcomes blip to scythe down Djokovic in Rome final
Rafa Nadal warmed up for the French Open with a battling 7-5 1-6 6-3 win over world number one Novak Djokovic as the Spaniard claimed a record-extending 10th Italian Open ...
Ireland worried UK wants to rewrite Brexit deal
Ireland is increasingly concerned that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to completely rewrite the Northern Ireland section of the Brexit deal, RTE reported on Monday after London said the ...
Free at last to hug and party: UK reopens for business
Friends will hug, pints will be pulled and swathes of the British economy will reopen on Monday giving 65 million people a measure of freedom after the gloom of a four-month ...
Airlines, stop short haul flights, say Germany’s Greens
The German Green party’s candidate for chancellor, Annalena Baerbock, plans to cut jet fuel subsidies and abolish short-haul flights if she comes to power, she told weekly Bild am ...
Israel launches dozens of Gaza strikes as fighting enters second week
Israel launched dozens of air strikes on Gaza and Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave fired rocket barrages at Israeli cities as fighting spilled into a second week on Monday ...
Covid-19 infections, deaths fall sharply after vaccinations – Study
Covid-19 infections in adults of all ages fell by 80 per cent five weeks after a first dose of Pfizer (PFE.N), Moderna (MRNA.O) or AstraZeneca (AZN.L) vaccine, according ...
Keeper Alisson heads Liverpool to last-gasp win
Goalkeeper Alisson Becker scored in the fifth minute of stoppage-time as Liverpool snatched a 2-1 victory at the death against relegated West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Sunday.
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UK PM Johnson: Britain’s Jews should not have to endure ‘shameful racism’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday there was no place for anti-Semitism in society and that British Jews should not have to endure “shameful racism”.
Johnson was responding in ...