Chelsea re-sign Lukaku for £97.5 million
Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku has joined Chelsea for a second spell on a five-year deal from Inter Milan for £97.5m, the Premier League club announced on Thursday.
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Greek PM defends government as anger mounts over handling of fires
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his government on Thursday as public anger grew over the response to wildfires that have ripped through thousands of hectares of forest over the ...
Japanese athlete to get nibbled gold medal replaced
A member of Japan’s gold medal-winning softball team will have her medal replaced with a fresh one after the mayor of her hometown chomped down on the original, Tokyo 2020 ...
Former K-pop singer jailed for three years over prostitution, fraud scandal
Former South Korean K-pop star known as Seungri was sentenced to three years in prison and fined nearly $1 million on Thursday after a court convicted him of crimes including procuring ...
Italy and Argentina climb FIFA World Ranking after trophy triumphs
Italy and Argentina have risen to fifth and sixth respectively in the FIFA World Ranking following their triumphs at Euro 2020 and the Copa America, while Belgium remain in top spot.
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Sponge-like Canadian fossils may be earliest sign of animal life
Fossils found in rugged mountainous terrain in Canada’s Northwest Territories may give a glimpse at the humble dawn of animal life on Earth – sea sponges that inhabited primordial reefs ...
Arsenal adapting to ‘most difficult’ transfer window, says Arteta
Arsenal are trying to adapt to the demands of the “most difficult transfer market” as the north London club aim to strengthen the squad ahead of the new Premier League ...
Boohoo’s £500 million plan to create 5,000 jobs in UK
British online fashion retailer Boohoo said on Thursday it would invest 500 million pounds ($693 million) in the United Kingdom over the next five years, creating 5,000 jobs and increasing its ability to ...
Kuwait’s economic makeover under threat as small businesses suffer
Thousands of small and medium Kuwaiti businesses could go to the wall after being walloped by the pandemic, potentially torpedoing a private sector central to the country’s efforts to ...
Crypto fashion: why people pay real money for virtual clothes
People care what their avatars are wearing.
When the virtual world Decentraland said in June users could make and sell their own clothing for avatars to wear on the site, ...
Messi joins crypto craze, taking part of PSG fee in fan tokens
Soccer star Lionel Messi’s signing on fee at Paris St Germain includes some of the French club’s cryptocurrency fan tokens, in the latest big name endorsement for new ...
Syrian properties in Ankara attacked after youth killed
A crowd of Turks attacked shops and homes belonging to Syrians in the Turkish capital Ankara overnight in the wake of a street fight that led to a Turkish youth ...
British-flagged vessel sinks in Greece, all 17 passengers rescued (updated)
All 17 people aboard a vessel that sank on Thursday off the Greek island of Milos have been rescued, the coast guard said on Thursday.
All aboard were Greek citizens. The ...
Former Red Benitez faces uphill task to win over sceptical Blues
– Rafa Benitez has crossed the Merseyside divide and is the latest to attempt to revive the fortunes of Everton, but he must first win over sceptical fans who have ranged ...
Lebanon’s Aoun summons bank governor after decision to end fuel subsidy
Lebanese President Michel Aoun summoned central bank governor Riad Salameh on Thursday as the caretaker government said his decision to effectively lift fuel subsidies contravened its policies and was against ...
No more excuses: big-spending United must push City all the way
After making two transformative signings in Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, Manchester United have no excuse for not giving champions Manchester City a proper run for their money in the ...
Deutsche Bahn appeals to train drivers as strike enters third day
German railway operator Deutsche Bahn on Thursday urged its train drivers to end their strike as it enters its third day, heavily disrupting passenger and cargo traffic across the country.
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Indian rocket fails to launch earth observation satellite
An Indian rocket carrying a powerful earth observation satellite failed to fire fully on Thursday, the state-run space agency said, in a setback for the country’s space programme.
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Flash floods in northern Turkey kill four, one missing
Four people were killed in flash floods in Kastamonu in Turkey’s Black Sea region and one person was missing, the Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) said on Thursday.
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Taliban battle government forces as U.S. fears Kabul could fall in 90 days
Afghan government forces battled Taliban fighters in and around several cities on Thursday, officials said, as the militants pressed on with their offensive that U.S. intelligence believes could see ...
Coronavirus: Sydney to tighten COVID-19 curbs, Australian capital to enter lockdown
Extra Australian military personnel may be called in to ensure compliance with lockdown rules in Sydney, the New South Wales state government said on Thursday, as the highly infectious Delta ...
Chelsea add UEFA Super Cup to Champions League trophy
Substitute goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga made two shootout saves as Champions League winners Chelsea beat Spain’s Europa League holders Villarreal 6-5 on penalties to add the UEFA Super Cup to ...
CDC recommends pregnant women get Covid-19 vaccine
Pregnant women should be vaccinated against COVID-19, based on a new analysis that did not show increased risk for miscarriage, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ...
At least 65 killed in Algerian wildfires, Greece and Italy burn
Exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth day on Wednesday amid sweltering temperatures that also helped stoke wildfires in Algeria, where at least 65 people died, and in southern Italy.
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