Trump asks Florida judge to force Twitter to restart his account
By Akriti Sharma
Former U.S. President Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida on Friday to ask Twitter to restore his account, which the company removed in January ...
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Coronavirus: Australia reports 2,357 new Covid-19 cases as vaccination push continues
By Lidia Kelly and Stefica Nicol Bikes
Australia reported 2,357 new cases of the Delta coronavirus variant on Saturday, as the push to vaccinate the country’s population continues in order ...
Eurozone inflation jumps to 13-year high, worsening ECB headache
Eurozone inflation hit a 13-year high last month and looks likely to jump higher still, further clouding the European Central Bank’s benign view of the biggest price spike since ...
Wounded Man City look to refocus at Anfield
If any fixture can refocus Manchester City’s minds after their midweek loss at Paris St Germain in the Champions League it is a visit to Anfield to take on ...
Zoom’s stock drop likely nixed Five9 deal, say analysts
A slump in Zoom Video Communications Inc’s (ZM.O) share price likely limited its ability to sweeten a nearly $15 billion all-stock offer for call center software firm Five9 (FIVN....
British military to help with fuel deliveries from Monday
Britain will deploy almost 200 military tanker personnel, 100 of which are drivers, from Monday to assist with fuel deliveries to gas stations and help address a shortage of heavy goods vehicle (...
Coronavirus: EU finds J&J shot possibly linked to another rare clotting condition
The European Union’s drug regulator on Friday identified a possible link between rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and recommended ...
Greece says will not allow ‘uncontrolled’ migrant flows from Afghanistan
Greece will not allow a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis to unfold on its borders following the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday after visiting ...
Solskjaer slams lack of ‘common sense’ in fixtures
.Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says there is “no common sense” in his team being forced to play the earliest fixture of the weekend after being involved in Wednesday’...
Morrisons’ fate to be decided in $10 billion Saturday shootout
The outcome of a $10 billion six-month battle to buy British supermarket chain Morrisons (MRW.L) will be decided in a one-day auction on Saturday overseen by the Takeover Panel.
The ...
EU finds J&J shot possibly linked to another clotting condition
The European Union’s drug regulator on Friday identified a possible link between rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins with Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and recommended ...
OPEC+ considers options for releasing more oil to the market
OPEC+ is considering going beyond its existing deal to boost production by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) when it meets next week, sources said, at a time when oil pricesare near ...
Merck’s Covid-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization by 50%
Merck & Co Inc’s experimental oral drug for COVID-19, molnupiravir, reduced by around 50% the chance of hospitalization or death for patients at risk of severe disease, according to interim ...
Standard Chartered expects 300 bps of Turkey interest rate cuts by year-end
Standard Chartered said on Friday it now expects Turkey’s central bank to cut interest rates by another 300 basis points by year-end to 15 per cent and upped its 2021 inflation and ...
Get someone jabbed against Covid-19 and get a gift token, Swiss say
Switzerland is offering gift certificates to people who persuade others to be jabbed against COVID-19, the government said on Friday, part of efforts to increase the country’s low vaccination ...
Koeman takes aim at Barca hierarchy as pressure increases
Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said he was in the dark about his future and had not spoken to the club’s president as the under-pressure Dutchman took a swipe at ...
Crypto: Bitcoin rises 5.2 per cent to $43,717
Bitcoin was up 5.23 per cent at $43,716.97 as of 22:08 GMT on Thursday, adding $2,174.07 to its previous close.
The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency has gained 57.6 per cent from the year’...
Pub group Wetherspoon’s losses widen, staff hard to find
J D Wetherspoon (JDW.L) fell deeper into the red for its fiscal 2021 and said it had like many other businesses found it hard to attract workers in some areas ...
Lava blasts out of new vent on La Palma volcano
Lava flowed from a newly opened crack in the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma on Friday, carving a different path down the mountainside from previous flows, and ...
Venezuela to subtract six zeros from currency, second overhaul in three years
Venezuela on Friday will launch its second monetary overhaul in three years by cutting six zeros from the bolivar currency in response to hyperinflation, simplifying accounting but doing little to ...
Biden administration to urge halt to strict Texas abortion law
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday is set to urge a judge to block a near-total ban on abortion imposed by Texas – the strictest such law in the nation – ...
Israel reports very few myocarditis cases after Pfizer boosters
Israel’s Health Ministry has identified fewer than 10 cases of heart inflammation following a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine among millions administered, according to recently released data.
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Fire at Covid -19 hospital in Romania kills nine people
Nine people died on Friday when a fire broke out in an intensive care unit at a Romanian hospital treating COVID-19 patients, officials said, the country’s third deadly hospital ...
Many British gas stations still dry, pig cull fears grow
Many British gas stations were still dry on Friday after a chaotic week that saw panic buying, fights at the pumps and drivers hoarding fuel in water bottles after an ...