Federer playing French Open with eye on Wimbledon
Roger Federer’s decision to make his long-awaited Grand Slam return on his least favourite surface at next month’s French Open is part of a grand plan to peak ...
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EU lawmakers hold final Brexit debate before decisive vote
EU lawmakers kicked off a last debate on Tuesday on the post-Brexit trade agreement between the European Union and Britain, ahead of a vote that is expected to give the ...
F1 to hold points-scoring sprint qualifying at three races
Formula One teams and bosses have agreed unanimously to debut a new points-scoring ‘sprint qualifying’ at three races this season, two of them in Europe, the sport said on Monday.
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Fighting erupts in Myanmar; junta to ‘consider’ ASEAN plan
Fighting erupted in eastern Myanmar near the Thai border early on Tuesday as ethnic minority Karen insurgents attacked an army outpost in some of the most intense clashes since a ...
UK imposes sanctions on Russians, South Africa’s Guptas in first use of anti-corruption law
Britain imposed sanctions late on Monday on 14 Russians, on the Gupta family of South African businessmen and on officials accused of aiding Central American drugs cartels, in the first use ...
Erdogan tells US, ‘look in the mirror’ in response to Biden’s Armenian genocide declaration
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Joe Biden to swiftly reverse his declaration that 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, an action he said was ...
Following Sofagate incident in Ankara, EU chief to fight for women’s rights
The European Union’s first female chief executive vowed on Monday to fight for women’s rights after she was denied a chair during a meeting in Ankara with Turkey’...
Tesla’s Elon Musk qualifies for $11 billion options payout
Tesla’s (TSLA.O) quarterly report on Monday hit targets qualifying Chief Executive Elon Musk for two options payouts worth a combined $11 billion.
The electric car maker beat Wall Street’...
Vaccinated? Airports seek ways to process proof
While politicians hail digital health passes as the solution to aviation’s Covid-19 crisis, airline bosses are still having sleepless nights about clogged up airports as they worry how to ...
Iheanacho secures vital win for Leicester over Palace
Kelechi Iheanacho’s stunning late goal earned Leicester City a crucial 2-1 home victory over Crystal Palace which tightened their grip on third place in the Premier League on Monday.
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US to share up to 60m AZ vaccine doses globally
The United States will start to share up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus vaccine with other countries as soon as the next few weeks, the White House ...
India asks Twitter to take down tweets critical of its Covid handling
The Indian government asked social media platform Twitter to take down dozens of tweets, including some by local lawmakers, that were critical of India’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, ...
Rights abuses make closer ties hard with Turkey, EU says
Deepening the European Union’s relationship with Turkey will be difficult as long as authoritarianism continues under Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, the head of the European Council said on Monday.
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Music and massage: Malaysian farmers attempt to grow prized Japanese muskmelons
By Ebrahim Harris
After more than a decade of experimenting, a trio of Malaysian farmers say they have found the right concoction of nutrients and treatments to successfully grow Japanese ...
US Supreme Court to hear major case on carrying handguns in public
The U.S. Supreme Court stepped back into the heated debate over gun rights on Monday, agreeing to hear a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association to New York ...
Syrian refugees face Ramadan penury amid Lebanon’s economic ruin
Hussein al-Khaled and his family have lived in a makeshift hut in Lebanon for a decade since fleeing the war in neighbouring Syria, but this year COVID and economic collapse ...
Turkish lira nears record low, rattled by US ties and rates policy
The currency, among the worst performers in emerging markets this year, weakened as much as 0.6 per cent to 8.48 versus the dollar, close to its 2021 low water mark and closing in ...
Spain’s Pamplona cancels bull-running festival for second year in row
The mayor of the Spanish city of Pamplona on Monday cancelled the San Fermin festival, which draws thrill-seekers from all over the world to run with fighting bulls through its ...
German government revises 2021 growth forecast up after strong Q4
The German government has raised its growth forecast for this year to 3.5 per cent, compared with the 3 per cent growth it was expecting back in January, a source said, adding ...
EU sues AstraZeneca over delayed deliveries of Covid-19 vaccine
The European Commission said on Monday it had launched legal action against AstraZeneca for not respecting its contract for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and for not having a “reliable” ...
Coronavirus swamps Indian hospitals as countries promise aid
India’s new coronavirus infections hit a record peak for a fifth day on Monday, as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged to send urgent medical aid ...
Worryingly global military spending rises 2.6% in 2020 despite pandemic hit
Global military expenditure rose by 2.6% to $1.98 trillion last year even as some defence funds were reallocated to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a ...
Nadal outlasts Tsitsipas to claim 12th Barcelona Open title
Rafa Nadal saved a match point before defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-7(6) 7-5 to claim a record-extending 12th Barcelona Open title on Sunday, ending his Greek opponent’s nine-game unbeaten ...
UK denies report that PM Johnson said ‘let the bodies pile high’
A newspaper report that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he would rather bodies piled “high in their thousands” than order a third lockdown is not true, Defence Secretary ...