Turkey mutually parts ways with head coach Senol Gunes
Turkey have parted company with head coach Senol Gunes by mutual consent, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said on Friday, after the team were thrashed by the Netherlands in their ...
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Harvard University to end investment in fossil fuels
Harvard University is ending its investments in fossil fuels, the school’s president said on Thursday, drawing praise from divestment activists who had long pressed the leading university to exit ...
Lebanese leaders agree on government to address crisis
Lebanese leaders agreed a new government on Friday after a year of political feuding over cabinet seats that has exacerbated a devastating economic collapse, opening the way to a possible ...
Set of “Bored Ape” NFTs sells for $24.4 mln in Sotheby’s online auction
A set of 107 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) representing images of cartoon apes sold for $24.4 million in an online sale at Sotheby’s auction house on Thursday, as the market for the ...
BioNTech to seek approval soon for vaccine for 5-11 year olds
BioNTech is set to request approval across the globe to use its COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as five over the next few weeks and preparations for a launch ...
Turkey jobless rate climbs to 12 per cent in July as supports end
Turkey’s unemployment rate rose to 12.0 per cent in July from 10.6 per cent a month earlier as pandemic-related labour supports expired, according to data on Friday that also showed an ...
Russia completes Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline construction
Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Friday it had finished construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas subsea pipeline to Germany, completing Moscow’s project to increase its gas exporting capability ...
Djokovic says focus only on next match, not Grand Slam
World number one Novak Djokovic saw off Matteo Berrettini in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday then swatted away questions about his bid to become the first ...
Fossil of previously unknown four-legged whale found in Egypt
Scientists said on Wednesday they had discovered the 43 million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown amphibious four-legged whale species in Egypt that helps trace the transition of whales from land to ...
Fifth England v India Test match cancelled due to Covid
The fifth test between England and India at Old Trafford was cancelled on Friday after India were unable to field a team, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.
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Facing stalemate in ties, Biden and China’s Xi discuss avoiding conflict in call
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for 90 minutes on Thursday, in their first talks in seven months, discussing the need to ensure that competition between ...
Messi overtakes Pele with hat-trick as Argentina beat Bolivia
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to give Argentina a 3-0 win over Bolivia in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday, lifting him above Pele as South America’s top international ...
F1 title rivals sprint to the ‘Temple of Speed’
Formula One title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton will be sprinting at the ‘Temple of Speed’ this weekend ahead of what could be another wheel-to-wheel duel at Italy’s ...
UK PM Johnson’s Conservatives see support slump to lowest since election – poll
Support for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative party has slipped behind the opposition Labour party to its lowest level since the 2019 national election, a poll showed, after announcing ...
Raducanu and Fernandez stun their opponents to set up all-teenager US Open final
British and Canadian teens, Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez, overcame their more experienced opponents Sakkari and Sabalenka respectively to set up a mouth-watering battle of the teens on Saturday’s ...
Moderna working on booster to combine Covid vaccine with a flu shot
Moderna Inc said on Thursday it is developing a single vaccine that combines a booster dose against COVID-19 with its experimental flu shot.
The company hopes to eventually add vaccines ...
Flight with civilians onboard leaves Kabul, first since chaotic evacuation
The first international commercial flight since the end of the chaotic Western airlift from Afghanistan last month took off from Kabul airport on Thursday with more than 100 passengers on board, ...
888 stakes $3 bln to buy William Hill businesses
888 will buy William Hill’s business outside the United States from casino group Caesars (CZR.O) for 2.2 billion pounds ($3 billion), making a foray on to Britain’s high streets with 1,400 ...
Biden to require all federal workers to be vaccinated (Updated)
President Joe Biden took aim on Thursday at vaccine resistance in America, announcing policies requiring most federal employees to get COVID-19 vaccinations and pushing large employers to have their workers ...
UK furlough total fell to 1.6 mln at end of July
A total of 1.6 million people were on Britain’s COVID emergency furlough scheme as of July 31, down from almost 2 million a month earlier, the finance ministry said on Thursday.
The ...
EasyJet rejects Wizz bid and raises $1.7 bln to go it alone
EasyJet (EZJ.L) has rejected a takeover approach from Wizz Air that would have created a low-cost airline to rival Ryanair, opting instead to raise $1.7 billion from shareholders and go ...
Wenger says ‘very positive response’ to new World Cup plan
FIFA’s plan to double the number of World Cups by holding the tournament every two years has received a “very positive response”, Arsene Wenger, the man fronting the proposals, ...
Michael Constantine, actor known for ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding,’ dead at 94
Michael Constantine, the American actor who found countless uses for Windex as the patriarchal restaurant owner in the “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” films, has died at age 94, his hometown ...
Paris attacks trial disrupted after main defendant defies judge
A judge trying suspects in a major jihadist attack in Paris that killed 130 people briefly suspended the hearing on Thursday after the main defendant tried for a second consecutive day ...