The Digital War: Facebook news goes dark in Australia (Updated)
Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook Inc pages on Thursday after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a ...
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Classy City go 10 points clear with 3-1 win at Everton
Premier League leaders Manchester City turned on the style as they moved 10 points clear at the top with a ruthless 3-1 win at Everton on Wednesday.
City’s 17th straight ...
Lightning strikes twice as Porto stun sloppy Juventus
Goals from Mehdi Taremi and Moussa Marega earned Porto a deserved 2-1 win over Juventus in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 clash on Wednesday, with Federico Chiesa’...
Prolific Haaland powers Dortmund to victory in Seville
Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland continued his prolific run in the Champions League by scoring twice as his side came from behind to earn a 3-2 win at Sevilla in ...
Barricades burn in Spanish streets amid protests over jailed rapper
Police fired tear gas, rubber bullets, and sound bombs at two protests in Madrid and Barcelona on Wednesday, each attended by thousands, the day after a rapper was arrested on ...
Barnes equaliser keeps Burnley clear of Fulham
Ashley Barnes struck a 52nd-minute equaliser as Burnley frustrated Fulham’s hopes of back-to-back Premier League wins in a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor on Wednesday.
Fulham are 18th in ...
Russia dismisses European Court of Human Rights’ call to free Navalny
Russia’s justice minister on Wednesday dismissed as “unlawful” a European Court of Human Rights ruling demanding the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and accused the court of meddling ...
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine supply to the EU 30% below plans, sources say
Pfizer has not yet delivered to the European Union about 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that were due in December, EU officials said, leaving it about one-third short of the supplies ...
US conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has died
Provocative and polarising US talk radio luminary Rush Limbaugh, a leading voice on the American political right since the 1980s who boosted, and was honoured by, former President Donald Trump, ...
US charges three North Koreans in $1.3 billion hacking spree
The United States has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a massive hacking spree aimed at stealing more than $1.3 billion in money and cryptocurrency, affecting companies from banks to ...
Pochettino makes his mark at PSG with Barcelona coup
Six weeks after taking over at Paris St Germain, coach Mauricio Pochettino laid down a marker at the Ligue 1 club by masterminding a resounding 4-1 win at Barcelona in their ...
Captain Tom Moore received online abuse in weeks before death
Britain’s Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers battling the coronavirus, received online abuse in the weeks before he ...
Osaka the next hurdle in Serena’s quest for 24th Slam
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka have long moved on from their tempestuous 2018 U.S. Open title match but that will do nothing to dampen the suspense ahead of their blockbuster ...
All Premier League games to be aired live in UK until fans return
All Premier League fixtures will continue to be available on live television in the United Kingdom until fans are allowed to return to stadiums, England’s top flight league announced ...
Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Philip, admitted to hospital
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s 99-year-old husband, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday evening as a precautionary measure with an ailment that is not COVID related.
“The Duke’s admission ...
Pfizer’s vaccine supply to the EU 30% below plans
Pfizer has not yet delivered to the European Union about 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that were due in December, EU officials said, leaving it about one-third short of the supplies ...
Tsitsipas ends Nadal’s record quest after epic win in Melbourne
Rafa Nadal’s bid for a record 21st Grand Slam title came crashing to a halt at the Australian Open on Wednesday as Stefanos Tsitsipas rose up to topple the ...
Dutch government races for plan B to uphold curfew
The Dutch government raced on Wednesday to prepare legislation to keep a nighttime curfew in place after a court ordered it to scrap the controversial COVID-19 measure which has become ...
Ronaldo carries burden of Juventus’ Champions League dream
Juventus’ wait to reclaim the Champions League trophy has been long and painful.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of their last triumph in the competition in 1996.
In the years ...
Medvedev wins Russian duel against Rublev for semis spot
Russian Daniil Medvedev outclassed friend and compatriot Andrey Rublev 7-5 6-3 6-2 in sweltering conditions at Melbourne Park on Wednesday to secure a spot in the Australian Open semi-finals and ...
Covid-19 vaccine passport becomes a reality, Bahrain first to launch
Bahrain has launched a digital COVID-19 vaccine passport, one of the first countries to do so, the Gulf state’s media office said on Wednesday.
Governments and developers around the ...
UAE should show that Dubai’s Sheikha Latifa is alive says Britain
Britain said on Wednesday it wants to see proof that Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler of Dubai’s daughters, is still alive after the BBC published a “deeply troubling” ...
Australian media firms squeeze more from Google as new law looms
Australia claimed an early win in a protracted licencing battle with Google on Wednesday as media companies lined up to announce content deals with the internet giant that were reportedly ...
EU civil rights groups want ban on biometric surveillance ahead of new laws
Civil and digital rights groups on Wednesday launched a petition seeking the support of one million Europeans to help pressure the European Union to ban biometric mass surveillance ahead of ...