UK raises risk level of bird flu to high from medium
Britain increased the risk level of bird flu from medium to high after two different strains of the virus, H5N5 and H5N1, were detected in wild birds in ...
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Economic impact of floods in Spain could rise to over €10 billion
Damages to businesses in towns hit by floods in eastern Spain could rise to over €10 billion, with banks loan exposure to the area worth alone around €20 billion, representatives for local ...
UK’s Aslef union suspends London Underground strike
Britain’s Aslef trade union has suspended a planned two-day strike on the London Underground transport network this month following a significantly improved pay offer, the train drivers union said ...
Over 100 patients set to be evacuated from Gaza, WHO says
More than 100 patients including children will be transferred out of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in a rare medical evacuation from the Palestinian enclave during the Israel-Hamas war, a World ...
Neymar suspects latest injury nothing more serious than cramp
Neymar was not too downcast after being forced to leave Monday’s Asian Champions League Elite match due to injury with the Al-Hilal forward saying he felt the issue was ...
What caused deadly floods in Spain? The impact of DANA explained
By Andrei Khalip, Inti LandauroCatastrophic flash floods that have killed at least 217 people in Spain are caused by a destructive weather system in which cold and warm air meet and ...
Djokovic withdraws from ATP Finals due to injury
Defending ATP Finals champion Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the season-ending event in Turin through injury, the Serbian said on Tuesday.
The record 24-times Grand Slam champion’s absence ...
Greece mulls migrant facility on Rhodes to tackle rise in arrivals
Greece is considering setting up a migrant detention facility on the island of Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean to tackle a rise in arrivals from neighbouring Turkey, Migration Minister Nikos ...
US voters head to polls as turbulent campaign concludes
The dizzying presidential contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris hurtled toward an uncertain finish on Tuesday as millions of Americans headed to the polls to choose between ...
30 Palestinians killed in Gaza, Israel issues new evacuation orders
Israel’s military issued new evacuation orders in the north of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after carrying out strikes across the enclave which Palestinian media and medics said had ...
Eight on trial in France overbeheading of teacher who showed Prophet caricature
The father of a French pupil whose account of the use of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on free speech led to the teacher’s brutal murder ...
Campaign ends as it began, with voters focused on immigration, abortion
After months of campaigning, Tuesday’s presidential election may have come down to the two signature issues that defined Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump from the start: abortion ...
Control of US Congress at stake in tight election battle
Control of the U.S. Congress is at stake on Tuesday in elections that could flip both the House of Representatives and the Senate, while still leaving Capitol Hill divided ...
Musk and X are epicenter of US election misinformation, experts say
False or misleading claims by billionaire Elon Musk about the U.S. election have amassed 2 billion views on social media platform X this year, according to a report by non-profit ...
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 30 Palestinians in Gaza, at least 4 killed in West Bank.
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 30 Palestinians since Monday night, Palestinian media and medics said on Tuesday, while four people were killed on Tuesday during an ...
Guardiola sees challenging season for injury-hit City with Sporting next
Manchester City will have to accept a more challenging season as they cope with injuries that make it harder to repeat the success of recent years, manager Pep Guardiola said ...
Wilson’s late brace gives Fulham 2-1 comeback win over Brentford
Fulham substitute Harry Wilson netted a late double to snatch a 2-1 win over Brentford at Craven Cottage in the West London derby on Monday, with his second coming in ...
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Texas, Missouri judges deny requests to block DOJ from sending poll monitors
U.S. judges have denied requests from the Republican-led states of Missouri and Texas to block the federal government from sending lawyers to their states on Election Day to monitor ...
Trump and Harris make final pitch in Pennsylvania on eve of historic US vote
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across Pennsylvania on Monday in the final, frantic day of an exceptionally close U.S. presidential election.
The campaign ...
For dealmakers, regulatory chaos would undercut Trump’s pro-business tilt
With any other president, promises of less regulation and lower corporate taxes would have Wall Street’s deal machine salivating at the prospect of a feeding frenzy. Not so with ...
Data-driven decisions reshape retail strategies
Big-name retailers such as Walmart (WMT.N) are increasingly using analytics to blunt the impact of one of the most unpredictable performance variables of shopping: weather.
Weather data, once used ...
Investors eye European defence stocks
A Donald Trump victory in the race for the White House is widely seen as bullish for European defence stocks, given his warnings to scale back US military support in ...
US states worried about election unrest take security precautions
A security fence rings a Las Vegas building where a Nevada county tabulates votes. An Arizona sheriff has his department on high alert to guard against potential violence with drones ...
Sudan’s RSF chases civilians out of villages in violent raids
Salwa Abdallah was recuperating from a caesarean section and tending to her one-month old baby when soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces barged into her home in Sudan’s eastern ...