Shell exits Cyprus Aphrodite gas field in $720m deal
Energy company Shell said on Friday it had agreed to sell its BG Cyprus unit to Hungarian oil and gas firm MOL Group for up to $720 million, as the British ...
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AC Milan and Italy great Baresi dies aged 66
Former AC Milan and Italy defender Franco Baresi, one of the most recognisable players of the golden era of Italian football in the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the ...
Nobody is selling football and investment plan continues – Fifa
FIFA said on Friday it would push ahead with consultations on a plan to bring private investment into the World Cup and its other tournaments, after Europe’s football federation ...
Spain says huge surge across border into enclave has reversed, half of migrants go back
Spain said on Friday that it had reversed a huge rush of migrants into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, with thousands of people who had crossed the border by ...
Man suspected of spying on UK military base for Iran arrested in Cyprus
A dual British-Azerbaijani national has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of spying on Akrotiri base and passing information to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, London police said on ...
Labour readmits Diane Abbott after suspension over race remarks
Britain’s Labour Party said on Thursday that it had readmitted the country’s longest-serving female lawmaker Diane Abbott, ending a suspension imposed last year over comments on racism that ...
Smallpox DNA is recovered from Spanish conquest-era Chilean mummies
When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the New World some five centuries ago, they brought muskets, cannons, armor, horses and attack dogs as they set about colonizing the Americas. But the ...
Blast at Pakistan coal mine complex kills at least 11, dozens missing, official says
At least 11 coal miners were killed and dozens are missing after an explosion buried parts of a mining complex in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Thursday, an official said.
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Iran’s Araqchi presses European counterparts over use of bases in US operations
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi urged Bulgaria to reconsider its decision to allow the temporary deployment of U.S. military aircraft at the Bezmer air base, Iranian state media ...
Migrants break through border into Spain’s Ceuta, military called in
The Spanish government said it will deploy military units to reinforce police in the North African enclave of Ceuta after migrants broke through the fences into the city from Morocco ...
Uefa to boycott World Cup if Fifa plans approved
UEFA’s member associations have unanimously voted to boycott the World Cup and other FIFA competitions in protest at FIFA’s plan to sell stakes to external investors in a ...
Noma restaurant reopens in Copenhagen with new chef, set menu costs €900 with wine pairing
Copenhagen’s famed Noma restaurant is betting on a rapidly shifting seasonal menu to drive its next chapter when it reopens in the Danish capital under new leadership next week.
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PM Tusk says Russian missile appears to have come down in eastern Poland
An object that came down in eastern Poland overnight appears to be a Russian missile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, after authorities found a crater and scattered ...
Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold at 3.75 per cent
The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold as expected on Thursday, but a third policymaker backed a rate hike due to renewed conflict between the United States and ...
Shelter gaps leave Ukrainians desperate, angry as Russian attacks mount
Tetiana Lishchynska was overcome with emotion when dozens of residents in one of Kyiv’s districts hardest-hit by Russian strikes gathered this month to press authorities to open a bomb ...
Three people die as migrant boat tries to cross English Channel from Dunkirk
Three people died while trying to cross the English Channel on a ‘taxi-boat’ for migrants near the French port of Dunkirk, the local administration in charge of the Channel and ...
Drone strike near Suez Canal in Egypt raises new security threat in widening war
A drone strike on gas vessels in Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta signalled a potential new front in the U.S.-Iran war, raising the prospect of threats to ...
Newcastle manager Howe steps down with immediate effect
Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has stepped down from his role with immediate effect, BBC and Sky Sports reported on Thursday.
The 48-year-old leaves after five years in charge, having ...
Infantino calls plan to sell World Cup stake a proposal, ‘not an obligation’
FIFA President Gianni Infantino called the plan to sell stakes in the World Cup a proposal but ‘not an obligation’ after the idea provoked a furious response from some football ...
Ukraine begins appeal against IOC move to reinstate Russian Olympic Committee
The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine has begun the process of appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to ...
FIFA investigating Argentina players for ruckus after World Cup final
Argentina’s contentious exit from the World Cup could end up having long-term consequences, as FIFA on Monday announced assault charges against two Albiceleste players and an assistant coach.
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Japan quake survivors battle thirst, heat as toll rises to 17
The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan toppled houses and split open streets in the small city of Yatsushiro, but town official Akio Matsushita is most worried about the invisible ...
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 13; Poland scrambles fighter jets
Russian air strikes killed at least 13 in Ukraine on Thursday, including one in Kyiv, in attacks extending as far as the western city of Lviv, forcing neighbouring Poland to scramble ...
Three Greek firefighters killed as wildfires strike further east in Europe, arson arrests in Bordeaux fire
Three Greek firefighters died battling blazes during high winds on the island of Crete and the mainland as wildfires spread across Europe on Wednesday after days of devastating fires in ...