British ambassador to Mexico sacked after pointing gun at staff
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from his post after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy employee in a car, according to media reports and ...
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Real Madrid seeking to establish new Champions League dynasty
Real Madrid face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday with Carlo Ancelotti’s side seeking to add another chapter to the club’s already ...
PwC to become OpenAI’s largest enterprise customer
Accounting giant PwC will become the largest customer and first reseller of OpenAI’s enterprise product as part of a new deal, according to a report by the Wall Street ...
Abercrombie & Fitch raises annual sales growth target as trendy styles drive demand
Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF.N) raised annual sales growth forecast and beat first-quarter estimates this week, expecting new and on-trend apparel and accessories to drive demand at its Hollister and ...
T-Mobile to buy US Cellular’s wireless operations in $4.4 billion deal
T-Mobile (TMUS.O) will buy almost all of regional carrier United States Cellular’s (USM.N) wireless operations including customers, stores and 30 per cent of its spectrum assets in a ...
Tsitsipas glides past Zhang into French Open fourth round
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas cruised past China’s Zhang Zhizhen 6-3 6-3 6-1 on Friday, reaching the fourth round of the French Open for the sixth year in a row.
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An angry Trump vows to keep fighting after guilty verdict
Donald Trump stared down a bank of cameras inside Trump Tower on Friday and delivered a message fitting for both his legal and political battles: He is ready to fight.
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Georgian PM calls for review of relations with US
Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Kobakhidze called on Friday for a review of relations with the United States after Washington ordered punitive measures over the passage of a law on “foreign ...
El Salvador presidential inauguration bomb plot foiled, police say
Police say they have thwarted a plot to detonate explosives at locations across El Salvador on Saturday, when President Nayib Bukele is set to be inaugurated for a second term.
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Biden: Criticism of Trump jury verdict is ‘dangerous, irresponsible’
President Joe Biden said on Friday that it was “dangerous” for people to question the integrity of the guilty verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money jury trial.
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Biden presents new Israel ceasefire plan, calls on Hamas to accept it
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called on Hamas militants to agree to a new offer from Israel on releasing hostages in exchange for a Gaza ceasefire, saying this ...
Trump says he will appeal historic conviction (Updated)
Donald Trump said on Friday he would appeal the guilty verdict that made him the first U.S. president convicted of a crime, though he will have to wait until ...
Israeli military says combat in part of north Gaza is over
Israeli forces have ended operations in north Gaza’s Jabalia area after days of intense fighting and over 200 airstrikes, while probing further into Rafah in south Gaza, targeting what they ...
Kremlin: Trump verdict shows his rivals are using all means to get rid of him
The Kremlin said on Friday that Donald Trump’s guilty verdict showed that all legal and illegal means were being used in the United States to get rid of political ...
EU in touch with Telegram as it nears criterion for EU tech rules
EU tech regulators are in touch with messaging app Telegram as it nears a key usage criterion that could see it subject to more stringent requirements under a landmark EU ...
Houthis launched missile attack on US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthis launched a missile attack on the U.S. aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea in response to U.S. and British strikes on Yemen, Houthi military ...
Turkish economy expands 5.7 per cent in Q1 on strong domestic demand
Turkey’s economy grew 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of the year, in line with expectations, official data showed on Friday, growing strongly as domestic demand boosted the economy.
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Israel will not agree to halt in Gaza fighting without hostage return
Israel will not agree to any halt in fighting in Gaza that is not part of a deal that includes a return of hostages, a senior Israeli security official said ...
Kremlin: Ukraine has already tried striking Russian territory with US arms
The Kremlin said on Friday that it was already aware of attempts by Ukraine to strike targets on Russian territory with weapons provided by the United States.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry ...
Playing in Champions League final still hasn’t sunk in, says Sancho
Borussia Dortmund forward Jadon Sancho said it feels surreal to be playing in the Champions League final against Real Madrid at Wembley on Saturday after struggling for game time at ...
JPMorgan to grow India headcount by 5-7 per cent for next few years
PMorgan Chase (JPM.N) plans to grow its headcount in India by 5 per cent-7 per cent annually over the next few years, a senior executive told Reuters, as the Wall ...
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Far right AfD cracks Germany’s post-Nazi firewalls with success in the east
In a recent discussion by the east German district council of Sonneberg about getting refugees into work, Roland Schliewe of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) said demanding jobs could ...
Russian nuclear threats are no bluff says Medvedev
Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Russia was not bluffing when it spoke of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine and warned Moscow’...
Eriksen completes fairytale return to Denmark’s Euro squad
Playmaker Christian Eriksen, whose last outing at the European Championship for Denmark ended in a heart attack witnessed by millions watching around the world, has been included in Kasper Hjulmand’...