Cryptoverse: Will bitcoin behave better on Wall Street?
Bitcoin celebrated its 15th birthday this month by bursting onto Wall Street with an ebullient bang. Now the adolescent asset may have to grow up fast.
Investors have embraced 11 US ...
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French farmer protests turns ugly, one dead in roadblock accident
French farmers in tractors and trucks expanded their roadblocks on Tuesday, resulting in numerous traffic jams as well as one fatal accident, as unions urged the government to address their ...
Djokovic extinguishes Fritz fire to make Melbourne semis
Novak Djokovic continued his dominance over Taylor Fritz but not before a big test as he sealed a 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2 6-3 win over the 12th-seeded American on a steamy ...
Coco survives Kostyuk test to reach Australian Open semis
US Open champion Coco Gauff came through a huge test at the hands of Ukrainian world number 37 Marta Kostyuk 7-6(6) 6-7(3) 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open ...
Brighton and Wolves cancel each other out in stalemate
Brighton & Hove Albion could only muster a point in a scoreless draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday but it was enough to lift them above Manchester United into seventh ...
Embiid scores record 70 points in 76ers win
Joel Embiid scored a career-high and franchise-record 70 points to go along with 18 rebounds as the host Philadelphia 76ers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 133-123 on Monday.
Embiid, the reigning Most ...
Explosions rock Kyiv, Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials say
Russia launched a missile strike on Kyiv and Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.
“Explosions in the city! Details later. Don’t leave the shelters!” ...
US, British forces carry out new strikes in Yemen
U.S. and British forces carried out a fresh round of strikes on Monday in Yemen, targeting a Houthi underground storage site as well as missile and surveillance capabilities used ...
Ryanair wants to open five new bases, grow 40 per cent in Spain
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair (RYA.I), opens new tab wants to open five new bases in Spain and grow by 40 per cent in the country by 2030, Eddie Wilson, the chief ...
CD Projekt aims to start production phase of ‘Polaris’ in 2024
Polish video game maker CD Projekt (CDR.WA), opens new tab aims to start the production phase of the next game in its blockbuster “Witcher” series this year, the company’...
US aims at Iran links with sanctions on Hamas financial networks, Iraqi airline
The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on Hamas-affiliated financial exchanges in Gaza, an Iraqi airline and backers of Iranian-linked militias in Iraq, accusing all of working with Iran’s ...
UK PM Sunak suffers defeat in vote to delay Rwanda asylum treaty
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a setback to his plans to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda after parliament’s upper house backed a largely symbolic motion to delay ...
US seeks probe into West Bank death of US teenager
The United States on Monday called for an investigation and for accountability “as appropriate” following the West Bank death of a 17-year-old Palestinian American, who Palestinian health officials say was ...
Haley, Trump campaign in New Hampshire a day before pivotal vote
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley will campaign across New Hampshire on Monday hoping to stall Donald Trump’s march to the Republican presidential nomination with an upset victory in Tuesday’...
Cameroon launches routine malaria shots in global milestone
The global fight against malaria took a stride forward on Monday as Cameroon launched the world’s first routine vaccine programme against the mosquito-borne disease that is projected to save ...
Russia acting to thwart Ukrainian attacks on civilians, infrastructure -Kremlin
Russia is taking all “necessary measures” to defend its citizens and key infrastructure from Ukrainian attacks, the Kremlin said on Monday, a day after Moscow accused Kyiv’s forces of ...
Australian Open order of play on Tuesday
Order of play on the main court on the tenth day of the Australian Open on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding):
* Day session: From 12 p.m. (0100 GMT)
* Night session: From 7 ...
Eight bodies wash ashore in southern Turkey
Eight bodies washed ashore in southern Turkey in the past six days and most of them may be from a lost migrant ship sailing toward Cyprus from the Lebanese-Syrian coast, ...
Pochettino counting on Chelsea crowd to help overcome Middlesbrough
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino is confident home advantage will help turn the League Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough in their favour at the start of a pivotal week for the London ...
Musk makes private visit to site of Auschwitz death camp
Elon Musk privately visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau site of a former Nazi German concentration camp on Monday before speaking later at a conference on rising antisemitism, after his social media platform ...
Women in Germany earn 18% less than men as gender pay gap persists
Women in Germany earned 18 per cent less on average than men last year, due largely to a levelling-off in earnings after having children and taking part-time work, the Federal Statistics ...
India’s Modi leads consecration of grand Ram temple in Ayodhya
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration on Monday of a grand temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram on a site believed to be his birthplace, in a ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy hails diaspora’s support, proposes dual citizenship
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked Ukrainians abroad on Monday for their support during Russia’s invasion, and proposed changing the constitution to allow dual citizenship.
Ukraine’s constitution does not give ...
Relatives of Gaza hostages storm Israeli parliament panel as protests mount
A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free ...