White House accuses House Speaker of aiding Iran
The White House escalated its criticism of Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday, accusing him of benefiting Iran and Russia by not putting a national security bill ...
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Warner Bros Discovery loss bigger than expected as Hollywood strikes dent content pipeline
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday, as the media conglomerate battled a weak advertising market and the fallout of the twin Hollywood strikes on ...
UK-born woman who joined IS loses appeal over citizenship removal
A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State lost her latest appeal on Friday over the removal of her British citizenship.
The British government ...
Ukraine probing over 122,000 suspected war crimes
Ukraine has launched investigations into more than 122,000 suspected cases of war crimes since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly two years ago, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said ...
Man City and Arsenal seek to keep heat on Liverpool
With leaders Liverpool otherwise engaged this weekend Manchester City and Arsenal have the chance to close the gap in what is brewing to be the closest Premier League title race ...
Putin praises Biden for calling him a ‘crazy SOB’
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Joe Biden on Thursday for calling him a “crazy SOB”, saying with an ironic smile that the remark showed why the Kremlin felt Biden was ...
Germany set to join legal cannabis club
Germany’s parliament is expected to pass a law on Friday legalising the cultivation and consumption of a limited amount of cannabis, regularising the behaviour of the 4.5 million Germans estimated ...
Putin says nearly all of Russia’s nuclear forces have been modernised
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that 95% of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces had been modernised and that the Air Force had just taken delivery of four new supersonic nuclear-capable ...
Liverpool draw Sparta Prague in Europa League last 16
Premier League leaders Liverpool have drawn Czech side Sparta Prague in the last 16 of the Europa League, while Bundesliga frontrunners Bayer Leverkusen will play Azerbaijan’s Qarabag.
Europa Conference League ...
Netanyahu presents first official post-Gaza war plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented a “day after” plan for Gaza, his first official proposal for when the war in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory ends.
According to the ...
Russia loses appeal against IOC ban
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday it has dismissed an appeal from Russia against an International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspension for recognising regional organisations from territories ...
Germany set to join legal cannabis club
Germany’s parliament is expected to pass a law on Friday legalising the cultivation and consumption of a limited amount of cannabis, regularising the behaviour of the 4.5 million Germans estimated ...
Woods’ son, 15, fails to reach first PGA Tour event
Charlie Woods was unsuccessful in his first attempt at qualifying for a PGA Tour event.
The 15-year-old son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods carded a 12 at the par-4 seventh ...
Roma sink Feyenoord in Europa shootout, Sparta upset Galatasaray
AS Roma beat Feyenoord 4-2 on penalties to advance to the Europa League last 16 on Thursday following a 1-1 draw after extra time in a repeat of the first-leg result.
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Spain apartment building engulfed in flames, at least four dead
At least four people were killed in a fire that engulfed an apartment building in Valencia in eastern Spain, local authorities said on Friday, while at least 19 people remained missing.
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WHO plans more evacuations from Gaza hospital as bodies buried on grounds
Aid agencies hope to evacuate roughly 140 patients stranded in Gaza’s Nasser hospital, a World Health Organization official said, as Palestinian authorities reported that Israeli troops withdrew from the complex ...
US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft
A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the moon’s south pole on Thursday, the first U.S. touchdown on the lunar surface in more ...
Mercedes-Benz warns geopolitics, trade tensions to weigh in 2024
Mercedes-Benz on Thursday toned down expectations on electric vehicle demand and said it will update its combustion engine lineup well into next decade, becoming the latest carmaker to flag a ...
Lloyds profit rises despite murky UK outlook, motor finance charge
Lloyds Banking Group’s (LLOY.L) full-year profit jumped by 57 per cent, it said on Thursday, despite Britain’s faltering economy and a 450 million pound ($571 million) charge for potential costs ...
UK economy puts recession behind it but price pressures rise, PMI survey shows
Britain’s economy kept up its early 2024 momentum with a survey showing strong growth for services firms and business optimism at a two-year high, but inflation pressures are likely to ...
Biden met with Navalny’s wife, daughter on Thursday – White House
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday met the wife and daughter of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died last week, “to express his heartfelt condolences“, the White ...
Israel says it intercepts long-range missile after sirens sound in Eilat
Israel’s military said its “Arrow” defence system intercepted a long-range ballistic missile in the area of the Red Sea on Thursday after sirens sounded in the southern city of ...
Porn star Rocco Siffredi bares it all in new series ‘Supersex’
Italian pornographic film star Rocco Siffredi says seeing his life story told in new Netflix NFLX.O series “Supersex” made him feel emotional.
“I cried a lot,” Siffredi, 59, said as ...
US nears attempt at first moon landing in half century with private robot spacecraft
A spacecraft built and flown by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines sailed around the moon on Thursday to attempt the first U.S. touchdown on the lunar surface in more than ...