FIFA may face legal action from players’ union, leagues over packed schedule
World soccer governing body FIFA has been urged to review plans of hosting a 32-team Club World Cup at the end of next season or face legal action from global ...
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Pandemic treaty talks to the wire, likely to miss first deadline, sources say
Talks to draw up a global pact to help fight future pandemics are likely to miss an initial deadline on Friday, three sources close to the process said.
Negotiators from ...
Trump lawyer questions Stormy Daniels’ account of sex with Trump
Donald Trump’s lawyer sought to show inconsistencies in porn star Stormy Daniels’ various tellings of a 2006 sexual encounter she has said she had with Trump, part of an effort ...
UN General Assembly set to back Palestinian bid for membership
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday is set to back a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognizing it as qualified to join and sending ...
Warner Bros Discovery squeezed by studio slump, weak ad spending
Warner Bros Discovery posted a quarterly loss that was larger than expected as advertising sales slumped at its cable TV unit and the studio segment contended with the fallout of ...
Bank of England policymakers speak after rates held at 5.25 per cent
The Bank of England took another step towards lowering interest rates on Thursday, as a second official backed a cut and Governor Andrew Bailey said he was “optimistic that things ...
Olympiakos ease past Villa to reach Europa Conference League final
Olympiakos Piraeus striker Ayoub El Kaabi netted twice as the Greek side cruised into a Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina thanks to a 2-0 home win over Aston Villa ...
Israel due to get billions of dollars more in US weapons despite Biden pause
Billions of dollars worth of U.S. weaponry remains in the pipeline for Israel, despite the delay of one shipment of bombs and a review of others by President Joe ...
Eurovision semi-final kicks off with focus on Israeli contestant
The second semi-final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest kicked off in Sweden late on Thursday, with much of the focus expected to be on Israel’s performance after thousands joined ...
Zelenskiy dismisses head of state guard after two members accused of assassination plot
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed the head of the state guards on Thursday, two days after two of its members were accused of plotting to assassinate the president.
Zelenskiy issued ...
China’s Xi Jinping says China-Hungary relations an ‘all-weather’ strategic partnership
China and Hungary will embark on a “golden voyage” in bilateral relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said after meeting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the third and final stop ...
Hunter Biden loses bid to dismiss gun charges, clearing way for June trial
A federal appeals court panel rejected a bid by U.S. President Joe Biden’s son to dismiss criminal gun charges, clearing the way for Hunter Biden’s June 3 trial, ...
Bank of England moves closer to first rate cut since 2020
The Bank of England took another step towards lowering interest rates, as a second official backed a cut and Governor Andrew Bailey said he was “optimistic that things are moving ...
‘Friends and enemies’ told Israel will achieve war aims
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told Israel‘s “enemies and friends” on Wednesday that it would do whatever necessary to achieve its war aims in Gaza and the north, in an ...
In ‘dangerous world’, Cameron says NATO must be tougher
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged fellow NATO members on Thursday to meet pledges to spend 2% of GDP on defence, saying a tougher foreign policy is needed in a world ...
Labour holds 30-point poll lead over Conservatives
Britain‘s opposition Labour Party has increased its poll lead over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives to stand 30 points ahead, according to a YouGov poll for the Times newspaper.
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Israel strikes Rafah as US warns assault could halt arms (Update)
Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian residents said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed U.S. President Joe Biden’s threat to withhold weapons from Israel if ...
Putin warns of global clash as Russia marks victory in World War Two
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Thursday of risking a global conflict and said no one would be allowed to threaten the world’s biggest nuclear power as ...
Leverkusen haven’t forgotten last season’s Europa League heartbreak
Bayer Leverkusen will use last campaign’s Europa League loss against AS Roma as motivation when they host the Serie A side once again in the second leg of the ...
Villa ready for season’s biggest challenge against Olympiakos
Aston Villa are ready to face their biggest challenge of the season on Thursday when they look to overturn a two-goal deficit against Olympiakos in the second leg of their ...
US warns Israel that Rafah invasion will jeopardise weapons supply as assault continues
US President Joe Biden for the first time publicly vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza while negotiations in ...
ECB can cut rates and should rethink how it sets policy, Wunsch says
The European Central Bank can press ahead with interest rate cuts this year but needs to rethink how it forecasts inflation and sets policy based on these projections, Belgian policymaker ...
Google fights $17 bln UK lawsuit over adtech practices
Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) has urged a London tribunal to block a mass lawsuit which accuses it of abusing its dominance in the online advertising market, in the latest ...
Real Madrid stun Bayern with late fightback to reach Champions League final
Real Madrid showed they remain Europe’s comeback kings as Joselu’s late double rescued them from the brink of elimination to reach the Champions League final with a dramatic 2...