City’s Mendy not guilty of UK rape charges
Former Manchester City soccer player Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty of one count of rape and one of attempted rape by a British court, PA Media reported on Friday.
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Heatwave forces Athens to close Acropolis, U.S. Southwest broils (updated)
Greece closed the ancient Acropolis during the hottest part of the day on Friday to protect tourists as southern Europe suffered in a fierce heatwave, while more than 100 million Americans ...
UCI bars transgender women from competing in female category
The governing body of cycling (UCI) banned transgender women who have undergone male puberty from competing in the female category of competitive events on Friday, while renaming the men’s ...
Scholz plays down need for policy to spur ‘de-risking’ from China
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday played down the need for government policy to encourage companies to de-risk from China, saying many firm were already diversifying their supply chains, investments ...
Signs ‘crypto winter’ ending as regulatory fog begins to lift
Cryptocurrencies were testing year highs on Friday as a run of favourable regulatory and investment moves have started to shift momentum in markets that had been stuck in a rut ...
Tumbling US dollar a boon to risk assets across the globe
Cooling US inflation is accelerating a decline in the dollar, and risk assets around the world stand to benefit.
The dollar is down nearly 13 per cent against a basket of ...
India launches rocket to land spacecraft on moon’s south pole
India’s space agency launched a rocket on Friday that will attempt to land a spacecraft at the lunar south pole, an unprecedented feat that would advance India’s position ...
More woes for British travellers as workers announce 8-day strike action at Gatwick airport
Workers at Britain’s No.2 airport Gatwick will strike for eight days at the end of July and in early August, potentially causing cancellations and travel misery for thousands of ...
Djokovic resumes Grand Slam quest at Wimbledon, tricky test for Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic continues his hunt for a fifth straight Wimbledon title and eighth overall to equal Roger Federer’s record haul when the Serbian meets Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals ...
Russian Duma completes passage of bill banning gender change surgery
A Russian draft law that would ban doctors from performing surgery to change people’s gender was approved by the lower house of parliament on Friday in its third and ...
Russia’s Putin snubs Prigozhin, Wagner founder not seen since June 24
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Wagner mercenaries the opportunity to keep fighting at a meeting just days after their failed mutiny but suggested Yevgeny Prigozhin be moved aside in favour ...
Cerberus heatwave threatens new record temperatures for Europe
Southern Europe sweltered under a fierce heatwave on Thursday, with a warning that temperatures could hit record highs for the continent next week, raising fears about the impact on human ...
Hollywood actors go on strike, productions halted
Hollywood actors will go on strike at midnight on Thursday after talks with studios broke down, joining film and television writers who have been on picket lines since May and ...
WHO cancer arm deems aspartame ‘possible carcinogen’; consumption limits unchanged
The sweetener aspartame is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at already-agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday.
The rulings ...
Ukraine receives cluster munitions, pledges limited use
Ukraine has received cluster bombs from the United States, munitions banned in more than 100 countries, but has pledged to only use them to dislodge concentrations of enemy soldiers.
Valeryi Shershen, ...
How the property crash unravelled Sweden’s SBB
For hundreds of thousands of ordinary Swedes, investing in one of their country’s biggest landlords SBB (SBBb.ST) was a sure bet for years. Now it is at the ...
Google’s AI chatbot, Bard, expands to Europe, Brazil, to take on ChatGPT
Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said it is rolling out its artificial- intelligence chatbot, Bard, in Europe and Brazil on Thursday, the product’s biggest expansion since its February launch and pitting ...
Putin: foreign-made tanks are ‘priority target’ for Russian forces in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Western supplies of weapons to Ukraine would change nothing on the battlefield but only further escalate the conflict, adding that foreign-made tanks ...
Hollywood actors poised to strike, join writers on picket lines
Hollywood actors went on strike on Thursday after talks with studios broke down, joining film and television writers who have been on picket lines since May and deepening the disruption ...
NASA rover reveals new evidence about organic molecules on Mars
Evidence is mounting about what may be a wealth of organic molecules – a potential indicator of life – on Mars, with new findings from NASA’s Perseverance rover suggesting the presence ...
EU helping UN, Turkey in bid to extend Black Sea grain deal
The European Commission is helping the United Nations and Turkey try to extend a deal allowing the Black Sea export of Ukraine grain and is open to “explore all solutions,” ...
Miss Netherlands’ first transgender winner becomes target of hate speech
Rikkie Valerie Kolle, the first transgender woman to be crowed Miss Netherlands, once saw her success in the pageant as a symbol of her nation’s openness. Then she was ...
Vanquished Svitolina urges Ukrainians to ‘keep fighting for your dream’
When Marketa Vondrousova fell to her knees in triumph after ending Elina Svitolina’s incredible Wimbledon odyssey on Thursday, the Czech not only crushed the dreams of a new mother ...
Jabeur rides the punches to beat Sabalenka and reach Wimbledon final
Ons Jabeur showed that it is sometimes better to float like a butterfly than sting like a bee as her wily artistry overcame the brutal hitting of Aryna Sabalenka to ...