New generation set to challenge at wide open Roland Garros
Rafa Nadal’s decision to skip the French Open due to injury has set up one of the most uncertain men’s tournaments in Paris in almost 20 years but a ...
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Nvidia shares soar nearly 30 per cent as sales forecast jumps and AI booms
Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) on Wednesday forecast second-quarter revenue more than 50 per cent above Wall Street estimates, and said it is boosting supply to meet surging demand for its artificial-intelligence ...
‘Hot labour summer’: Los Angeles unions back Hollywood writers
Unions representing teachers, truck drivers and other workers who will be headed soon to the bargaining table turned out in downtown Los Angeles on Friday to support Hollywood’s striking ...
Luton promoted to Premier League after playoff win over Coventry
Luton Town will play in the Premier League for the first time after beating Coventry City 6-5 on penalties in Saturday’s Championship playoff final at Wembley Stadium, earning a ...
Russia tells United States: don’t lecture Moscow on nuclear deployments
Russia on Saturday dismissed criticism from U.S. President Joe Biden over Moscow’s plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, saying Washington had for decades deployed just such ...
Ukraine targets Russian oil pipeline installations with drones – Russian media
Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks including on a station serving the vast Druzhba oil pipeline that sends Western Siberian ...
Serbia’s President Vucic steps down as head of ruling party
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stepped down as leader of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) at a party congress on Saturday, saying a new approach was needed to unite the ...
Freed Belgian aid worker lost weight, not sense of humour, during Iran ordeal
Freed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele lost 30 kg (66 lb) but not his sense of humour during over a year in an Iranian jail, his spokesman said on Saturday following his ...
Brexit to blame for a third of Britain’s food bill rise, researchers say
Britain’s departure from the European Union has accounted for about a third of the increase in food bills for households since 2019, equivalent to about 250 pounds ($316), researchers from the London ...
South African fossils reveal ancient beast’s epic journey to oblivion
It was a dire moment for life on Earth. Runaway global warming triggered by calamitous volcanism in Siberia inflicted the worst mass extinction on record – dooming perhaps 90 per cent of ...
Texas attorney general faces impeachment vote by state House
The Texas House is scheduled to vote on Saturday whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a conservative firebrand and ally of former President Donald Trump who has been ...
China will make concrete efforts for political solution to Ukraine crisis -special envoy
China will make concrete efforts for a political solution to the Ukraine crisis, the Chinese foreign ministry quoted special envoy Li Hui as saying on Saturday.
China has always adhered ...
Russia tells US: don’t lecture us on nuclear deployments when you do the same
Russia on Saturday dismissed criticism from U.S. President Joe Biden over Moscow’s plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, saying Washington had for decades deployed just such ...
Japan PM Kishida says willing to meet Kim Jong Un over kidnappings
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try and resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted in ...
Erdogan party split on economic plan as Turkey runoff looms
Just a few days before Turkey’s runoff presidential election, there is disagreement and uncertainty within Tayyip Erdogan’s government over whether to stick with what some call an unsustainable ...
Biden sounds hopeful on debt ceiling, Treasury warns of June 5 default
Democratic President Joe Biden and a Republican negotiator said on Friday they were working on a deal to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling after the Treasury ...
Turkey cenbank’s net forex reserves negative for first time since 2002
The Turkish central bank’s net forex reserves dropped into negative territory for the first time since 2002, standing at $-151.3 million on May 19, official data showed on Thursday, as it ...
EU watchdog calls for curbing leverage in crypto trading
European Union authorities should curb leveraged bets on crypto assets by introducing limits for investment funds, exchanges and other firms to stop shocks in that industry from jeopardising financial stability ...
Sudan army calls on ex-soldiers to re-enlist, sporadic fighting persists
Sudan’s army called on Friday for reservists and retired soldiers to re-enlist amid a deadly conflict with a rival paramilitary and asked the United Nations to change its envoy ...
US rebukes Kosovo for escalating tensions, Serbia puts army on alert (Update)
The United States and allies rebuked Kosovo for escalating tensions with Serbia on Friday, saying the use of force to install mayors in ethnic Serb areas undermined efforts to improve ...
First night train connecting Brussels and Berlin starts operations
An overnight direct train service connecting Brussels and Berlin was launched this week by Dutch-Belgian railway firm European Sleeper, reflecting a push in Europe to bolster less polluting alternatives to ...
Brazil’s Lula said spoke to Putin on war, declined invitation for economic forum (Updated)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday he had a phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and reaffirmed his willingness to establish peace talks with both ...
Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain
Killer whales severely damaged a sailing boat off the coast of southern Spain, the local maritime rescue service said on Thursday, adding to dozens of orca attacks on vessels recorded ...
‘Less is more’, says Tsitsipas after splitting with coach Philippoussis
Stefanos Tsitsipas on Friday said his split with coach Mark Philippoussis ahead of the French Open was motivated by a desire to simplify the feedback he was receiving from his ...