Rugby World Cup braced for second superpower showdown
It seems remarkable that the two nations whose very identity is defined by rugby are meeting in a World Cup final for only the second time on Saturday but one ...
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England hold off Argentina fightback to take World Cup bronze
England held off a spirited Argentina fightback to win a Rugby World Cup bronze final full of intensity and errors 26-23 on Friday for a small drop of consolation after ...
Spurs go five points clear with 2-1 win at Palace
Tottenham Hotspur opened a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace as their unbeaten start to the season continued on Friday.
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At least 21 dead, more missing after ArcelorMittal mine fire in Kazakhstan
At least 21 people have died in a mine fire in Kazakhstan, ArcelorMittal Temirtau, the local unit of the Luxembourg-based steelmaker which operates the mine, said on Saturday.
Of the 252 people ...
Maine massacre suspect found dead, apparently of self-inflicted gunshot wound
By Gabriella Borter
The man suspected of killing 18 people and wounding 13 in a shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, was found dead of a likely self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, ending ...
UN overwhelmingly calls for aid truce between Israel and Hamas
By Michelle Nichols
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly called for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and demanded aid access to the besieged ...
Qualcomm unveils new PC laptop chip with AI features for 2024
Qualcomm this week gave details about a chip for Microsoft (MSFT.O) Windows-based laptops that it claims will be faster at some tasks than Apple’s (AAPL.O) chips for ...
Consumer Reports finds more lead and cadmium in chocolate, urges change at Hershey
Consumer Reports said on Wednesday it had found “concerning” levels of lead and cadmium in a third of various chocolate products it tested recently, and called on Hershey (HSY.N) ...
Maine shooting changes Congress member’s mind on ‘assault rifle’ ban, but not the math in DC
The latest mass shooting in the United States, which killed 18 people in Maine, prompted U.S. Representative Jared Golden, whose constituents died in the massacre, to reverse his opposition to ...
Israel rebuffs allies’ calls to ‘pause’ Gaza assault in first open disagreement
Israel is rejecting calls for respite in Gaza as its closest allies in the West have coalesced around the idea of “humanitarian pauses”, or temporary stops to the bombardment.
Growing ...
Blasts hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns, Israel points to ‘aerial threat’
Projectiles hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns on Friday, sources and officials said, injuring six people and showing the risk of regional spillover from the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Israel’s foreign ...
More rare dolphins die in new spot along Brazil’s Amazon River -report
More rare freshwater dolphins in Brazil have been found dead in a new location along the Amazon River, in the latest grim fallout from the longest drought in the rainforest’...
Pope orders reopening of case of prominent priest accused of abuse
Pope Francis has ordered a review of the Church’s handling of the case of an internationally known religious artist who was expelled from the Jesuit religious order after being ...
Iceland hit by thousands of small earthquakes in volcano warning
A seismic swarm has hit the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland with more than 5,500 small earthquakes in the last three days, raising the prospect of a volcanic eruption, the country’...
Medical team and aid trucks enter Gaza via Rafah crossing
A medical team and 10 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Friday via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, carrying water, food and medicine, a Palestinian border official told Reuters.
“This ...
Pochettino unhappy about Chelsea’s Christmas Eve game
Chelsea having to play a Premier League game on Christmas Eve at Wolverhampton Wanderers has come as a double blow to manager Mauricio Pochettino as he will be unable to ...
Putin urges measures to stem illegal flow of weapons into Russia
President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for measures to curb the illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition in Russia, including from Ukraine.
“We need to think about how weapons and ...
Modern art is for dogs too at Museo Tamayo
Dogs and the special bond they have with humans have inspired artists for thousands of years.
Now, the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City has put together an exhibition of modern ...
How great is Japan’s reliance on the Middle East energy
The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has renewed worries in energy-poor Japan over its heavy reliance on the Middle East for oil and gas, and the ...
Eight more aid trucks expected to enter Gaza later today
Another eight trucks carrying food, medicine and water are expected to cross into the Gaza Strip on Friday, a senior United Nations official said, as a combination of technical, political ...
British lawmaker Crispin Blunt arrested in connection with rape allegation
British lawmaker Crispin Blunt said he had been arrested in connection with a rape allegation.
Blunt, 63, was elected as a member of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party for ...
Global hedge funds are boosting their presence in the long-shunned Indian market
Global hedge funds are making a beeline to set up shop in India, a market long-shunned by international investors, tempted both by its growing depth and liquidity and its emergence ...
Mercedes to move on from Austin blow with ‘sunny optimism’
Mercedes expect their upgraded car to perform strongly in the final four races of the Formula One season despite the blow of having Lewis Hamilton disqualified from second place in ...
Boeing struggles to steer defense unit in another year of billion-dollar losses
Boeing’s (BA.N) defense business is proving harder to turn around than executives initially predicted, with supplier errors and high manufacturing costs contributing to $1.7 billion in losses this year ...