Winter World Cup led to increased injury severity in Europe’s top leagues
The mid-season World Cup in Qatar last year led to players from Europe’s top five leagues spending an average of eight days longer on the sidelines due to injury ...
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OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources
Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that ...
Geert Wilders: the anti-Islam, anti-EU populist who could be next Dutch PM
Geert Wilders, the Dutch populist whose anti-Islam comments have led to death threats, could become the next leader of the Netherlands following an election upset for his Freedom Party (PVV) ...
Far-right Wilders sweeps Dutch parliamentary election, vows to end ‘immigration tsunami’
Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders, who has vowed to halt all immigration to the Netherlands, was set for a major victory in parliamentary elections on Wednesday, an exit poll ...
Terrorism ruled out at Fiery Rainbow Bridge car crash at US-Canada border
A speeding car crashed in flames on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario at Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people in the vehicle and sparking a security ...
Goldman Sachs says deeper OPEC output cut remains on table
Goldman Sachs says the possibility of a deeper group oil output cut is on the table when OPEC+ oil producers meet this weekend, and it expects Saudi Arabia and Russia ...
UK economy forecast to grow by 0.7 per cent in 2024
Britain’s economy is forecast to grow by 0.7 per cent in 2024, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday, citing the latest projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
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Big investors say US markets rally could prove short-lived
The recent rally that has lifted US stocks and bonds is more of a year-end rebound than a turning point, according to big money managers, who see fiscal and monetary ...
South Korea boosts surveillance after North launches spy satellite
South Korea on Wednesday suspended part of a 2018 military agreement with North Korea after Pyongyang defied warnings from the United States and drew Western condemnation by launching a spy satellite.
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Boycott campaigns over Gaza war hit Western brands in some Arab countries
On a recent evening in Cairo, a worker cleaned tables in an empty McDonald’s restaurant. Branches of other Western fast-food chains in the Egyptian capital also appeared deserted.
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Putin: we must think how to stop tragedy of war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) on Wednesday that it was necessary to think about how to stop “the tragedy” of the war ...
With eye on election, UK’s Hunt cuts taxes in bid to boost economy
British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced tax cuts for workers before an expected 2024 election and he gave businesses permanent investment incentives in an attempt to speed up an economy that looks ...
Dispute erupts over whether pope called Gaza situation a ‘genocide’
A messy dispute broke out on Wednesday over whether Pope Francis used the word “genocide” to describe events in Gaza, with Palestinians who met with him insisting that he did ...
Greek rowing champion Ntouskos to be first Paris 2024 torchbearer
Greece’ Olympic rowing champion Stefanos Ntouskos will be the first torchbearer of the Paris 2024 Olympics relay after next year’s lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia, Greece’s Olympic Committee (HOC) ...
Israel, Hamas agree four-day truce, 50 hostages to go free
Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a ceasefire in Gaza for at least four days, to let in aid and release at least 50 hostages captured by militants in exchange ...
OPEC hears bearish message on oil from top swap dealer’s presentation
An OPEC technical panel invited a top financial market dealer to give a presentation this week which painted a bearish outlook for the oil market, according to materials from the ...
Biden pardons two turkeys, sparing them from Thanksgiving diners
US President Joe Biden pardoned two enormous white-plumed turkeys from Minnesota on Monday, granting Liberty and Bell freedom from Thanksgiving dinner tables as Americans prepared for their annual feasts.
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Ukraine’s coal mines turn to women to solve wartime staff shortages
After more than a thousand of its workers went to fight Russia’s invasion, a coal mining enterprise in eastern Ukraine suffered a huge staff shortage. Its answer was to ...
What do we know about Israeli hostages in Gaza?
The Israeli government voted on Wednesday to back a deal to release some of roughly 240 Israeli hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza in exchange for a multi-day truce and ...
Holders Canada knocked out of Davis Cup by Finland
Canada’s reign as Davis Cup champions was ended by outsiders Finland who produced a big shock on the opening day of the Final Eight in Malaga on Tuesday.
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Wales miss automatic Euro 2024 place after draw with Turkey
Wales will have to take their chances in the playoffs for Euro 2024 after the country’s automatic qualifying hopes were dashed following a 1-1 draw with Turkey in their final ...
Which crypto bosses besides Binance’s CZ are in US authorities’ crosshairs?
Binance chief Changpeng Zhao will step down and plead guilty to breaking criminal US anti-money laundering laws as part of a settlement resolving a years-long probe into the world’s ...
Six Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on West Bank’s Tolkurm – ministry, WAFA
Six Palestinians were killed on Wednesday in Tolkurm camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement.
The Palestinians were targeted in an Israeli drone ...
Warren Buffett, 93, donates more Berkshire stock, assures ‘I feel good’
Warren Buffett said on Tuesday he has donated about $866 million of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) stock to four family charities, and told shareholders “I feel good” as he moves nearer ...