Cole leads PGA Championship, chased by pack of major winners
Eric Cole, still chasing a first career win, charged to the top of the PGA Championship first round leaderboard ahead of a pack of major winners on Thursday before play ...
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Tsunami threat passes in South Pacific after magnitude 7.7 quake off New Caledonia (Update)
The risk of tsunami waves across the South Pacific has passed and national warnings downgraded following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday southeast of the Loyalty Islands in the French territory ...
Against Hiroshima’s sombre legacy, G7 grapples with Ukraine conflict
Group of Seven (G7) leaders laid wreaths in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Friday, almost 78 years after it was attacked with a nuclear bomb, in a sombre start of ...
Aston Martin stock soars after $295 million Geely investment
Aston Martin’s (AML.L) stock popped nearly 22 per cent on Thursday, after the luxury carmaker announced a 234 million pound investment by China’s Geely (0715.HK), that will see the ...
West Ham beat AZ Alkmaar, meet Fiorentina in Europa Conference League final
West Ham United substitute Pablo Fornals scored a breakaway goal in stoppage time as the visitors secured a 1-0 win at AZ Alkmaar on Thursday and a place in the ...
Sevilla fight back to beat Juve, meet Roma in final
Europa League thoroughbreds Sevilla recovered to reach another final as substitute Erik Lamela’sfabulous header five minutes into extra time earned a gritty 2-1 win in a pulsating affair against ...
Debt default could trigger recession, Harris and Brainard warn
Vice President Kamala Harris and top White House economic adviser Lael Brainard said on Thursday that a default on the U.S. debt of $31.4 trillion would throw the American economy ...
The bullwhip is back: Harrison Ford in Cannes for ‘Indiana Jones’ premiere
Harrison Ford was in Cannes for the much-anticipated premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” on Thursday evening, 15 years since the actor last picked up the adventurous archaeologist’...
US House member ‘pauses’ subpoena attempt over Afghanistan cable
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Thursday he accepted the State Department’s invitation to view a classified cable related to the ...
Israel’s ‘Flag March’ in Jerusalem rattles Palestinians
Tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem’s walled Old City under heavy security on Thursday in an annual event that drew condemnation from ...
Three new ships approved for Black Sea grain deal after Russia renewal
Three new ships were authorized on Thursday to take part in a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, said the United Nations as global wheat prices ...
Slovaks near vote on banning legal recognition for transgender people
Slovakia’s parliament is expected to vote soon on a legal change that would make it impossible for transgender people to change their gender on official documents, removing legal recognition ...
Nadal to miss French Open for first time as injury woes continue (Update)
Holder Rafa Nadal will miss the French Open after failing to regain full fitness from a hip injury suffered at the Australian Open in January, the 14-times Roland Garros winner ...
Russian forces in retreat near Bakhmut, Ukraine and Wagner say
The Ukrainian military and Russia’s Wagner private army both reported further Russian retreats on the outskirts of Bakhmut on Thursday, as Kyiv pressed on with its biggest advance for ...
Devastating Italian floods leave behind wrecked farms and ruined homes
Floods that killed nine people in Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region caused billions of euros’ worthof damageand hit agriculture particularly hard, the regional governor said on Thursday.
Torrential rains this ...
Ny bike-path attacker sentenced to life after victims confront him
The mother of a New Yorker killed in 2017 when a man driving a truck mowed down cyclists and pedestrians on a crowded Manhattan bike path told a hushed courtroom that ...
Sony eyes finance unit listing, doubles down on entertainment
Sony Group Corp (6758.T) on Thursday said it is examining a partial spin-off of its financial business just three years after taking full control, as the conglomerate doubles down on ...
Man City matchwinner Silva hails ‘beautiful’ night
Manchester City’s man-of-the-match Bernardo Silva hailed their Champions League semi-final second leg thrashing of Real Madrid on Wednesday as a “beautiful” and “wonderful” night.
Silva said he was disappointed ...
Near Ukraine’s southern frontline, medics brave rockets to treat soldiers
As the doctor prepared to administer an injection, the loud thud of an artillery shell in the distance broke the silence in the operating room.
The staff at this emergency ...
US appeals judges express support for opponents of abortion pill
Federal appeals court judges on Wednesday appeared to express support for opponents of the abortion pill mifepristone to pursue their challenge to its U.S. approval, which has potentially far-reaching ...
BT to cut up to 55,000 jobs by 2030 as fibre and AI arrive
BT Group (BT.L), Britain’s biggest broadband and mobile provider, will cut up to 55,000 jobs including contractors by 2030 – potentially over 40 per cent of its workforce – as it completes its ...
US banks rethink social media as a threat, not a marketing tool
Bankers are beefing up risk management, monitoring and emergency procedures around the use of social media after an internet-fueled run toppled Silicon Valley Bank two months ago and sparked turmoil ...
Why is the US dollar so strong again?
If investors agree on one thing this year, it’s that the dollar is going to fall. That’s made the greenback’s 2 per cent bounce over the last month ...
Deutsche Bank to pay $75 mln to settle lawsuit by Epstein accusers
Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by women who say they were abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, and accused the ...