New Zealand out to impress again against Argentina in World Cup semis
New Zealand will not take the field just to punch a ticket for the Rugby World Cup showpiece when they face Argentina in the first semi-final at the Stade de ...
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Aviation war insurers cancel some cover for Israel, Lebanon
Aviation war insurers have given notice to cancel cover for some airlines domiciled in Israel and Lebanon because of the conflict in the region, with some cancellations already taking effect, ...
Britain’s Labour deals big by-election blows to PM Sunak
Britain’s Labour Party dealt a crushing blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives on Friday, winning two previously safe parliamentary seats in victories leader Keir Starmer said showed ...
Orthodox church says it was hit by Israeli air strike in Gaza
A Greek Orthodox church in the Gaza Strip, the Saint Porphyrius Church which was sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians was hit overnight by an Israeli air strike, the Orthodox Patriarchate ...
Hundreds rally in New York City to demand release of Hamas hostages
Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday to demand the release of hostages taken by Hamas, as President Joe Biden faces mounting pressure to ...
As Google pushes deeper into AI, publishers see fresh challenges
You may never have to read another news story in your life, if you have artificial intelligence that can digest all the web’s information and serve up a summary ...
Biden to seek billions in military aid for Israel as invasion of Gaza nears
U.S. President Joe Biden asked Americans to spend billions more dollars to help Israel fight Hamas while Israel’s defence chief told his troops to be ready to go ...
Nokia to cut up to 14,000 jobs as US demand shrinks
Finnish telecom gear group Nokia (NOKIA.HE) will cut up to 14,000 jobs to reduce costs, it said on Thursday, after weaker demand for next-generation 5G equipment lowered third-quarter sales by ...
Tesla’s Musk raises Cybertruck production concerns, reveals delivery date
Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday warned of difficulties in ramping up production of the automaker’s much-awaited Cybertruck electric pickup truck and announced that deliveries would begin ...
Robbed, spat at and assaulted, British shopkeepers despair over retail crime
As shopkeeper Ben Selvaratnam recounted how his grocery store in south London was being targeted by shoplifters up to 10 times a day, he had to stop to eject two men ...
Navy warship near Yemen intercepted projectiles -Pentagon
A U.S. Navy warship on Thursday intercepted three cruise missiles and several drones launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement from Yemen potentially toward Israel, the Pentagon said.
Washington is ...
Estonia to probe Sweden cable damage as part of Baltic Sea incident investigation
Estonia said on Thursday it would probe the damage on a Baltic Sea telecoms cable connecting the country to Sweden as part of its ongoing investigation about the rupture caused ...
Rockets, drones hit Iraqi base housing U.S. forces -security sources
Drones and rockets targeted on Thursday evening the Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts U.S. and other international forces in western Iraq, and multiple blasts were heard inside the ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy thanks Biden for ATACM missiles
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he had thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for supplying long-range ATACMS missiles and Kyiv’s foreign minister said the military would be ...
Israelis ink the memory of deadly attacks onto their skin
The date October 7 will be forever etched in Israeli history, marking the day Hamas gunmen rampaged through southern communities, killing 1,400 people, in the country’s deadliest attack since its founding ...
Israel’s Netanyahu says Hamas attack was aimed at derailing peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday the Hamas attack on Israel was aimed at preventing the expansion of peace in the Middle East, and called on British Prime ...
EU ministers call for tougher immigration policies after Islamist attacks
Ministers from across the European Union said on Thursday that member states must screen migrants and asylum seekers better and expel those deemed a security risk more quickly, after Islamist ...
Steward, Marler and Martin in for England semi against Springboks
England have recalled fullback Freddie Steward to start Saturday’s World Cup semi-final against South Africa, while Joe Marler and George Martin are drafted into the pack in the team ...
Fractured US House Republicans to try again to elect a leader
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a third vote to elect a speaker on Thursday, in an attempt to overcome divisions that have immobilized the leaderless ...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it is stronger than before as border clashes rage
Lebanon’s Hezbollah warned its adversaries it was “thousands of times stronger” than before, as its fighters exchanged fire at the border with Israeli forces in violence fuelled by the ...
Airline executives call for new UK rules on passenger compensation
Airline executives on Wednesday called on Britain to draft new rules to allow carriers to share responsibility with air traffic control and airports for any disruptions to flights so the ...
Ryanair fights off European squeeze on its ticket prices
Ryanair is facing challenges at both ends of its price range, with Europe’s largest airline taking aim at proposed minimum fares in France after fending off a cap on ...
Egypt repairing roads at Gaza crossing ahead of aid delivery
Machinery to repair roads has been sent through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip in preparation for the delivery of some of the aid stockpiled in ...
Qatar supplies gas to Europe, vying with US to replace Russia supply
Qatar has agreed to supply Shell (SHEL.L) in the Netherlands with gas for 27 years, the second such deal with a European buyer in a week, as the Gulf state ...