Syria’s Assad gets warm welcome at Arab summit after years of isolation
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was given a warm welcome at an Arab summit on Friday, winning a hug from Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince at a meeting of leaders who ...
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Pent-up demand promises record tourist season for southern Europe
After three years of pandemic travel restrictions and rocketing energy costs, tourism is back with a vengeance to boost the economies of southern Europe as sun-seekers make up for lost ...
G7 powers step up Russia sanctions in bid to slow war effort
Leaders of the world richest democracies agreed on Friday to stiffen sanctions against Russia and pledged financial support for Ukraine as its president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, prepared to join them in ...
UK targets grain theft and energy sector with new Russian sanctions
Britain announced a new wave of sanctions against Russia on Friday, targeting companies connected to the theft of Ukrainian grain and those involved in the shipment of Russian energy.
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Wildfire ravages 3,700 acres in western Spain, 550 people evacuated
A wildfire in the western Spanish region of Extremadura has ravaged up to 3,700 acres and forced 550 people from their homes with windy weather complicating efforts to bring it under control, ...
Family of West Ham players attacked after victory in Netherlands
Family and friends of West Ham United players, celebrating their success in Thursday’s Europa Conference League semi-final in the Netherlands, were attacked by AZ Alkmaar supporters at the final ...
Clinical Newcastle crush Brighton as top-four finish looms
-Newcastle United claimed an emphatic 4-1 home victory over Brighton & Hove Albion to take a massive step towards clinching a top-four finish in the Premier League on Thursday.
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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 ...
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 ...