Stokes says England ‘walked the walk’ to level Ashes series
England captain Ben Stokes said on Monday the 2-2 draw in the Ashes series showed his side had “walked the walk” after losing the first two tests against Australia, which ...
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BP boosts dividend even as profit slumps 70 per cent to $2.6 billion
BP’s (BP.L) second-quarter profit slumped 70 per cent from a year earlier to $2.6 billion, missing forecasts, as refining margins and oil trading income fell, but still allowing the energy ...
Lukashenko taunts Poland again over Wagner troops near border
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday taunted Poland over the presence of Russian Wagner mercenaries near the NATO country’s border, saying Warsaw should thank him for keeping them in ...
Pound’s mini-budget dip made UK’s Brexit bill dearer
Sterling’s drop at the time of former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s failed budget plans meant the British taxpayer stumped up tens of millions of pounds extra to fund ...
Myanmar junta grants partial pardon to democracy champion Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s ruling military pardoned on Tuesday jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted but she will remain under house ...
Russia says thwarts Ukrainian attacks on navy, civilian ships in Black Sea
Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it had thwarted attacks by Ukrainian sea drones on its navy and civilian ships in the Black Sea, in thefirst clash of Ukrainian ...
Tourists flock to Chinese zoo to see ‘human-like’ bear (video)
Visitors are thronging a zoo in eastern China’s Zhejiang province after a video of one of its bears went viral with some netizens suggesting she looked so human that ...
US scrape through to last 16, Dutch hammer Vietnam
The U.S. women’s national team struggled to a startling 0-0 tie with Portugal in Auckland, New Zealand, on Tuesday to advance to the knockout round of the Women’...
France will start evacuation of French, EU citizens from Niger on Tuesday
France will evacuate French and European citizens from Niger, starting on Tuesday, its foreign ministry said, days after a junta seized power in the west African country.
The overthrow last ...
Velez fans violently attack club’s players at gunpoint
Uruguayan defender Diego Godin’s farewell match ended with his team Velez Sarsfield losing to Huracan, sparking a violent incident on Sunday, as some of the Argentine club’s own ...
Van Dijk to captain Liverpool, Alexander-Arnold named deputy
Liverpool have appointed Virgil van Dijk as the club’s new skipper, with fellow defender Trent Alexander-Arnold taking on the vice-captain’s role, the Premier League club announced on Monday.
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Sweden to present security measures amid Koran burning crisis
The Swedish government said on Tuesday it would present measures to protect its citizens amid growing concerns in both Sweden and Denmark that the Koran burning crisis could lead to ...
Angus Cloud, star of TV show ‘Euphoria,’ dead at 25
By Daniel Trotta
Angus Cloud, cast member of the HBO teen drama series “Euphoria,” died on Monday at age 25 just days after the death of his father, his family said ...
Rain pelts Beijing for fourth day, 11 killed and 27 missing
Heavy rainfall in the Chinese capital of Beijing killed 11 as of 6 a.m. (2200 GMT) on Tuesday, with 27 still missing, according to Chinese state media.
Relentless rain stretched into a fourth ...
War comes to Russian business after drones strike Moscow’s financial centre
Economic sanctions have been the biggest headache for Russia’s business elite since the start of the war in Ukraine, but two drone strikes in the heart of Moscow’s ...
Euro zone inflation falls further in comforting sign for ECB
Euro zone inflation fell further in July and most measures of underlying price growth also eased, in a largely comforting sign for the European Central Bank as it considers ending ...
War comes to Russian business after drones strike Moscow’s financial centre
Economic sanctions have been the biggest headache for Russia’s business elite since the start of the war in Ukraine, but a drone strike in the heart of Moscow’s ...
Turkish tourism revenues leap 23 per cent in Q2
urkey’s tourism revenues jumped 23.1 per cent to $12.98 billion in the second quarter, Turkish Statistical Institute data showed on Monday, maintaining a strong trend in the sector.
Revenues in 2022 surged 53.4 ...
Deadly clashes in Palestinian camp in Lebanon rage for third day
Hundreds of residents of a main Palestinian camp in Lebanon fled on Monday as fighting between mainstream faction Fatah and radical Islamists raged for a third day, residents and security ...
Drones hit Ukraine’s Kharkiv, injuring one and damaging dormitory -officials
Officials in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, said on Tuesday that drones hit populated areas of the city and one drone destroyed two floors of a college dormitory.
The chief ...
US sanctions four Bosnian Serb top officials for undermining peace deal
The United States on Monday imposed sanctions against four top Bosnian Serb officials, including the Serb member of the country’s presidency, for undermining a US-sponsored peace deal that ended ...
Niger junta arrests senior politicians after coup, IMF monitors events
The junta that seized power in Niger last week detained three more senior politicians from the ousted government on Monday, their party said, in defiance of international calls to restore ...
Unesco recommends adding Venice to list of world heritage sites in danger
Unesco experts have recommended that Venice and its lagoon be added to its list of World Heritage in Danger as Italy is not doing enough to protect the city from ...
Myanmar junta officially postpones election promised after 2021 coup – state TV
Myanmar’s ruling junta has officially postponed an election promised by August this year after its 2021 coup, state television reported on Monday night.
Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing, in ...