Portugal’s Jota to miss World Cup with injury
Portugal have been dealt a blow ahead of the World Cup with forward Diogo Jota ruled out of the tournament in Qatar due to a calf injury, Liverpool manager Juergen ...
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Man United charged over Ronaldo disallowed goal incident
Manchester United have been charged by the Football Association (FA) for failing to control their players during the goalless draw against Newcastle United at the weekend, the governing body said ...
Nord Stream ruptures revealed as Europe grapples with gas plan
Damage to the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe was caused by powerful explosions, Danish police said on Tuesday, echoing earlier findings into leaks that erupted in the ...
Neymar tells court did not participate in Barcelona transfer talks
Brazil football star Neymar Jr told a court on Tuesday he did not participate in negotiations over his transfer to “childhood dream” club Barcelona from Santos in 2013, but had signed ...
Global wildlife populations have sunk 69 per cent since 1970 – WWF report
By Gloria Dickie
The world’s wildlife populations have declined by more than two-thirds since 1970 as forests have been cleared and oceans polluted, according to an assessment released on Thursday.
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Russia’s Aeroflot passenger numbers down 8.2 per cent year on year -Ifax
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot (AFLT.MM) saw its group passenger numbers drop 8.2 per cent year on year in the first nine months of 2022, Interfax reported on Tuesday, citing figures from ...
Turkish opposition will ask top court to annul contentious media law
Turkey’s main opposition party will apply to the Constitutional Court to request annulment of a media law that would jail people for spreading “disinformation” and which it has described ...
Ryanair boss blames Brexit for UK economic ‘car crash’
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary on Tuesday described the economic situation in Britain as a “car crash” caused by the country’s vote to leave the European Union in 2016.
“The ...
Russia says seized Ukrainian lands are under its nuclear protection
Russia said on Tuesday that four Ukrainian regions whose annexation it proclaimed last month are under the protection of its nuclear arsenal.
The statement from the Kremlin came at a ...
Large section ‘missing’ from Nord Stream 1 pipeline, Kremlin says investigation is set up to blame Russia
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the international investigation into blasts that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea was set up with the advance intention of ...
Oil prices rise on softer US dollar, supply woes
Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, bolstered by a weaker US dollar and supply woes, although gains were capped by the spectre of lower fuel demand from China as it persists ...
YouTube expands audio and podcast advertising for brands
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube will expand ways for advertisers to reach music and podcast listeners and viewers on connected televisions, the company said on Monday.
The announcements come ...
Not plain sailing for Putin with former Soviet republics as they demand respect
Sensing that Russia has been weakened by its war in Ukraine, some of its closest allies in Central Asia are displaying a newly assertive streak.
The region’s five former ...
Turkish cenbank raises securities maintenance ratio for forex deposits
The Turkish Central Bank said on Tuesday it raised the securities maintenance ratio required for foreign exchange deposits to 5 per cent from 3 per cent and that further steps as part ...
Qatar World Cup ticket sales near 3 million, says Infantino
Ticket sales for the World Cup are approaching the three million mark ahead of the tournament kicking off in Qatar on Nov. 20, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and event organisers said ...
Warriors want NBA title repeat, Celtics seek redemption, LeBron eyes scoring title
The Golden State Warriors look to add another title to their era-defining dynasty, the Boston Celtics aim to bounce back from a disappointing finals performance and LeBron James is eyeing ...
Benzema wins Ballon d’Or for first time
Real Madrid’s France forward Karim Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d’Or award for the best men’s player in the world on Monday, while Barcelona’s Spain midfielder Alexia ...
France begins nationwide strike amid soaring inflation
French trade unions began a nationwide strike on Tuesday, asking for higher salaries amid decades-high inflation and posing President Emmanuel Macron one of his stiffest challenges since his reelection in ...
UK’s Truss: ‘Sorry’ for the mistakes, but ‘I’m sticking around’
Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss apologised for “mistakes” in her programme that caused investor confidence to evaporate and her poll ratings to plunge before nearly all of it was ...
Russian ‘suicide drones’ strike terror in Ukraine, U.S. warns on war crimes
Russia attacked Ukraine with drones late on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after a day of strikes on cities in which at least four people were killed and a ...
British markets rally after huge U-turn on govt economic plans
Britain’s government bonds, currency and shares rallied on Monday as new finance minister Jeremy Hunt reversed swathes of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic growth plan, the latest twist ...
Mexico’s non-bank lenders may now need bank licenses to survive
Mexico’s biggest non-bank lenders may need to become licensed banks, analysts said, as they maneuver through growing market turmoil to avoid the fate of three big peers who defaulted ...
Moscow, Kyiv swap 218 prisoners, including 108 Ukrainian women
Moscow and Kyiv on Monday carried out one of the biggest prisoner swaps of the war so far, exchanging a total of 218 detainees, including 108 Ukrainian women, officials from both sides ...
US says Iran supplying drones to Russia violates UN resolution
The United States agrees with British and French assessments that Iran supplying drones to Russia would violate a U.N. Security Council resolution that endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran ...