New UK PM Sunak visits Kyiv, pledges support
Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made his first visit to Kyiv on Saturday, pledging to continue the firm support for Ukraine that was a focus of policy under ...
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Timing of World Cup beer ban and armbands plan are unfortunate, says Germany team chief
The timing of a beer ban announced two days before the World Cup start in Qatar this week was unfortunate and would create unease among fans, Germany team director Oliver ...
Spain hope to banish ghosts of last World Cups, says Azpilicueta
Spain had World Cup campaigns to forget in 2014 and 2018 but the former champions have an opportunity to rebuild with a new-look team that has several promising youngsters, defender Cesar Azpilicueta ...
Russia trying to exhaust Ukraine’s air defenses, Pentagon official says
Russia’s surge in missile strikes in Ukraine is partly designed to exhaust Kyiv’s supplies of air defenses and finally achieve dominance of the skies above the country, a ...
FIFA chief accuses critics of Qatar of hypocrisy ahead of World Cup
FIFA president Gianni Infantino accused critics of World Cup host Qatar‘s treatment of migrant workers of hypocrisy on Saturday, adding that engagement was the only way to improve human ...
Ricciardo set for Red Bull third driver role in 2023
Daniel Ricciardo is set for a return to Red Bull next season as their third driver, according to comments made by the Formula One squad’s motorsport head Helmut Marko ...
APEC pledges to boost trade as geopolitical rifts hijack regional summits
Leaders of the 21-member APEC bloc pledged on Saturday to boost trade and do more to tackle other economic challenges, wrapping up the last of three summits in the region ...
Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for Theranos fraud
A federal judge sentenced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to 11 years and three months in prison for defrauding investors in her now-defunct blood-testing startup that was once valued at $9 billion.
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Outspoken Ukrainian ex-ambassador named deputy minister
Ukraine’s outspoken former ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, has been appointed to the post of deputy foreign minister, a senior official said on Friday.
Taras Melnychuk, the government’s ...
Kenya, Rwanda request M23 ceasefire and withdrawal from east Congo
Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame have agreed on the need for M23 rebels to cease fire and withdraw from captured territories in east ...
France, Germany, Spain agree on moving on with FCAS warplane development
France, Germany and Spain have reached agreement on starting the next phase of development of a new fighter jet dubbed FCAS, Europe’s largest defence project at an estimated cost ...
Lebanon’s top judge decries political meddling, calls for ‘revolution’ in courts
Lebanon’s most senior judge on Friday said meddling by the political leadership in the work of the judiciary had led to a chaotic situation that required a “revolution in ...
Female referees will not face cultural or religious restrictions, says chief
Female referees at the World Cup will not face restrictions based on cultural or religious grounds in matches involving conservative nations such as Iran, Saudi Arabia or Qatar, referees chief ...
Ukraine says half energy system crippled, Kyiv facing possible ‘shutdown’ (Wrapup)
Russian missile strikes have crippled almost half of Ukraine’s energy system, the government said on Friday, and authorities in the capital Kyiv warned that the city could face a “...
From COP27 to Portugal, Brazil’s Lula on mission to improve foreign ties
Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travelled from the COP27 summit in Egypt to Portugal on Friday to meet officials, showing that improving foreign ties and the country’s ...
UK civil servants plan winter strike unless demands are met
Thousands of British civil servants are planning for one month of “sustained industrial action” through the winter in an ongoing pay dispute, the head of the Public and Commercial Services ...
Russia warms to US prisoner swap for arms trader Bout
Russia said on Friday it hoped to clinch a prisoner swap with the United States to return convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, known as the “Merchant of Death”, in ...
No alcohol sales permitted at Qatar’s World Cup stadium sites
In a reversal, alcoholic beer will not be sold at Qatar’s World Cup stadiums, world soccer governing body FIFA said in a statement on Friday.
The announcement comes two ...
Turkish court arrests 17 suspects over Istanbul blast
A Turkish court ordered the pre-trial detention of 17 people suspected of being involved in an explosion this week in central Istanbul that killed six people, the state-owned Anadolu news agency ...
Biden administration says Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit
The Biden administration has ruled that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, drawing immediate condemnation from the slain ...
Players risk suffering heat stroke in Qatar during World Cup
Players are at risk of suffering heat stroke and could make poor decisions when playing or training in high temperatures at the World Cup in Qatar, physiologist Mike Tipton told ...
Russia not ruling out more talks with U.S., foreign ministry says
Russia is not ruling out further high-level meetings with the United States on “strategic stability”, Moscow’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday, as an upcoming meeting between ...
UK’s Hunt, criticised by some Conservatives, defends tax hikes
British finance minister Jeremy Hunt challenged critics within the Conservative Party who are unhappy with his plan for higher taxes, saying on Friday that his new budget was needed to ...
Hamilton has one last shot to avoid first winless season
Lewis Hamilton has one more chance to avoid his first Formula One season without a win and it comes on Sunday in the place where last year he suffered one ...