World
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered the suspension of diplomatic ties with Ecuador on Friday after police stormed his country's embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadoran vice president Jorge Glas who was taking refuge there. Glas sought refuge in the Mexican embassy last Dece...
Iranian police have arrested three suspected members of the Islamic State group who were plotting attacks at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, state media reported Saturday.Those arrested in the city of Karaj in the northwestern province of Alborz included Mohammed Zaker who was identifie...
Writer and activist Ailton Krenak on Friday became the first Indigenous person inducted into the Brazilian Academy of Letters, as dancers in feather headdresses shook up the staid proceedings of the country's leading literary institution.Wearing an Indigenous bead bandana along with the traditio...
Taiwan rescue helicopters flew sorties Saturday to pluck tourists to safety after a massive earthquake cut off roads and blocked tunnels, leaving hundreds stranded for days in the mountains.At least 10 people were killed and more than 1,100 injured by the magnitude 7.4 quake that struck the island o...
Business & Commerce
The California-based company was largely spared from last year's massive rounds of job cuts at Amazon, Meta, Google and other tech giants after a major hiring spree during the coronavirus pandemic.Apple has laid off more than six hundred employees, according to data from a California state agenc...
The United States and China have agreed to hold "intensive exchanges on balanced growth", the US Treasury Department said in a statement, after two days of talks between Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterpart He Lifeng in Guangzhou.The planned talks mark the latest ste...
World,Back Page
Israel announced on Friday that it would allow “temporary” aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza, hours after the United States warned of a sharp shift in its policy over Israel’s war against Hamas militants.In a tense, 30-minute phone call on Thursday, US President J...
Israel came under mounting pressure Friday to step up aid to Gaza with its military admitting a series of “grave mistakes” when a drone killed seven aid workers in the embattled territory.US-based charity World Central Kitchen, whose workers were killed in Monday night’s drone stri...
Global food prices rose in March, the first increase since July, pulled higher by cooking oil prices despite the cost of grains continuing to ease, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization said Friday.The FAO’s overall Food Price Index climbed 1.1 percent over the month to stand at 11...
India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged for the seventh time in a row on Friday, with the world's fifth-largest economy seeing both lingering inflation risks and strong economic growth.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said its benchmark "repo rate", the level at which the...
Asian stocks tumbled Friday and oil extended the previous day's surge on worries that Israel's war with Hamas could widen to a regional conflict with Iran as both sides ratcheted up tensions.The threat of regional war compounded fears that the Federal Reserve would not cut interest rates as ...
China has extended its manufacturing domination to clean energy industries in recent years, alongside a global push for climate change action, but that is starting to worry the United States, Europe and others.Washington is especially concerned about "overcapacity", where Chinese subsidies...
The father of US-Canadian citizen Jacob Flickinger, one of seven aid workers killed in an Israeli strike earlier this week, said Thursday his son was hesitant to go to Gaza but had felt a need to help.Flickinger, 33, was among a group of World Central Kitchen staff who died on Monday when Israel bom...
Nine people were freed from a winding cave in Taiwan's mountainous east, while two others were located but feared dead, as rescuers pressed on with their search Friday for those still missing after the island's biggest earthquake in 25 years.The official death toll from Wednesday's magni...
Sports
The shorts worn by Muhammad Ali in his legendary “Thrilla in Manila” boxing match are up for grabs at Sotheby’s in New York, part of a growing sports memorabilia market eyed by auction houses.Bids -- including the latest for $3.8 million -- have been rolling in since late March for...
Sports,Football
Cole Palmer scored twice deep into stoppage time to complete a hat-trick as Chelsea stunned Manchester United 4-3 on Thursday, all but ending their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League.Erik ten Hag’s men appeared set for a vital win after storming back from 2-0 down to ...
Three security personnel, including the deputy of a police station, have been killed in "terrorist attacks" in Iran, state media reported Thursday, two days after seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed in an air raid in Syria."Three security members have been martyred in sever...
Kylian Mbappe had a penalty saved but then scored the only goal of the game as Paris Saint-Germain beat Rennes 1-0 in the last four of the French Cup on Wednesday to set up a final showdown against Lyon.Mbappe saw Rennes goalkeeper Steve Mandanda save his 37th-minute spot-kick at the Parc des Prince...
Florian Wirtz scored goals in each half as Bayer Leverkusen thrashed Fortuna Duesseldorf 4-0 at home on Wednesday to reach the German Cup final for the fifth time.Leverkusen have gained a reputation for stealing last-gasp wins this season but were in total control from start to finish against their ...
Gold broke above $2,300 for the first time Thursday as it continued to surge on the back of expectations that US interest rates will come down this year and high geopolitical tensions.The precious metal has chalked up multiple records over recent weeks as the US Federal Reserve indicates it is about...
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