Sports,Football
A second-half Harry Kane hattrick took Bayern Munich to a 3-0 home win over Augsburg on Friday, sending them eight clear atop the table ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain.Bayern, still yet to lose in the league in 2024-25, were dominant throughout but kept at bay ...
Lionel Messi's new coach at Inter Miami will be announced "in the coming days", the club's co-owner Jorge Mas said on Friday, with reports suggesting Javier Mascherano is in pole position.Argentine Gerardo 'Tata' Martino has left the club due to personal reasons and Mas sai...
World
A massive Israeli strike has flattened a residential building in centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 60 injured, according to Lebanon's health ministry.The eight-storey building was completely destroyed without warning by five missiles in the ...
A staggering 281 aid workers have been killed around the world so far this year, making 2024 the deadliest year for humanitarians, the UN aid chief said Friday."Humanitarian workers are being killed at an unprecedented rate, their courage and humanity being met with bullets and bombs," sai...
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke.Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin referred the “activ...
Wealthy nations raised their offer for climate finance for poorer nations to $300 billion Saturday at COP29 negotiations, with growing doubts that all countries will leave happy with the outcome.Negotiators worked through the night in a sports stadium in the Caspian Sea city of Baku in a search for ...
Business & Commerce
China unveiled new measures on Thursday to boost foreign trade, as Beijing battles to turn around a slowing economy threatened further by the potentially hostile policies of incoming US president Donald Trump.The world's second-largest economy has struggled to revive growth since the Covid pande...
ECB chief Christine Lagarde on Friday stepped up calls for greater financial integration in Europe, warning of threats to free trade and of a growing gap with the United States.In a speech in Frankfurt, where the European Central Bank is headquartered, Lagarde warned that "the geopolitical envi...
World,Back Page
Shares in Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate sunk again Friday after US charges alleging the tycoon paid more than $250 million in bribes to secure lucrative government contracts rattled investor confidence.Wednesday's bombshell indictment in New York accused Adani and multiple s...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a "global" war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries.The Kremlin strongman spoke out after a day of frayed nerves, with Russia test-firing a new generation intermediate-range miss...
China urged the International Criminal Court on Friday to remain objective and fair after it issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."China hopes the ICC will uphold an objective and just position (and) exercise its powers in accordance with the law," foreign...
Indian security forces gunned down at least 10 Maoist rebels on Friday during a firefight, police said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to crush the long-running armed conflict.More than 10,000 people have died in the decades-long insurgency waged by the Naxalite movement, who say they are fighting fo...
NATO and Ukraine will hold talks next week in Brussels over Russia's firing of an experimental hypersonic intermediate-range missile, diplomats said on Friday.Ambassadors from countries in the NATO-Ukraine Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss the strike on the city of Dnipro, officials told A...
Sports,Chess
Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju broke new ground to reach the World Chess Championship and the 18-year-old "Friends" fan is now hot favourite to win the title and make more history.Gukesh will be the youngest player to take home the undisputed world crown if he beats reigning champion Ding...
Ruben Amorim takes charge of Manchester United for the first time in Sunday's trip to Ipswich, while Manchester City are aiming to snap a historic losing streak for Pep Guardiola against Tottenham.Fourth takes on fifth in another of Saturday's eye-catching fixtures when Arsenal hope to kicks...
Bitcoin hit a record Thursday, topping $95,000 for the first time as it benefits from expectations that president-elect Donald Trump will push through measures to ease regulation of the unit.The digital currency reached $95,004.50 in early Asian trade, with observers expecting it to soon reach $100,...
Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time, British media reported Wednesday, after being given the green light from London.Several missiles were launched against at least one Russian military target, The Financial Times said, citing an unidentified Western of...
Russia launching an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine would mark a "clear escalation" by President Vladimir Putin, the European Union said on Thursday after Kyiv accused Moscow of such an attack.Ukraine said the missile, without a nuclear warhead, targeted the central city of D...
At least 68 pro-Iran militants were killed in Israeli air strikes on the Syrian city of Palmyra, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said on Thursday.Those killed in Wednesday's strikes included 42 fighters from pro-Iran Syrian groups, 26 foreign fighters, most of t...
Sports,Cricket
India head into a hotly anticipated five-Test showdown against Australia starting in Perth on Friday wounded by their first home series loss in 12 years and with a point to prove.But questions also surround the hosts, who have been casting around trying to find a successor to fill the considerable s...
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