Business & Commerce
China consumer prices edged up in June, official data showed Wednesday, but fell short of analyst expectations as the country's economic recovery continues to falter.The consumer price index rose 0.2 percent on-year in June, down from May's 0.3 percent and the fifth straight month in positiv...
World
Dozens of freshly-elected French far-right lawmakers visited parliament Wednesday, as the left-wing alliance who beat them in the polls scrambled for a viable candidate to lead the government.A broad coalition of Greens, Socialists, Communists and the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) won most seats in...
NATO leaders meet Wednesday for their 75th anniversary, seeking ways to ramp up support for Ukraine as deadly Russian strikes and political uncertainties in the West stir new concerns.With the pomp of a summit in Washington, President Joe Biden is aiming to rally the West and also reassure US voters...
Sports,Football
Lionel Messi was on target as world champions Argentina turned on the style to beat Canada 2-0 on Wednesday and reach the Copa America final where they will look for a third straight major title.The defending Copa champions will face the winners of Wednesday's semi-final between Uruguay and Colo...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer jets off to Washington this week for his first steps on the world stage, just days after taking office following a landslide election victory.Starmer, 61, will attend NATO's 75th anniversary summit in the US capital on his debut foreign trip since becoming British ...
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Ukraine on Tuesday after a deadly Russian strike on a Kyiv children's hospital, a spokesman for the world body said.The session scheduled for 10:00 am (1400 GMT) follows a request from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, UN spokesman Fa...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told President Vladimir Putin that "war cannot solve problems" and urged peace on a trip to Moscow over two years into the Ukraine offensive.On his first visit since Russia launched its campaign in Ukraine in February 2022, Modi said he and Pu...
Sports,Cricket
England great James Anderson hopes future players will relish the challenge of Test cricket rather than just go "chasing the dollar" as he prepares to bow out of the five-day game against the West Indies.The series opener at Lord's, starting on Wednesday, will be the Lancashire paceman...
World,Back Page
As the first projections showed the left in the lead of France’s parliamentary polls, against all expectations, a large crowd of left-wing activists erupted in joy in Paris.“I’m really happy, there’s this crazy energy and I’m getting the chills,” said Marie Delill...
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike won a landslide victory to secure a third term, official election results showed Monday, in a rare triumph for a woman in Japan’s male-dominated politics.The outcome from Sunday’s vote is also a relief to unpopular Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling L...
At least 11 people are dead and 35 more are missing after heavy rains caused a landslide near an illegal gold mine in Indonesia's central island of Sulawesi, an official said Monday.Unlicensed mines are common across the mineral-rich Southeast Asian archipelago, where abandoned sites attract loc...
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed Seoul Monday for recent military drills near the border, saying the South must be "suicidal" and warning of a "terrible disaster".After Pyongyang sent multiple barrages of trash-carrying balloons across the border, Se...
Tokyo residents vote Sunday to elect a new governor for the Japanese capital with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in the country’s male-dominated political sphere.Japan has never had a woman prime minister and a large majority of lawmakers are ...
The Hamas government in Gaza said an Israeli strike on Saturday on a UN-run school where thousands of displaced were sheltering killed 16 people. The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted "terrorists" operating around the Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, central Gaza.The health ministry ...
Two soldiers and six suspected militants were killed in two separate gun battles in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Sunday.Kashmir police inspector general Vidhi Kumar Birdi told AFP that authorities in the disputed territory had "carried out two different operations" in villages ...
A Hindu religious festival in Sri Lanka ended in chaos after an elephant in the procession panicked, with 13 people in the crowd injured as they fled, police said Sunday.Video footage shared on social media showed one of the elephant's keepers trying to pull the agitated animal by its tail in a ...
Lashing rains in Nepal causing flash floods and landslides have killed at least 14 people across the country, with disaster teams searching for nine missing, police said Sunday.Flooding in neighbouring India, as well as in downstream Bangladesh, has also caused widespread damage and impacted million...
Confident Colombia marched into the semi-finals of the Copa America with an impressive 5-0 win over Panama on Saturday setting up a meeting with Uruguay in the last four.James Rodriguez delivered another top class performance for Colombia, creating two goals and scoring a penalty as Panama were put ...
The Netherlands struck two second-half goals in seven minutes to come from behind to beat Turkey 2-1 on Saturday and set up a Euro 2024 semi-final clash with England.Samet Akaydin sent Turkey ahead in the first half but Stefan de Vrij headed the Netherlands level and Murt Muldur turned into his own ...
England's quest for a first major tournament win in 58 years remained alive after another late fightback before beating Switzerland 5-3 on penalties to book their place in the Euro 2024 semi-finals on Saturday.After the 120 minutes finished level at 1-1, goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was the Three ...
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