World
Spanish fire crews picked through the wreckage of a beachfront restaurant on the holiday island of Mallorca on Friday, searching for clues after it partially collapsed, killing four people and injuring 16.Authorities, who declared three days of mourning, gave no immediate indication of the cause but...
Sports,Football
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag hopes to bolster his chances of avoiding the sack by ruining Manchester City's history bid in the FA Cup final on Saturday.For the second successive season, Wembley will stage a Manchester derby in the showpiece fixture. Last year, City beat United 2-1 in t...
Business & Commerce
France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Friday the G7 must provide a "united front" against Chinese unfair trade and industrial overcapacity, without sparking a trade war.As finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven world powers met for the first day of talks ...
Markets fell in Asia on Friday, tracking a sell-off on Wall Street sparked by a string of better-than-expected US data that added to worries the Federal Reserve will hold off on cutting interest rates this year.A weeks-long rally in equities has petered out in the past few days on profit-taking and ...
World,Back Page
The UN's top court said it will rule Friday on a request by South Africa to order Israel to implement a ceasefire in Gaza.South Africa has petitioned the International Court of Justice for emergency measures to order Israel to "cease its military operations in the Gaza Strip" including...
The IMF urged France on Thursday to take more measures this year to reduce its debt load, warning that the budget deficit will be sharply higher than forecast in 2027.The IMF said in a statement that France's deficit will reach 5.3 percent of gross domestic product this year, slightly higher tha...
Myanmar has been scrapped as the host of this year's Miss Grand International beauty pageant due to the civil war roiling the country, its organisers told AFP on Thursday.Dozens of contestants were slated to arrive in the commercial hub Yangon in October to compete in the pageant, hosted by Thai...
China is sending "lethal aid" to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine, Britain's defence minister Grant Shapps said on Wednesday."Today I can reveal that we have evidence that Russia and China are collaborating on combat equipment for use in Ukraine," he said in a speech...
Leaders of the Iran-led, so-called "axis of resistance", including Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh, discussed the war in Gaza during a meeting in Tehran on the sidelines of president Ebrahim Raisi's funeral, state media reported Thursday.The "axis of resistance" brings together Ir...
"Armed bandits" killed around 20 people in a village in Niger's restive Tillaberi region bordering Mali earlier this week, public radio reported on Wednesday."The Tillaberi region... was plunged into mourning following an attack perpetrated by armed bandits on Monday May 20, 2024,...
A flag carried by US Capitol rioters was displayed last year at a Supreme Court justice's vacation home, The New York Times reported Wednesday, after revelations a similarly provocative flag was flown outside his residence.Conservative Justice Samuel Alito last week faced calls by Democrats to r...
UK political parties began jostling for position on Thursday, setting out their electoral battle plans after embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a general election for July 4.Sunak ended months of speculation about the date of the vote in a rain-soaked speech Wednesday outside Downing Street...
UN war crimes investigators said Thursday they were tracking the escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State, and were probing reports that thousands from a persecuted minority had been displaced.The United Nations' Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said...
Ademola Lookman scored a stunning hattrick as Atalanta ended Bayer Leverkusen's 51-match unbeaten run to win the Europa League final 3-0 on Wednesday and claim their first trophy for 61 years.Lookman became the first player to score a hattrick in a European final for 49 years to secure Atalanta&...
World,Front Page
Norway, Ireland and Spain announced on Wednesday that they will recognise a Palestinian state from May 28, sparking delight from Palestinian leaders and fury from Israel.The three nations hope other countries will follow but Europe remains split over the issue as the Israel-Hamas war rages. France s...
France and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday signed a "strategic partnership" on artificial intelligence (AI) aimed at boosting cooperation between them, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told AFP.The agreement signed with Khaldoon Al Mubarak, managing director of the Abu Dhabi gove...
French luxury brand Chanel said Tuesday that its sales jumped last year to a record just shy of $20 billion, although profits only edged higher.Sales climbed by 14.6 percent to $19.7 billion last year, with double-digit growth across its fashion, fragrance and jewellery products.Meanwhile, net profi...
Ethnic minority Kachin insurgents have captured a junta military camp near the state capital of Myitkyina, in northern Myanmar, which has also given them control of a main trade route to the border with China, a spokesman for the rebel group told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday. The Kachin In...
Sports,Cricket
Jos Buttler wants his England team to show they are still a force to be reckoned with at the T20 World Cup after last year's shambolic 50-over title defence left them with "dented" pride.Reflecting Tuesday on the impact of their poor showing in India, England captain Buttler said: &ldq...
France said late Monday it supported the independence of the International Criminal Court, whose prosecutor has requested arrest warrants for leaders from Israel, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Islamist movement Hamas."France supports the International Criminal Court, its ...
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