World
When Mohamed Lafi vanished at sea one fateful night, it marked yet another tragedy for a Tunisian town struggling with the exodus of its youth.Mohamed's disappearance adds to the deepening despair in El Hencha, situated just 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the Italian island of Lampedusa.His sist...
Sports,Football
Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick and Lionel Messi had an incredible five assists and a goal in the second half as a rampant Inter Miami crushed the New York Red Bulls 6-2 in Major League Soccer on Saturday.Two-goal substitute Matias Rojas sparked the second half rout from Eastern Conference leaders In...
Girona coach Michel Sanchez hailed his players after the Catalan minnows qualified for next season's Champions League on Saturday, for the first time ever.The club, in La Liga for only the fourth season in their history, beat Barcelona 4-2 at their tiny Montilivi stadium to secure a top four fin...
Real Madrid clinched the Spanish title on Saturday for the fourth time in 12 years, beating Cadiz 3-0 before previous champions Barcelona lost 4-2 at Girona.Carlo Ancelotti's side romped clear of last season's winners and shock challengers Girona to clinch their record-extending 36th La Liga...
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Talks resumed in Egypt Saturday aimed at halting months of war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel that have triggered protests around the world.Mediators from Qatar, Egypt and the United States sat down with a Hamas delegation to hear the Hamas group's response to a proposal that would halt f...
Launch day is finally here: Boeing's Starliner capsule blasts off Monday to the International Space Station on its first crewed mission -- several years after SpaceX first achieved the same milestone.The flight, a final test before Starliner takes up regular service for NASA, is critical for the...
One person was killed and six injured overnight in a gritty northern Paris suburb in a shooting likely linked to drug trafficking, prosecutors and the mayor said Saturday.The attack in a parking lot near a cultural centre at Sevran, which lies between central Paris and the city's main airport Ch...
Business & Commerce
The US government gave automakers a reprieve Friday when finalizing electric vehicle tax credit rules, by letting cars that contain Chinese graphite qualify for the consumer credits through 2026.The confirmation came as the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service published final rules on th...
India is not xenophobic, Foreign Minister of India has insisted, after comments by US President Joe Biden suggesting the South Asian nation and fellow ally Japan were struggling economically because they rejected immigrants.Biden, who is seeking reelection against Republican rival Donald Trump in No...
Kenya and Tanzania were on alert on Saturday for a cyclone heading towards their Indian Ocean coastlines, threatening to pile on more misery after deadly floods that have ravaged the region.About 400 people have lost their lives in East Africa and tens of thousands have been uprooted from their home...
At least 15 people have died after landslides and flooding in central Indonesia swept away dozens of houses and damaged roads, the country's disaster agency said Saturday.Indonesia is prone to landslides during the rainy season, with the problem aggravated in some places by deforestation, with p...
Pakistan experienced its "wettest April since 1961", receiving more than twice as much rain as usual for the month, the country's weather agency said in a report.April rainfall was recorded at 59.3 millimetres, "excessively above" the normal average of 22.5 millimetres, ...
Myanmar’s junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country.The regime, which is struggling to crush widespread armed opposition to its rule, in February said it woul...
Hamas says it is considering in a "positive spirit" a Gaza truce deal, while the UN warned rebuilding the devastated Palestinian territory would require efforts not seen since World War II.After months of stop-start negotiations, Hamas has sounded an optimistic tone about the latest hostag...
The OECD on Thursday raised its forecast for global growth in 2024, boosted by a dynamic recovery in the United States as the eurozone lags behind.The Paris-based organisation said it now sees this year's global growth at 3.1 percent, up from its previous projection of 2.9 percent in February.&q...
Myanmar is producing about half of the electricity it needs each day, the junta has said, blaming scant rainfall for hydropower, lower natural gas yields and attacks by its opponents on infrastructure.Rolling power cuts have battered an economy already reeling from unrest sparked by the military&rsq...
Seventy percent of environmental journalists from 129 countries, polled in March, reported experiencing attacks, threats or pressure related to their job, UNESCO said Thursday.Of those, two in five subsequently experienced physical violence, it said in a report released on World Press Freedom Day. M...
Turkey said Thursday it was suspending all trade with Israel until it allows aid to enter Gaza unhindered during its offensive against Hamas in the territory."Exports and imports to and from Israel have been suspended," the trade ministry said in a statement, adding: "Turkey will appl...
Donald Trump was facing a backlash Thursday after declining to pledge he will accept the results of the 2024 presidential election if he loses, as he repeated his false claims that he was cheated in the 2020 vote."If everything's honest, I'd gladly accept the results," the Republic...
The death toll from flood-related incidents in Kenya has crossed 200 since March, the interior ministry said Friday, as a cyclone barrelled towards the Tanzanian coast.Torrential rains have lashed much of East Africa, triggering flooding and landslides that has destroyed crops, swallowed homes, and ...
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