Sports,Football
Argentina coach Javier Mascherano has described the chaotic ending to his team's 2-1 loss to Morocco in the men's Olympic football tournament as a "disgrace" and "a circus".Crowd trouble forced the first football match of Paris 2024 to be suspended for nearly two hours, w...
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris has gone on the offensive against Donald Trump in the first rally of her White House campaign, portraying November’s election as a choice between a former prosecutor and a convicted felon.Speaking to a crowd of about 3,000 in the battleground state of Wisconsin,...
US Secret Service director Kim Cheatle has resigned from her position as head of the agency following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.Ms Cheatle testified for nearly six hours during a contentious House committee hearing on Monday.Lawmakers became increasingly frustrated w...
Vice-President Kamala Harris has secured the support of a majority of Democratic delegates to become the party's nominee for president.A survey by the Associated Press on Monday evening said she had received the endorsement of more than the 1,976 delegates needed to win the nomination in the fir...
England manager Gareth Southgate has resigned after a second consecutive European Championship final defeat.The Three Lions lost 2-1 to Spain in Berlin on Sunday, having been beaten on penalties by Italy at Wembley three years ago.The 53-year-old managed his country for 102 games in eight years in c...
Sports,Cricket
West Indies great Brian Lara does not think their current issues in Test cricket would be resolved by solely investing more money.They are eighth in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test rankings, having been a dominant force in the 1980s when they set a then-record 11 consecutive Test ...
World,Front Page
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says at least 71 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a designated humanitarian area, in an attack which Israel says targeted senior Hamas leaders.More than 289 people were injured, according to the health ministry’s statement.The stri...
Sports,Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz said Sunday will be a “good day for Spanish people” as he prepares to defend his Wimbledon title on the same day Spain play England in the final of Euro 2024.The 21-year-old Spaniard clinched a 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 6-4 6-4 comeback victory over fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in Frida...
World
Meta has lifted the final restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the run up to US presidential elections in November.The ex-US president and convicted felon’s accounts were suspended in 2021 after he praised supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January.Tr...
At least 29 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli air strike on a camp for displaced people outside a school in southern Gaza, hospital officials say.Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said the strike had hit next to the gate of al-Awda school in the town of Abasan al-Kabi...
US President Joe Biden has pledged to provide Ukraine with five new strategic air defence systems to counter relentless Russian attacks, in a forceful speech welcoming Nato leaders to Washington DC.In brief but strongly delivered remarks at the opening of the summit, the president declared the milit...
Five soldiers have been killed in an ambush by suspected militants in the Kathua district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, officials say.The soldiers in military vehicles came under fire from militants hiding in a nearby hill, according to initial reports.Reinforcements arrived quickly and ...
Rishi Sunak has said he accepts responsibility for the Conservative Party's catastrophic general election defeat.Sir Keir Starmer has led the Labour Party to a landslide victory and will take over from Mr Sunak as the UK's prime minister.Mr Sunak told supporters: "The British people hav...
Japan's top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s.The Supreme Court also ordered the government to pay damages to 11 victims, who were involved in five cases that were heard on appeal.Wednesday&...
The moment Gordon Banks denied Pele at the 1970 World Cup is known as the ‘save of the century’ - this time the scene was played out in the pouring rain of Leipzig rather than the sweltering heat of Guadalajara. But Turkey goalkeeper Mert Gunok’s leap to somehow claw away Christoph...
Iran will hold a run-off election after hardline candidate Saeed Jalili and rival Massoud Pezeshkian, who is seen as reformist, both failed to secure a majority in the presidential race.Candidates need to win 50% of the vote but the pair both hovered around the 40% mark - with Mr Pezeshkian finishin...
Palestinians have been fleeing Gaza City's eastern Shejaiya district amid intense Israeli bombardment and a reported incursion by ground forces.One Gaza City resident said it had "sounded as if the war is restarting", while Hamas-run authorities said air strikes had killed at least sev...
Indian author Arundhati Roy has said that she is "delighted" to have been awarded this year's PEN Pinter Prize.Set up in memory of playwright Harold Pinter, the award is for writers of "outstanding literary merit" who take an "unflinching" look at the world.The anno...
Delhi's water minister Atishi has been admitted to hospital, five days after she began a hunger strike to highlight the city's water crisis.The Indian capital has been facing severe water shortages as a prolonged heatwave has pushed up consumption.Ms Atishi was taken to hospital on Tuesday m...
Ukraine says its energy facilities have come under a “massive” attack from Russia overnight, in the latest onslaught targeting the country's power grid.It is the eighth time Russia has launched an attack on energy infrastructure facilities in the past three months, Ukraine’s en...
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