Sports,Tennis
Rafael Nadal says he is "just trying to enjoy every moment" as he returns to the tour for the first time since January at this week's Barcelona Open.After almost a year out with injuries, Nadal returned in Brisbane but has not played since because of a hip issue.The 37-year-old said it...
Sports
Last week, Singapore joined Malaysia in ruling out a bid, after the Australian state of Victoria withdrew as host in July because of rising costs.Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) say their proposal would involve "no significant ask of public funds".It would include a core programme of 10 ...
World,Back Page
The eclipse is the first this century to cross over all three North American countries.Eclipse watchers are keeping a close eye on the weather ahead of a solar eclipse that will plunge a wide strip of North America into daytime darkness on Monday.Forecasters are predicting cloudy conditions in north...
Nearly seven years after the Myanmar military killed thousands of Muslim Rohingyas, in what the UN called “textbook ethnic cleansing”, it wants their help.From interviews with Rohingyas living in Rakhine State the BBC has learned of at least 100 of them being conscripted in recent weeks ...
India and Pakistan are trading barbs after a news report said that Delhi had carried out at least 20 extrajudicial killings in the neighbouring country.India has not officially reacted to the allegations, which were made in The Guardian newspaper last week.But on Friday, its defence minister said th...
A new drone attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant has raised the risk of a “major nuclear accident”, the UN’s atomic watchdog has warned.Russia said Ukraine was behind the attack, which it said injured three people. Ukraine has denied involvement.The giant Russian-held...
Athletic Bilbao ended their run of six successive Copa del Rey final defeats as they earned a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Mallorca to end a 40-year wait for silverware.Athletic clinched their 24th Copa del Rey title - and first since 1984 - when Alex Berenguer stepped up to seal a 4-2 win...
Sports,Football
Arsenal maintained their pursuit of a first Premier League title for 20 years as they moved top of the table with an impressive away victory over Brighton.Mikel Arteta's side edged one point ahead of title rivals Liverpool, who face Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, and Manchester Cit...
The military regime which seized power in Myanmar three years ago has suffered another big defeat, this time on the eastern border with Thailand.Troops had suffered weeks of attacks by ethnic Karen insurgents, allied with other anti-coup forces.Hundreds of troops guarding the vital border town of My...
Manchester City maintained their title challenge in ruthless fashion as Kevin de Bruyne claimed his 100th goal for the club in a comeback victory at Crystal Palace.In an entertaining encounter, Palace stunned City with an early opener from Jean-Philippe Mateta, before De Bruyne's wonderful finis...
Inaki Williams always knew his brother Nico was special, even if his younger sibling used to get so nervous he would ask Inaki, already a star in Bilbao, not to watch his youth games at the Athletic Club academy.He helped raise Nico while their parents worked tirelessly to make ends meet, but also p...
Adidas has banned football fans from buying German football kits customised with the number 44, after media raised their resemblance to the symbol used by World War Two-era Nazi SS units."We will block personalisation of the jerseys," an Adidas spokesman said.SS units were the most respons...
Israel’s military has pulled out of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City after a two-week raid that has left most of the major medical complex in ruins.Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said dozens of bodies have been found and locals said nearby areas were razed.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)...
Sports,Cricket
England withstood a spirited performance from New Zealand to win the fifth T20 by five wickets and complete a 4-1 series victory.The visitors were easing towards their target of 137 with Nat Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight's classy stand of 57. The White Ferns then fought back to dismiss both se...
Carlos Alcaraz says he was made to feel like a "13-year-old" by Grigor Dimitrov after being beaten in the quarter-finals of the Miami Open.Bulgarian Dimitrov won 6-2 6-4 to set up a last-four meeting with Germany's fourth seed Alexander Zverev."He played amazing tennis, almost per...
A court has extended Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal’s custody until Monday in a corruption case.The Delhi chief minister has denied allegations that he received kickbacks in a now-scrapped alcohol sales policy.The ruling comes a day after the US reiterated that it encouraged a &ldquo...
After months of warnings, a recent UN-backed report offered hard statistical evidence that the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is turning into a man-made famine.It has increased the pressure on Israel to fulfil its legal responsibilities to protect Palestinian civilians, and to allow adequate suppl...
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has launched its first electric vehicle (EV) and will begin taking orders.The company’s chief executive Lei Jun said the Speed Ultra 7 (SU7) would be priced at 215,900 yuan ($29,900; £23,600).The move sees the technology giant taking on EV rivals including...
Harvard University has removed the binding of human skin from a 19th Century book kept in its library.Des Destinées de l’Ame (Destinies of the Soul) has been housed at Houghton Library since the 1930s.In 2014, scientists determined that the material it was bound with was in fact human s...
World,Front Page
Four people have been killed and at least five injured after a man armed with a knife went on a rampage in the US state of Illinois.The suspect, Christian Soto, 22, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder.Police in Rockford say the attacks occurred following a home ...
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