Sports,Football
Real Madrid fought back to earn a 4-1 home win against Real Sociedad that extended their lead at the top of LaLiga to eight points ahead of second-placed Sevilla on Saturday.Real dominated the game but they fell behind after 10 minutes to a penalty converted by Mikel Oyarzabal after Dani Carvajal tr...
World
Indonesia is considering a quarantine waiver for foreign visitors to its holiday island of Bali from next week, officials said on Saturday (March 5), while neighbour Malaysia announced the removal of curbs on travellers from Thailand and Cambodia.Indonesia and Malaysia have imposed some of the stric...
US President Joe Biden meets his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö at the White House on Friday (March 4) as Russia's operation in of Ukraine has roused fresh concern by Vladimir Putin's other European neighbours.The talks come as the Russian president's more than week-long invasio...
Ukrainian refugee Anastasia said she has barely slept in the 90 hours it has taken her to flee to Berlin after Russian missiles started raining down on her hometown of Kharkiv, blowing out the windows of her flat.Now the 31-year-old artist, who did not give her last name for fear of repercussions fo...
Liverpool booked their spot in the FA Cup quarter-finals as a first-half double from Japanese forward Takumi Minamino secured a 2-1 win over Norwich City at Anfield on Wednesday.Three days after they won the League Cup to clinch the first major trophy of the season, Liverpool dominated Premier Leagu...
AC Milan failed to take advantage of several chances as they played out a 0-0 draw with neighbours Inter Milan in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final at San Siro on Tuesday.The Rossoneri began brightly and pinned back the Italian champions almost from the start of the derby, but in the en...
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The United States and its allies unveiled more sanctions against Russia on Wednesday over its recognition of two separatist areas in eastern Ukraine, while making clear they were keeping tougher measures in reserve in case of a full-scale invasion by Moscow.European Union sanctions to take effect on...
Business & Commerce
The mission of the International Monetary Fund is starting its work in Ukraine for the second review of the Fund-supported programme, the global lender said on Wednesday.Ukraine hopes that the continuation of cooperation with the IMF can reassure markets that have been rattled by tensions with Russi...
Goals in each half from Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic earned defending champions Chelsea a solid 2-0 last-16 first-leg victory over Lille in the Champions League on Tuesday, but the London side will be concerned about injuries to key players.Havertz, who had already had two attempts on goal earl...
The global project to share Covid-19 vaccines is struggling to place more than 300 million doses in the latest sign the problem with vaccinating the world is now more about demand than supply. Last year, wealthy nations snapped most of the available shots to inoculate their own citizens first, meani...
Indonesia's peatlands, California's forests, and now, vast swathes of Argentine wetland have all been ravaged by extreme wildfires, heralding a fiery future and the dire need to prevent it.With climate change triggering droughts and farmers clearing forests, the number of extreme wildfires i...
European Union ambassadors began meeting on Tuesday (Feb 22) to discuss sanctions against Russia after its recognition of two breakaway regions of Ukraine, and the EU's top diplomat promised the first punitive measures later in the day.The bloc has repeatedly said it is ready to impose "mas...
Saudi Arabia held celebrations on Tuesday (Feb 22) to commemorate for the first time its foundation nearly 300 years ago, choosing a date that downplays the central role played by clerics from the ultra-conservative Wahhabi school of Islam.The government lined up events that include musical performa...
Inter Milan missed the chance to climb back to the top of Serie A as they suffered a shock 2-0 home defeat by Sassuolo on Sunday.The hosts fell behind after eight minutes with Giacomo Raspadori drilling a shot through goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, before Gianluca Scamacca headed into the net when unm...
European Union foreign ministers will call on the bloc's top diplomat to scale up efforts on climate change this year to help clinch tougher emissions-cutting goals from individual countries, a draft document due to be adopted on Monday (Feb 21) said. Nearly 200 countries agreed at last year'...
Mr Frank Vogel, a 64-year-old local politician from the eastern German Erzgebirge region, has been scrambling to find ways to keep nursing homes open when a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers takes effect next month.His region near the Czech border has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Germ...
Nantes stormed into a three-goal halftime lead and then rode their luck to win 3-1 at home on Saturday and hand runaway leaders Paris St Germain their second Ligue 1 loss of the season. Nantes saw little of the possession, had a player sent off only to see the red card overturned on VAR review and t...
US Vice President Kamala Harris met Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and leaders from three Baltic nations on Friday (Feb 18) and said Russia must show it is open to diplomacy, while warning Moscow of severe consequences if it invades Ukraine.The Russian defence ministry said earlier in the d...
A major strike paralysed most of Paris's metro network and city train grid on Friday (Feb 18), disrupting the daily commutes of millions of people, as workers demand pay hikes.The French capital's RATP public transport company said six subway lines were closed, down from eight reported earli...
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Friday (Feb 18) the planned sale of 250 Abrams tanks to Poland, as Washington moves to strengthen the defences of a key eastern European ally amid a mounting threat of war between neighbouring Ukraine and Russia.Mr Austin made the announcement during a ...
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