Business & Commerce
Goldman Sachs Group Inc and the International Finance Forum (IFF), a Beijing-headquartered think tank, launched a green finance working group on Saturday, the two said.The working group will facilitate dialogue on climate action among senior executives from global corporations and researchers from l...
Sports,Football
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez said former team mate Lionel Messi deserved his Ballon d'Or win, describing the Argentine's record-extending seventh victory as "total justice".Paris St Germain forward Messi, 34, beat Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Chelsea's Jorgi...
World
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Reuters Next conference on Friday that Chinese leaders should think carefully about their actions towards Taiwan, warning of "terrible consequences" if China precipitates a crisis across the Taiwan Strait.In an interview, Mr Blinken ...
Pope Francis appealed on Saturday for a return to "good politics", saying democracy has deteriorated dangerously as discontented people are lured by the "siren songs" of populist politicians who promise easy but unrealistic solutions.The pope arrived from Cyprus in Athens, often ...
World,Front Page
The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged countries to boost healthcare capacity and vaccinate their people to fight a surge in Covid-19 cases driven by the omicron variant, and said travel curbs could buy time but alone were not the answer.Despite shutting its borders to travel from high-risk south...
Leaders of the world’s largest economies hailed a recent agreement to overhaul global corporate tax rules as key ensuring multinationals paid their fair share of tax.The October deal established a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% aimed at curtailing profit-shifting to lower-tax jurisdi...
Cristiano Ronaldo passed the 800-goal mark for club and country, scoring twice as Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-2 in an incident-packed Premier League match on Thursday.United, with Michael Carrick on the bench as caretaker manager, were watched by their new interim manager Ralf Rangnick and afte...
A Chinese city adjacent to Russia said that starting Friday, it would suspend certain activities for goods transported via highway, its latest move to tighten virus curbs along borders amid its COVID-19 resurgence.The highway port of entry in Manzhouli city, a small town in the northern Chinese regi...
A man wears a face mask, due to the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as he rides his motorbike along a busy shopping street in Dakar, Senegal March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraA man wears a face mask, due to the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as he rides his...
A first-half goal from Karim Benzema gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win at home against a feisty Athletic Bilbao Wednesday to move seven points clear at the top of LaLiga.After coming from behind to beat Sevilla 2-1 Sunday, Real had a game in hand to play against Athletic and they took advantage of the oppo...
The European Union has experienced a "breakthrough year" with the United States even if not all trade irritants are gone and now wants to work with its transatlantic ally to start forging trade rules for the future, the EU trade chief said.A year on from Joe Biden's defeat of Donald Tr...
Two US astronauts were set on Tuesday (Nov 30) to venture out of the International Space Station for a spacewalk to replace a failed antenna, facing what Nasa officials say is a slightly elevated risk from the debris of a Russian anti-satellite missile test.Nasa TV planned to provide live coverage o...
Cristiano Ronaldo has hit back at comments made by Ballon d'Or organiser Pascal Ferre, saying the editor-in-chief of France Football "lied" about his rivalry with Lionel Messi.Ferre told the New York Times on Friday that Manchester United forward Ronaldo's sole ambition was to reti...
World,Back Page
India's parliament on Monday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural markets, bowing to pressure from farmers who have protested for over a year to demand that the laws be rolled back.India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration introduced the fa...
The global spread of the Omicron variant of corona virus has brought new cases in Australia, Netherlands prompting nations to reconsider plans for international travel as they scramble to avert an outbreak.News of the variant triggered alarm and a sell-off last week in financial markets, as countrie...
The last two European champions, Italy and Portugal, could face off for a spot at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after they were drawn on Friday in the same path for the playoffs.The 12 teams -- 10 of which finished runners-up in their groups -- were split into three four-team paths, each with its own ...
Whether buying computer chips directly from manufacturers, reconfiguring cars, or producing them with parts missing, automakers are having to get creative to cope with the global shortage of semiconductors.The shortage, due to supply problems and a surge in demand for consumer electrical during the ...
The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend travel from southern Africa and stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic suffered their biggest falls in more than a year.The World Health Organization (WHO) said Omicron may s...
Russia on Friday chided the United States for threatening a diplomatic escalation with Iran at the U.N. nuclear watchdog next month unless it improves cooperation with the agency, saying it risked harming wider talks on the Iran nuclear deal.The United States threatened on Thursday to confront Iran ...
Manchester United caretaker Michael Carrick was coy on reports of Ralf Rangnick taking over as interim manager at the Premier League club, but said on Friday that the squad would quickly absorb ideas from their next head coach.Carrick was put in charge of United after the club sacked Ole Gunnar Sols...
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