Business & Commerce
ECB chief Christine Lagarde on Friday stepped up calls for greater financial integration in Europe, warning of threats to free trade and of a growing gap with the United States.In a speech in Frankfurt, where the European Central Bank is headquartered, Lagarde warned that "the geopolitical envi...
World,Back Page
Shares in Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate sunk again Friday after US charges alleging the tycoon paid more than $250 million in bribes to secure lucrative government contracts rattled investor confidence.Wednesday's bombshell indictment in New York accused Adani and multiple s...
World
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a "global" war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries.The Kremlin strongman spoke out after a day of frayed nerves, with Russia test-firing a new generation intermediate-range miss...
China urged the International Criminal Court on Friday to remain objective and fair after it issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."China hopes the ICC will uphold an objective and just position (and) exercise its powers in accordance with the law," foreign...
Indian security forces gunned down at least 10 Maoist rebels on Friday during a firefight, police said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to crush the long-running armed conflict.More than 10,000 people have died in the decades-long insurgency waged by the Naxalite movement, who say they are fighting fo...
NATO and Ukraine will hold talks next week in Brussels over Russia's firing of an experimental hypersonic intermediate-range missile, diplomats said on Friday.Ambassadors from countries in the NATO-Ukraine Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss the strike on the city of Dnipro, officials told A...
Sports,Chess
Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju broke new ground to reach the World Chess Championship and the 18-year-old "Friends" fan is now hot favourite to win the title and make more history.Gukesh will be the youngest player to take home the undisputed world crown if he beats reigning champion Ding...
Sports,Football
Ruben Amorim takes charge of Manchester United for the first time in Sunday's trip to Ipswich, while Manchester City are aiming to snap a historic losing streak for Pep Guardiola against Tottenham.Fourth takes on fifth in another of Saturday's eye-catching fixtures when Arsenal hope to kicks...
Bitcoin hit a record Thursday, topping $95,000 for the first time as it benefits from expectations that president-elect Donald Trump will push through measures to ease regulation of the unit.The digital currency reached $95,004.50 in early Asian trade, with observers expecting it to soon reach $100,...
Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time, British media reported Wednesday, after being given the green light from London.Several missiles were launched against at least one Russian military target, The Financial Times said, citing an unidentified Western of...
Russia launching an intercontinental ballistic missile at Ukraine would mark a "clear escalation" by President Vladimir Putin, the European Union said on Thursday after Kyiv accused Moscow of such an attack.Ukraine said the missile, without a nuclear warhead, targeted the central city of D...
At least 68 pro-Iran militants were killed in Israeli air strikes on the Syrian city of Palmyra, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said on Thursday.Those killed in Wednesday's strikes included 42 fighters from pro-Iran Syrian groups, 26 foreign fighters, most of t...
Sports,Cricket
India head into a hotly anticipated five-Test showdown against Australia starting in Perth on Friday wounded by their first home series loss in 12 years and with a point to prove.But questions also surround the hosts, who have been casting around trying to find a successor to fill the considerable s...
Asian stocks fluctuated Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street as traders assessed the prospect of an escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war, Donald Trump's second presidency and the outlook for US interest rates.They were also keenly awaiting the release of earnings from chip behemo...
A suicide attack in northwest Pakistan killed 12 soldiers, the military said Wednesday, following a separate clash that left eight dead in the same region bordering Afghanistan.The suicide blast occurred on Tuesday and resulted in the deaths of "12 brave sons of soil", the army said in a s...
Russia warned on Tuesday that it would respond after Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time, as President Vladimir Putin issued a nuclear threat on the 1,000th day of the war.A senior official told AFP that a strike on Russia's Bryansk region earlier on Tuesda...
Checking imported books, removing texts from libraries and distributing lists of banned titles -- Taliban authorities are working to remove "un-Islamic" and anti-government literature from circulation.The efforts are led by a commission established under the Ministry of Information and Cul...
A decade after Islamic State group extremists rampaged through northern Iraq, Moaz Fadhil and his eight children finally returned to their village after languishing for years in a displacement camp.Their home, Hassan Shami, is just a stone's throw from the tent city where they had been living, a...
Sports,Tennis
Superstar Rafael Nadal's glittering career in professional tennis came to an end on Tuesday as Netherlands eliminated Spain in the Davis Cup quarter-finals.The 38-year-old Spaniard, a 22-time Grand Slam winner, was defeated in the first singles rubber and after Carlos Alcaraz won the second matc...
Germany rounded off their Nations League group stage campaign with a 1-1 draw in Hungary after a Dominik Szoboszlai penalty in the 99th minute rescued a point for the hosts, while Netherlands were held to the same scoreline by Bosnia and Hercegovina.There was little to play for in Group A3 going int...
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