Sports,Football
Liverpool boss Arne Slot faces his first major test with a trip to Manchester United, while Newcastle and Tottenham also face off on Sunday hoping to dispel early season doubts over their credentials for a top-four finish.Slot has made a perfect start to the daunting task of succeeding Jurgen Klopp ...
World
A woman stabbed and wounded five people in a bus in western Germany on Friday, police said, one week after a deadly knife attack that shook the country.The 32-year-old suspect was arrested after the incident in the town of Siegen with no indications it was a terrorist attack, the local police force ...
A power cut plunged large parts of Kenya including the capital Nairobi into darkness on Friday, the East African economic powerhouse's main electricity supplier said.All regions served by the national network lost power apart from North Rift and parts of the Western Region, Kenya Power and Light...
US regulators on Friday cleared SpaceX to restart launching its stalwart Falcon 9 rocket, as a probe continues into a rare mishap this week during a first-stage booster landing.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded the Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday after a first-stage booster tipped over...
Business & Commerce
Asian markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street, boosted by a strong round of US data that reassured investors over the health of the world's top economy, while focus turns to the release of key inflation figures.With the much-hyped earnings report from bellwether chip titan Nvidia n...
National,Back Page
Kamala Harris declared Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump as she reached out to centrist voters in her first interview since her dramatic entry into November's presidential election.The 59-year-old Democrat insisted on CNN that she would be tough on illegal immigr...
Israel has agreed to a series of three-day "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow health officials to administer polio vaccinations to children in the territory, the World Health Organization said Thursday."The way we discussed and agreed, the campaign will start on the first of Septe...
At least 14 people were killed and 29 injured when a bus and truck collided Thursday in Mali, the transport ministry said.The accident happened around 6:00 am (0600 GMT) on a major road near the town of Fana, east of the capital Bamako, according to the ministry.The bus had been leaving Fana for Bam...
Typhoon Shanshan slowly barrelled up the Japanese archipelago Friday, dumping torrential rains and causing transport havoc as its reported death toll reached five.The typhoon, one of the strongest to hit Japan in decades, had weakened by early morning, though gusts were still reaching 126 kilometres...
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia faces an arrest warrant if he ignores a third demand to appear before prosecutors over the country's disputed presidential election, the latest summons said Thursday. Gonzalez Urrutia, 75, ignored two prior demands to appear this wee...
World,Back Page
Coastal cities are not doing enough to adapt to climate change, taking too long and implementing insufficient measures, according to a major study published this week.While flood barriers and pumping systems are a step in the right direction, "across all regions and income groups, scientificall...
World,Front Page
Floods have killed at least 179 people and displaced around 200,000 more in parts of Nigeria after a "few weeks" of intense rain, an emergency official said on Thursday.Most of the serious flooding has been in the north of Nigeria so far. At least 107,600 hectares (265,885 acres) of ...
Intense monsoon rains and floods in India's Gujarat state killed at least 28 people in the past three days, some drowning and others hit by falling trees, government officials said.The weather department warned more heavy rain is expected on Thursday in the western coastal state.Rivers have burs...
Sports,Tennis
Defending champion Novak Djokovic racked up his 90th win at the US Open on Wednesday by defeating Serb compatriot Laslo Djere who retired in the third set of their second round clash.Djokovic, a four-time champion at the tournament and seeking a record 25th Grand Slam title, was leading 6-4, 6-4, 2-...
Mohamed Salah said he is not focused on his future beyond this season, with less than a year to run on his contract at Liverpool.The Egyptian has written himself into the record books of the English giants, scoring 213 goals since joining in 2017.Salah is just one of three huge players for Liverpool...
The African Union's health watchdog on Wednesday said it was close to securing almost one million mpox vaccine doses, urging manufacturers to share the vaccine-making technology to battle the disease.Africa is on the front line of the fight against mpox, with the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
At least 10 Palestinians have been killed after Israel launched a large-scale ground and air attack on the northern part of the occupied West Bank, according to health officials in the territory.The incursion, which began early on Wednesday, involved hundreds of ground soldiers supported by fighter ...
North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of a 240mm multiple rocket launcher equipped with a new "guiding system", state media said Wednesday, as Pyongyang continues to upgrade its arsenal.The announcement comes about three months after North Korea said it would equip its mili...
One month after a presidential vote it claims was stolen by incumbent Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's opposition has called for mass rallies Wednesday to press for the recognition of its election "victory."It will be the fourth round of organized demonstrations held since the July 28 vote,...
Ahead of the draw for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League which takes place on Thursday in Monaco, AFP Sport explains the format of the new, expanded version of Europe's elite club competition:The updated version of the Champions League will see 36 clubs feature in the competition proper, an incre...
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