Sports,Football
Ten-man Bayer Leverkusen beat Stuttgart 4-3 on penalties in the season-opening German Super Cup on Saturday, winning the trophy for the first time.Victor Boniface's 11th-minute goal was cancelled out four minutes later when Stuttgart's Enzo Millot levelled.Leverkusen were then reduced to 10 ...
Sports,Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz made his apologies on Saturday, a day after smashing his racquet in fury during a second-round loss to Gael Monfils at the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Open.The Spaniard, who currently owns both the French Open and Wimbledon titles, erupted in frustration at his game against the French vete...
National,Back Page
The United States on Friday promised to keep supporting Myanmar's democratic opposition, after China endorsed the transition plans of the ruling military junta.Two senior US officials met virtually with the shadow National Unity Government -- which consists mostly of lawmakers ousted in a 2021 c...
Business & Commerce
Japanese stocks surged and markets across Asia started strong on Friday, tracking substantial gains on Wall Street after encouraging US retail sales data reassured investors about the health of the world's biggest economy.The key Nikkei 225 index added nearly three percent following rallies on W...
World
Hamas said Friday the Palestinian group rejected "new conditions" in a Gaza ceasefire plan the United States presented after two days of talks with Israeli negotiators in Qatar.As international pressure mounted for a ceasefire after more than 10 months of war between Israel and Hamas in th...
Over 18,737 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox were reported in Africa since the beginning of the year, including 1,200 cases in one week alone, the African Union health agency said Saturday.The figure accounts for three strains of the virus, of which one is the new deadlier and more transmissible...
Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike early Saturday killed 15 people from a Palestinian family, including nine children and three women.The strike hit the home of the Ajlah family in Al-Zawaida neighbourhood of central Gaza, civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP. The I...
Paris Saint-Germain began their defence of the Ligue 1 title with a 4-1 win at Le Havre on Friday in their first competitive game since the departure of talisman Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid.Lee Kang-in gave PSG the lead inside three minutes in Normandy only for Gautier Lloris to equalise, but late ...
World,Front Page
Thai lawmakers on Friday elected the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister, elevating a third member of the influential but divisive clan to the nation's top job.Paetongtarn Shinawatra, whose father and aunt have served as premier, is the youngest leader in Tha...
The United States on Thursday announced its approval of a $5 billion sale of up to 600 Patriot missiles and related equipment to Germany, which has donated several of the advanced air defense systems to Ukraine.The proposed sale of the PAC-3 MSE missiles "will support the foreign policy and nat...
Ukraine has claimed fresh advances in its offensive into Russia, saying on Thursday it seized over 1,100 square kilometres in the biggest attack by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II.Ukraine said it now controlled dozens of settlements and Sudzha, a town eight kilometres (five miles) ...
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made an upbeat show of unity Thursday as they held their first joint public event since Harris replaced the president as the Democratic Party's candidate in November's election.Chants of "Thank you Joe!" rang out from the audience at a community college ...
Premier League clubs were slow to splash their cash in the early months of the transfer window but business has picked up ahead of the start to the new season Friday. Matthijs de Ligt (Manchester United)Dutch international De Ligt has been reunited with Erik ten Hag, who helped the center-back ...
Inter Milan are heavy favourites to retain their Serie A title ahead of their opening match of the coming season at Genoa on Saturday, as their Scudetto rivals rebuild under new coaches.Simone Inzaghi's side cruised to a 20th league crown last term and, while the summer has brought a host of cha...
Monthly inflation in Argentina came in at 4.0 percent in July, the lowest in 2.5 years even as the annual figure remained one of the highest in the world, the INDEC statistics agency said Wednesday.It was the third consecutive month with inflation under 5.0 percent, according to an INDEC report, but...
Japan's economy rebounded to grow 0.8 percent in the second quarter, government data showed Thursday, in welcome news for Japan's next prime minister following Fumio Kishida's decision to step down.The rebound came after the economy shrank 0.6 percent -- adjusted upwards from an earlier ...
World,Back Page
At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now "in jeopardy", the United Nations' cultural agency said Thursday.Access to primary education has also fallen...
Donald Trump tore into the Biden administration's economic record Wednesday, just days before Kamala Harris unveils her plan for tackling living costs in her first major policy speech as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.In a rambling address that was light on specifics, Trump clai...
Fifteen civilians were killed and several others injured early this week in multiple "terrorist" attacks on villages in western Niger near the Burkina Faso border, the army said in a statement late Wednesday."In the area of Mehana, terrorist elements perpetrated several heinous acts o...
The president of New York's Columbia University has resigned, US media reported Wednesday, months after pro-Palestinian protests brought national scrutiny to the institution and just weeks before the start of the new school year.Anti-war protests and encampments at Columbia and campuses across t...
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