Sports,Football
France's grudge match with Argentina ended in ugly scenes after Jean-Philippe Mateta scored the only goal to put the hosts into the Olympic semi-finals on Friday with a 1-0 win, joining Spain, Morocco and Egypt.Tensions spilled over at full-time in Bordeaux with rival players and staff clashing ...
World
An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing 32 people and wounding scores more, in one of the deadliest attacks in months, police said on Saturday.The Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists have been waging an insurgency against the internationally backe...
World,Front Page
Nearly two-thirds of the buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed since the Gaza war began in October, the United Nations said Friday."UNOSAT's latest damage building assessment, based on satellite imagery... reveals that 151,265 structures have been affected in the Gaza S...
World,Back Page
Japan sweltered through its hottest July since records began 126 years ago, the weather agency said, as extreme heatwaves fuelled by climate change engulfed many parts of the globe.Temperatures in the country were 2.16 degrees Celsius higher than average, breaking last year’s record for July o...
US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that Washington is committed to defending Israel's security "against all threats from Iran," the White House said, after the assassination of a top Hamas leader in Tehran.Biden, who was joined on the call by Vice...
US journalist Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel jailed for a Berlin murder were among two dozen prisoners freed Thursday in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. The intricate multinational deal that freed the Wall Street Journal reporter and others including...
Monsoon downpours caused flash floods that killed 13 people in India's Himalayan foothills, officials said Friday, with helicopters rescuing hundreds stranded near a renowned Hindu shrine.Flooding and landslides are common and cause widespread devastation during India's treacherous monsoon s...
France on Friday welcomed a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the West and urged Moscow to set free French citizen Laurent Vinatier and other people still "arbitrarily" detained in the country."France shares the sentiment of the families and allied governments following the re...
Sports,Tennis
Andy Murray escaped the horrors of a school shooting massacre when he was eight years old to become one of the world's standout tennis champions in a modern era dominated by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.Murray slipped into retirement on Thursday aged 37 when he was defeated in ...
Iran held a funeral ceremony on Thursday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel.The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Qatar, having earlier threa...
Business & Commerce
German luxury carmaker BMW posted a drop in net profit for the second quarter on Thursday, dragged down by higher manufacturing costs and weakening demand in key market China.Net profit at the BMW group -- which also includes the Rolls-Royce and Mini brands -- declined by 8.6 percent to 2.7 billion ...
Brazil's central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday at 10.5 percent, opting for caution after forecasts of higher inflation in Latin America's largest economy.The bank's monetary policy committee said it was acting unanimously due to "an uncertain global scena...
A bomb exploded in a teahouse in a village in northeast Nigeria, killing 19 people and wounding two dozen more in the second major attack in a few weeks, security sources said on Thursday.The Wednesday night blast in Kawuri village in Borno State was one of the deadliest in recent years in northeast...
The Kremlin said Thursday that any F-16s delivered to Ukraine would be shot down and have little impact on the battlefield, in response to reports that the first fighter jets have arrived."Their number will gradually decrease, they will be shot down... But of course, these deliveries will not h...
Kamala Harris will be confirmed as the Democratic US presidential nominee in an electronic vote starting Thursday that replaces the fanfare of in-person balloting that usually kicks off the party's national convention.Less than two weeks after Joe Biden ended his reelection bid, his 52-year-old ...
There is no love lost between France and Argentina on the football field these days and their quarter-final meeting in Bordeaux on Friday will add spice to the men's Olympic tournament.The last-eight clash between the rivals is in many ways exactly what was needed for a competition mainly reserv...
Brazil legend Marta exited the pitch in tears on Wednesday after being sent off in her side’s 2-0 defeat by World Cup holders Spain which left them in danger of a group-stage exit in the women’s Olympic football tournament.Marta was shown a straight red card in first-half stoppage time i...
Hamas said Wednesday its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he was attending the swearing-in of the new president, and vowed the act "will not go unanswered".Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei too threatened "harsh punishment&q...
Thousands of Venezuelans gathered Tuesday in a peaceful show of opposition support a day after 11 people died and dozens were injured in protests against President Nicolas Maduro's disputed presidential election victory."Freedom! Freedom!" and "We are not afraid!" they chante...
The WHO said 85 patients had been evacuated Tuesday from Gaza to the United Arab Emirates, in the largest medical evacuation from the Palestinian territory since the war began in October.The World Health Organization said the sick and severely injured patients evacuated to the Gulf country comprised...
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