World
When Konstantinos Tsanis got his doctorate in finance in 2011 at the height of Greece's debt crisis, his chances of a well-paid job at home were pretty thin.So like hundreds of thousands of young Greeks he moved abroad.Some 600,000 -- mostly well-educated -- left the country between 2010 and 202...
Business & Commerce
Banking giant HSBC said Wednesday that pre-tax profits in the first half of 2024 came in at $21.6 billion, slightly lower than last year's record performance."After delivering record profits in 2023, we had another strong profit performance in the first half of 2024, which is further eviden...
Israeli missiles struck two air defence bases in southern Syria overnight, a war monitor said Tuesday, as tensions surge on Israel's northern border after a deadly rocket strike on the annexed Golan Heights.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported no casualties in the overn...
Sports
The Olympic men's triathlon was postponed just hours before it was due to get under way on Tuesday after last-ditch water quality tests in the River Seine revealed unhealthy pollution levels, organisers said. In a blow to Olympic officials who have repeatedly vowed that the Seine would be s...
The eurozone economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter of 2024, official data showed Tuesday, confirming the single currency area's rebound since January despite Germany's weak performance.The figures will likely support the European Central Bank's view that there is no nee...
Asian markets edged down Tuesday as investors jockey ahead of a slew of central bank decisions, key economic data and earnings from tech titans this week.While last week's US inflation report further stoked optimism that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at least once this year, trader...
World,Back Page
At least 42 people have been killed in a land feud between tribes in northwestern Pakistan, officials said on Monday, during days of fighting with machine guns and mortars.Inter-family feuds are common in Pakistan but they can be particularly protracted and violent in the mountainous northwestern re...
Israel vowed on Sunday to "hit the enemy hard" after rocket fire from Lebanon killed 12 young people in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and fanned fears that the war in Gaza will spread.Iran warned Israel that any new military "adventures" in Lebanon could lead to "unfores...
The 100-day sprint to the US election began Sunday, the final act of a campaign transformed by an assassination attempt and the stunning exit of President Joe Biden.After weeks of infighting and despondency over Biden's candidacy, Democrats have consolidated behind Vice President Kamala Harris, ...
Sudan's warring parties have committed widespread sexual violence against women and girls aged between nine and 60, and prevented survivors from accessing healthcare in the capital, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.In a new report titled 'Khartoum is Not Safe for Women', the rights watc...
An Indian soldier died fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine, one of his relatives said Monday, the fifth confirmed death so far of an Indian citizen in the conflict.Hundreds of Indians are among the thousands of foreign soldiers Moscow is believed to have hired to bolster its forces, and New Delh...
Sports,Football
Momoko Tanikawa scored a stunning 96th-minute winner as Japan netted twice in injury time to come from behind and beat Brazil 2-1 in the Olympic women's football tournament on Sunday.Japan, the 2012 silver medallists, were staring at a second straight defeat in Group C that would have left them ...
Donald Trump labeled Vice President Kamala Harris a “crazy liberal,” while she vowed to prevail over his “wild lies” as both laid out presidential campaign attack lines Saturday with just 100 days left until election day.After earlier addressing a bitcoin conference in Tennes...
Naval parades, which are expected to showcase up to 200 ships and boats, will be held on July 28 in St. Petersburg, at the home bases of the Fleets and the Caspian Flotilla and at the naval task force's base in the Mediterranean Sea to celebrate Day of the Russian Navy, the Defense Ministry said...
Sharp-shooting Chinese teenagers Sheng Lihao and Huang Yuting bagged the first gold medal of the Olympic Games on Saturday in the final of the 10-metre mixed team air rifle event.Sheng, who won an individual silver medal at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics three years ago at the age of 16, and Hu...
A spacecraft launched last year will slingshot back around Earth and the Moon next month in a high-stakes, world-first manoeuvre as it pinballs its way through the Solar System to Jupiter.The European Space Agency's Juice probe blasted off in April 2023 on a mission to discover whether Jupiter&#...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the building of a "people's paradise", as Pyongyang marked the anniversary of the end of the Korean War on Saturday.The three-year Korean War ended 71 years ago on July 27, 1953 with a ceasefire that has never been replaced by a peace treaty.P...
A huge, fast-moving and rapidly growing wildfire in northern California has forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle gusty winds and perilously dry conditions, authorities said Friday.Fueled by a crushing heatwave, the so-called Park Fire -- the most intense wildfire to hit t...
Australia moved Saturday to ban mining at one of the world's largest high-grade uranium deposits, highlighting the site's "enduring connection" to Indigenous Australians.The Jabiluka deposit in northern Australia is surrounded by the heritage-listed Kakadu national park, a tropical...
The International Olympic Committee apologised Saturday for a gaffe during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in which South Korean athletes were incorrectly introduced as North Korean.As the South Korean delegation sailed down the Seine River in the French capital, they were introduced with...
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