Sports,Football
More than two months after it started, the trial of seven Argentine health professionals accused in the death of football legend Diego Maradona hangs in the balance over questions about a judge's impartiality.The trial was suspended last week after defense lawyers said the judge's involvemen...
World
AFP, JOS, Nigeria: More than 30 people have been killed in separate attacks in recent days in central Nigeria, a local government official said Monday, the latest raids in a region where herders and farmers often clash over land access.The attacks occurred in three villages between Friday and ...
World,Back Page
Rescuers said devastating Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 52 people on Monday, 33 of them in a school turned shelter.The civil defence agency said many of the casualties at the school in Gaza City were children, while the Israeli military said the site was housing "key terrori...
US President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "crazy" on Sunday after Moscow launched a deadly barrage of drones against Ukraine, even as the warring countries completed a large-scale prisoner exchange.At least 13 people were killed when Russia launched a record n...
France's Emmanuel Macron will hold talks Monday in Vietnam at the start of his Southeast Asia tour, an opportunity to test his "Indo-Pacific strategy" in a region caught in the middle of the confrontation between the United States and China.The French president arrived in Hanoi late Su...
Iran on Monday ruled out suspending uranium enrichment as part of any nuclear deal with the United States -- a key demand from Washington in successive rounds of talks between the foes.The issue has come into focus in recent weeks, with Iran staunchly defending its right to enrich uranium as part of...
Tokyo's Narita Airport has begun the construction of a third runway to help cope with an explosion in foreign tourist arrivals.The project, which kicked off on Sunday, will allow Narita to accommodate 500,000 landings and takeoffs annually by 2029, compared with 300,000 currently.Narita, located...
Virgil van Dijk lifted the Premier League trophy after Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Sunday as the Reds held a title party with their own fans for the first time in 35 years.Arne Slot's side wrapped up their record-equalling 20th English crown with a demolition of Tottenham in ...
Russian strikes killed at least 12 people in Ukraine overnight into Sunday, officials said, as Kyiv and Moscow traded fire amid an ongoing major prisoner swap.Ukraine's emergency services described a night of "terror" as Russia launched a second straight night of massive air strikes on...
Sports
Chinese 12-year-old swimming sensation Yu Zidi could be the brightest young star at this year's world championships after producing a string of eye-popping performances this week.Yu, in her striking "doggy" swim cap, rounded off a sensational China national swimming championships in Sh...
Paris Saint-Germain warmed up for their Champions League final showdown with Inter Milan by winning the French Cup on Saturday as Bradley Barcola scored twice in a comfortable 3-0 win against Reims.Barcola netted twice in the space of four minutes early on to quickly extinguish whatever hopes Reims ...
A field trip by students and their professors ended in tragedy Saturday when their bus crashed in western Colombia, killing at least 10 people and injuring 11, their university said.The bus driver lost control of the vehicle as it carried 26 passengers from Tolima to Quindio, according to a prelimin...
Chinese Premier Li Qiang reaffirmed Beijing's ties with Jakarta on Sunday during his visit to Indonesia ahead of a regional summit in Kuala LumpurBeijing and Jakarta are key economic allies, with Chinese companies pouring capital into extracting Indonesian natural resources in recent years, part...
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been denied a request to travel from France to Norway for a rights conference, the organisers said on Saturday. Durov, 40, was detained in Paris in 2024 and is under formal investigation over illegal content on his popular messaging service.He had been due to sp...
Syria's interim leader met with Turkey's president in Istanbul on Saturday, in an unannounced visit amid efforts by the new rulers in Damascus to rebuild the war-torn country.Ankara is a firm supporter of Syria's new Islamist authorities, who toppled longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad in ...
Syria on Saturday hailed the formal lifting of sanctions by the United States as a "positive step" that will help its post-war recovery."The Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the decision from the American government to lift the sanctions imposed on Syria and its people for long years,&qu...
President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday to boost nuclear energy in the United States, including by rolling back regulatory processes on a still divisive technology."We're signing tremendous executive orders today that really will make us the real power in this indu...
Rohingya refugees wait to be rescued from the hull of their capsized boat as a National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) vessel approaches in waters some 16 nautical miles (29 kilometers) off west Aceh on 21 March 2024. Photo: AFPThe United Nations said Friday it feared that 427 Rohingyas, Myanma...
The United Arab Emirates registered a sizzling 50.4 degrees Celsius on Friday, the highest on record for May, following weeks of sweltering temperatures in the desert nation acutely vulnerable to climate change.Worshippers at Friday prayers reported feeling faint and some residents appeared unsteady...
Sports,Cricket
West Indies all-rounder Matthew Forde equalled AB de Villiers's record for the fastest one-day international half-century before Friday's match against Ireland in Dublin was abandoned due to rain.Forde reached 50 in just 16 deliveries -- matching the mark set by South Africa's De Villier...
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