Sports,Football
A Saudi Arabian-backed £305m takeover of Newcastle United has been completed. The Premier League has approved the takeover after receiving “legally binding assurances” that the Saudi state would not control the club.Instead the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which will provide 80% o...
World,Back Page
Some 216,000 children have been sexually abused by members of the French Catholic clergy since 1950, an independent inquiry has found.It warned that the number could rise to 330,000 when abuse by lay members of the Church was included.The head of the inquiry, Jean-Marc Sauvé, said the figures...
World,Front Page
Fumio Kishida has formally taken office as Japan's new prime minister, succeeding Yoshihide Suga who resigned after just one year in office.Mr Kishida, 64, won the race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) last week.He will face a range of tough issues, including post-pandem...
The secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents.Some 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 public officials are featured in the files from offshore companies, dubbed the Pandora Papers.They re...
The Army is ready to help ease fuel supply problems after a fourth day of long queues and pump closures.Up to 150 military tanker drivers will prepare to deliver to forecourts which have run dry because of panic buying.The surge in demand came amid fears a driver shortage would hit fuel supply - whi...
The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law.Anyone violating the rule will be punished, Taliban religious police say.Some barbers in the capital Kabul have said they also received s...
Iceland looks set to make history by becoming the first European country to elect a female majority to parliament.According to projections based on the final election results, 33 of the 63 seats in the Althingi, or 52%, have been won by women.This would mark an increase of nine seats from the l...
In his first address to the United Nations, US President Joe Biden has pledged cooperation with allies through "a decisive decade for our world".His reassurances come amid tensions with allies over the US' Afghanistan withdrawal and a major diplomatic row with France over a submarine d...
The new Taliban mayor of Afghanistan's capital Kabul has told female employees in the city to stay home unless their jobs cannot be filled by a man.Hamdullah Noman said the Taliban "found it necessary to stop women from working for a while".It is the latest restriction imposed on Afgha...
China has denounced a historic security pact between the US, UK and Australia, describing the alliance as "extremely irresponsible" and "narrow minded".The pact, announced on Wednesday, will see the US and UK provide Australia with the technology to build nuclear-powered submarin...
National,Front Page
The UK, US and Australia have announced a historic security pact in the Asia-Pacific, in what's seen as an effort to counter China.It will let Australia build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using technology provided by the US.The Aukus pact, which will also cover AI and other tec...
The head of the Islamic State group in the Sahara has been killed by French troops, President Emmanuel Macron has said.Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi formed Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in 2015.The group is blamed for most attacks in the region, including the targeted killing of French aid...
This grim anniversary has meant renewed focus on the 5 suspects in detention accused of involvement in the 9/11 attacks.The men, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, have all appeared in court in Guantanamo Bay this week after an 18 month hiatus in pre-trial hearings caused by the coronavirus pandemic....
China has pledged 200 million yuan ($31m, £22m) worth of aid to Afghanistan, including food supplies and coronavirus vaccines.The aid comes as Beijing said it was ready to maintain communication with the Taliban government.It added that the establishment of the new interim government was a &qu...
A historic trial has started in France over the 2015 Paris attacks which left 130 people dead.The shooting and bombing assault by Islamist State (IS) group extremists was the worst post-World War Two atrocity in France.The only surviving attacker, Salah Abdeslam, is in court with 13 other defendants...
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