Sports,Football
Liverpool took a firm grip of their Champions League tie with Benfica as goals from Ibrahima Konate, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz earned them a 3-1 victory in Lisbon in their quarter-final first leg on Tuesday.Konate opened the scoring with a close-range header from a corner and Mane extended Liverpool&...
World
Kuwait's government submitted its resignation on Tuesday (April 5), state news agency KUNA reported, ahead of a no-confidence vote against the Prime Minister in Parliament, amid a lengthy political feud that has hindered fiscal reform in the Gulf oil producer.Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad ...
Former United States President Barack Obama will return to the White House on Tuesday (April 5) for the first time since leaving office in 2017 to tout the benefits of his signature healthcare law and offer backing to his friend and former governing partner, President Joe Biden.Mr Obama remains a po...
The United States will ask the UN General Assembly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Monday (April 4), after Ukraine accused Russian troops of killing dozens of civilians in the town of Bucha.Russia is in its second y...
Business & Commerce
Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year as they contend with rising inflation and its effects on monetary policy, a survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management showed on Monday.More than 40% of insurers plan to increase their investments in private equity in the next 12 months to ...
The Taliban announced on Sunday (April 3) a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer."As per the decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, all Afghans are informed that from now on, cultivation of poppy has been strictl...
Malaysia and Indonesia agreed that global prices of palm oil should be determined by the two biggest producers and they should not compete, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said after meeting Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Friday (April 1).Palm oil prices were among several issues the tw...
British police said on Tuesday (March 29) they would be recommending an initial 20 fixed penalty notices are issued over breaches of coronavirus lockdown rules at gatherings in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's offices and residence, sparking fresh calls for the prime minister to resign.Police are ...
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators began talks in Istanbul on Tuesday (March 29), and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told them that progress would pave the way for a meeting of the countries' two leaders since the time had come for concrete results.In a televised speech to the negotiators...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said on Monday (March 28), after he met United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken.Mr Bennett, who met Mr Blinken in Jerusalem on Sunday on the sidelines of a historic summit of Israeli and Arab diplomats, "...
US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley said on Sunday (March 27) that he was not confident that a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran was imminent after 11 months of talks in Vienna that have stalled."I can't be confident it is imminent... a few months ago we thought we were pretty ...
Chinese emergency workers have not found the second black box from the China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week with 132 people on board, officials said on Saturday (March 26). But they have found an emergency location transmitter from the plane that had been close to where the seco...
Italy missed out on the World Cup finals again after losing 1-0 at home to North Macedonia in their playoff semi-final on Thursday as Aleksandar Trajkovski's last-gasp strike earned the visitors a famous win.European champions Italy did not qualify for the World Cup four years ago, their first f...
Sports,Cricket
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon took five wickets to help Australia beat Pakistan by 115 runs in the final session of the deciding third Test in Lahore and clinch the three-match series 1-0 on Friday.The 34-year-old took the prized wickets of Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali and Babar Azam to end Pakistan's resis...
The European Union and United States unveiled a deal on Friday (March 25) to supply Europe with more US liquefied natural gas (LNG), as leaders of the European bloc meet to curb their reliance on Russian fossil fuels and deal with an energy crunch.The pact announced during a visit by US President Jo...
Natural gas cooperation is among the most important steps Turkey and Israel can take amid a bid to repair ties and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett could visit Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Friday (March 25).Earlier in March, Mr Erdogan said he believed Israeli ...
The Kremlin said on Monday (March 21) that peace talks between Russia and Ukraine had not yet made any significant progress.Moscow has accused Kyiv of stalling peace talks by making proposals unacceptable for Russia.Ukraine has said it is willing to negotiate but will not surrender or accept Ru...
Taylor Fritz battled through excruciating pain to bring Rafa Nadal's 20-match winning run to an end with a 6-3 7-6(5) victory in the Indian Wells final on Sunday, becoming the first American to lift the title since Andre Agassi over two decades ago.Home favourite Fritz gave fans what they came t...
Defending champions England overcame a late wobble in the rain to defeat New Zealand by a wicket at Eden Park on Sunday, keeping their Women's World Cup hopes alive while pushing the hosts to the brink of elimination.Anya Shrubsole clipped Brooke Halliday wide of short mid-wicket in the final ov...
Turkey's foreign minister said in an interview published on Sunday (March 20) that Russia and Ukraine were nearing agreement on "critical" issues and he was hopeful for a ceasefire if the two sides did not backtrack from progress achieved so far.Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb 24...
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