World
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not return to "uncontrolled immigration" to solve fuel, gas and Christmas food crises, suggesting for the first time that such strains were related to Britain's departure from the European Union.At the start of his Conservative Party...
Thousands of supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied rallied in the capital on Sunday to show their backing for his suspension of parliament and promises to change the political system, acts his critics call a coup.The demonstration in central Tunis was called in response to protests over the pr...
World,Front Page
Delegates heading to the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow agreed they must deliver on the $100 billion per year pledge to help most vulnerable nations tackle climate change, COP26 president Alok Sharma said on Saturday.Speaking after days of meetings at the pre-COP26 climate event in Italy, Sharma...
World,Back Page
Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain.The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations, and the upshot of vaccine hesi...
As the weeks pass in Afghanistan, the new Taliban administration has yet to announce when it will re-open secondary schools for girls, leaving them stuck at home while their brothers return to class.Two weeks since boys in classes above the sixth grade were told to go back to school, the government ...
A three-way German government led by the Social Democrats (SPD) should be ready to take office by the end of the year, the co-leader of the centre-left party said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday.Norbert Walter-Borjans said he was confident his party, which won Sunday's national el...
Authorities told several thousand residents of La Palma to stay home because of worsening air quality as the erupting volcano on the Spanish island spewed red-hot lava and thick clouds of black smoke.Emergency services issued a lockdown order on Friday night for people in Los Llanos de Aridane and E...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will hold talks with United States’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Oct 5, as the two countries aim to rebuild diplomatic ties in the wake of a row over a lucrative submarine contract which France lost.“The two ministers will hold in-depth ...
Business & Commerce
Global shares bounced in volatile trading on Friday with debate over the timing of future interest rate rises on both sides of the Atlantic intensified by euro zone inflation jumping to a 13-year high.Earlier in the week, global shares suffered their worst rout since January with major U.S. and Euro...
Sports,Football
Juventus forward Paulo Dybala has been ruled out of Argentina's squad for this month's World Cup qualifiers due to injury, the country's soccer governing body said.Dybala was initially included in coach Lionel Scaloni's squad announced on Monday but he will now miss their qualifiers ...
If any fixture can refocus Manchester City’s minds after their midweek loss at Paris St Germain in the Champions League it is a visit to Anfield to take on a Liverpool side who look a clear and present danger in the Premier League title race.City’s statement win at Chelsea last weekend w...
Sports,Cricket
West Indies opener Chris Gayle will leave the Indian Premier League (IPL) bio-bubble to "refresh" himself ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, his franchise Punjab Kings said on Thursday.The 42-year-old put the decision down to bubble fatigue, having played...
Democratic leaders of the US House of Representatives delayed a planned vote on a US$1 trillion (S$1.36 trillion) bipartisan infrastructure Bill that had been set for Thursday bowing to party progressives who had demanded action on a larger social policy Bill first.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Pre...
Britain said on Thursday (Sept 30) that a petrol station crisis caused by an acute shortage of truck drivers was back under control but many pumps remained closed in major cities, leaving motorists searching or queueing for hours to fill their tanks.In a chaotic week that saw some people fighting an...
Canada's Federal Court on Wednesday (Sept 29) upheld a human rights tribunal ruling ordering the Canadian government to compensate indigenous children and families in foster care for suffering discrimination.The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled in 2016 that the federal government alloca...
Juventus forward Federico Chiesa's strike 10 seconds into the second half earned his side a hard-fought 1-0 win over holders Chelsea in their Champions League Group H clash on Wednesday.After a subdued first half with few chances, Chiesa exploded into life after the restart, rifling in what prov...
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scored twice as the German champions crushed visitors Dynamo Kyiv 5-0 in their Champions League Group E game on Wednesday to secure a ninth consecutive win across all competitions.The Pole, whose failure to net in the Bundesliga on Saturday ended a 19-game sc...
Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a stoppage-time winner as Manchester United came from behind to secure a fortunate 2-1 Champions League Group F win over Villarreal at Old Trafford on Wednesday.On the night he set the new record for the most appearances in the competition, the 36-year-old Portuguese delive...
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday denied US landing rights for a charter plane carrying more than 100 Americans and US green card holders evacuated from Afghanistan, organisers of the flight said."They will not allow a charter on an international flight into a U...
Rio Ferdinand was left stunned as Lionel Messi took up a position on the floor behind Paris Saint-Germain's wall to defend a free-kick during their 2-0 win over Man City.Messi scored a sensational goal – his first for his new club – as Pep Guardiola’s men were beaten in their s...
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