‘Apocalypse’: rare lightning adds to quake awe in Mexico
A rare natural light show flashed across the night sky during a powerful earthquake that shook Mexico City and beach resort Acapulco late on Tuesday, adding to a sense of ...
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British teenager Raducanu makes history by reaching US Open semis
British teenager Emma Raducanu produced yet another exquisite performance to become the first qualifier to reach the U.S. Open semi-finals on Wednesday, defeating Olympic champion Belinda Bencic 6-3 6-4 ...
Exiled Ghani apologizes to Afghan people
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled Kabul as Taliban forces reached the outskirts of the city last month, apologized on Wednesday for the abrupt fall of his government but ...
UK man sentenced over racist abuse of England footballers
A British man has been sentenced to pay compensation and observe a curfew at weekends after pleading guilty to posting racist abuse about England players on the night of the ...
Premier clubs could face sanctions if they play S. American players
Premier League clubs could face sanctions from FIFA if they play South American players, who were not released for international duty, in this weekend’s games.
Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea ...
Main suspect tells Paris attacks trial he’s ‘an Islamic State soldier’
The main suspect in a jihadist rampage that killed 130 people across Paris described himself defiantly as “an Islamic State soldier” on Wednesday, upsetting some survivors who took it as a ...
Abu Dhabi wealth fund to focus on tech, climate change after COVID-19
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the United Arab Emirates’ biggest sovereign wealth fund, sees technology and climate change as key investment areas for its post-COVID-19 strategy, it said in its 2020 ...
Statue of Confederate commander Robert E. Lee removed in Virginia capital
A statue of Confederate commander Robert E. Lee was removed from its base in Richmond, Virginia’s capital, early on Wednesday after a yearlong legal battle over a monument that ...
Facebook questions British watchdog’s authority to order Giphy sale
Facebook (FB.O) has made a case for not selling Giphy in a strongly worded letter to a British regulator and questioned the watchdog’s recent call to divest the ...
Britain no longer in top 10 for trade with Germany as Brexit bites
Britain is on course to lose its status as one of Germany’s top ten trading partners this year for the first time since 1950, as Brexit-related trade barriers drive firms ...
Man City have most expensive squad in Europe with United second
Manchester City continue to boast of the costliest squad among all clubs in Europe’s top five leagues, followed by Manchester United, according to a latest study by Switzerland-based independent ...
India, Russia warn against terror groups operating from Afghanistan
India and Russia believe that foreign militant groups operating from Afghanistan pose a threat to central Asia and to India and agreed to deepen anti-terrorism cooperation at a meeting of ...
Spaniard Rahm named PGA of America’s player of the year
US Open champion Jon Rahm added further accolades to a stellar campaign on Tuesday as the Spaniard was named the PGA of America Player of the Year and also collected ...
Tigray forces killed 120 civilians in Amhara village
Rebellious forces from the Tigray region killed 120 civilians over two days in a village in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, local officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
The killings in a village 10 ...
Djokovic aims to tame ‘hammer’ Berrettini
Novak Djokovic has likened his U.S. Open quarter-final opponent Matteo Berrettini to a “hammer” but the top-ranked Serb heads into Wednesday’s clash with all the tools to dismantle ...
Why are we seeing more Covid cases in fully vaccinated people?
Many people are worried about reports of “breakthrough” Covid -19 infections overseas, from places like Israel and the United States.
A breakthrough infection is when someone tests positive for Covid ...
Two killed, several hurt in gas blast in Russian apartment block
A gas explosion on Wednesday in a nine-storey block of flats in a city near the Russian capital killed two people and damaged apartments, a law enforcement agency said.
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Google appeals France’s ‘disproportionate’ $591 million fine in copyright row
Google (GOOGL.O) said on Wednesday it was appealing against a 500 million euro ($591 million) fine imposed by France’s antitrust watchdog in July over a dispute with local media about ...
Fire in Indonesia prison kills 41 in block crowded to more than 3 times capacity
A fire killed 41 inmates in an overcrowded prison block in Indonesia’s Banten province, a government minister said on Wednesday, injuring scores more in a blaze that police said may ...
Seventeen people die in flooding of Mexican hospital, powerful quake kills one
Severe flooding led to the deaths of 17 people, most of whom had COVID-19, at a hospital in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo after torrential rains caused the River Tula ...
Alcaraz retires to send Auger-Aliassime into US Open semi-finals
Felix Auger-Aliassime moved into the U.S. Open semi-finals on Tuesday when Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz retired due to an abductor injury while trailing 6-3 3-1.
The 18-year-old Spaniard showed ...
Cyprus suffer third straight defeat in World Cup qualifying
Cyprus were beaten 2-0 in Slovakia on Tuesday night to round off a miserable triple-header in World Cup qualifying.
After losing 3-0 in Malta and 2-0 at home to Russia, ...
Medvedev reaches US Open semi-final
World number two Daniil Medvedev dropped his first set at this year’s U.S. Open but eventually overcame Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3 6-0 4-6 7-5 to reach ...
Akhundzada: Shadowy Taliban supreme leader whose son was suicide bomber
In one of the only known photographs of Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, he stares directly at the camera – an expressionless face between a white turban and a long, grey ...