U.S. Senate edges toward passage of $1 tln infrastructure bill
By David Morgan and Makini Brice
The U.S. Senate will try to move toward passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Sunday, as Republicans struggle to heal a rift ...
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Tokyo douses Olympic flame, ending pandemic Games
Tokyo doused its Olympic flame in a ceremony on Sunday that echoed the restraint of a Games that played out without spectators and were defined and transformed by the global ...
German Greens co-leader defends embattled chancellor candidate
The co-leader of Germany’s Greens on Sunday defended the party’s candidate for chancellor at next month’s federal election, and brushed off suggestions that he should replace her ...
Emotional Messi says ‘I became the man I am at Barcelona’
Lionel Messi wept on Sunday as he bade farewell to his boyhood team FC Barcelona and confirmed he was talking with French club Paris St Germain over a possible move.
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Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e Pul
Taliban fighters overran two provincial capitals, including the strategic northeastern city of Kunduz and northern Sar-e Pul on Sunday, local officials said, as the insurgents intensified pressure on the north ...
‘CODA’ breaks new ground for deaf movie theater-goers
By Jill Serjeant
Going to the movies isn’t much fun for deaf people. Screenings in theatres with captions are limited and the special glasses and equipment needed to read ...
N.Korea’s Kim calls for relief campaign in rain-hit areas
By Hyonhee Shin
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilised the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media said on Sunday, ...
Blaze ravages Evia island on sixth day of Greek wildfires (Updated)
Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more ...
Global gas prices to rise sharply this winter
Global gas prices are expected to break records this winter as a hot northern hemisphere summer leaves inventories low in key markets, just as green energy drives ramp up in ...
Coffee prices to climb as frost and freight costs bite
The most devastating frost in decades in top coffee producer Brazil and record freight costs sparked by Covid-19 causing massive shipping logjams are expected to push retail prices to multi-year ...
Bank bonuses rise as profits rebound
Europe’s banks are stashing cash to pay bumper bonuses to top performers, amid a deal frenzy driven by pent up demand from the COVID-19 pandemic and rebounding bank profits.
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Leicester beat Man City to win Community Shield
FA Cup winners Leicester City scored a late penalty to beat Premier League champions Manchester City 1-0 in the Community Shield curtain-raiser to the season on Saturday.
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Steyn the hero again as S. Africa edge Lions to win series
Veteran Morne Steyn kicked over a last-gasp penalty to hand South Africa a narrow 19-16 victory over British and Irish Lions in the third and final test on Saturday to ...
Rescue ship carrying 257 migrants docks in Sicily port
A ship carrying 257 migrants docked in the Italian port of Trapani on Saturday almost a week after rescuing the people from international waters off Tunisia.
Migrants onboard the vessel, mainly ...
US, India finally get athletics gold, Japan win baseball title (wrapup)
The United States ended a drought and India seized their first ever gold medal in athletics at the Olympics on Saturday, while baseball-mad Japan won their maiden gold in the ...
Knife attacker on Tokyo commuter train wanted to kill ‘happy women’
The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late on Friday told police he became incensed when he saw women who “looked ...
Malcolm grabs golden glory for Brazil in football final
Brazil retained their Olympic football title with substitute Malcolm scoring an extra-time winner in a 2-1 victory over Spain in Saturday’s men’s gold medal game.
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Chopra wins historic javelin gold for India
Neeraj Chopra won the men’s javelin on Saturday with a best throw of 87.58 metres to claim an historic first Olympic athletics gold medal for India.
The Czech Republic’s ...
Greece battles wildfires for fifth day in ‘nightmarish summer’ (Updated)
By Stamos Prousalis and Costa Baltas
Flames swept through a town near Athens overnight and hundreds of people were evacuated by ferry from the island of Evia east of the ...
New Zealand grants residency to Google co-founder Page
Larry Page, Google’s co-founder and one of the world’s richest men, has become a New Zealand resident, with immigration services saying he had applied under a category for ...
Iran denies role in tanker attack, says seeks Gulf security
Iran on Saturday rejected as psychological warfare accusations that it was behind a deadly attack on a tanker off Oman’s coast, and said Tehran sought to enhance the security ...
Modern crocodile’s ‘grandfather’ discovered in Chile fossil
A 150-million-year-old fossilized skeleton discovered in the mountains of southern Chile was determined to be the ancestor of the modern crocodile, the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences announced on Friday.
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Germany’s modern pentathlon coach disqualified after punching horse
Germany’s modern pentathlon coach Kim Raisner will not be part of Saturday’s men’s individual competition at the Tokyo Olympics after she hit a horse with her fist ...
Johnson won’t isolate after staff member’s positive Covid test
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not need to self isolate even though a member of his staff on a recent trip to Scotland tested positive for the coronavirus, his ...