Brazil first South American team to qualify for World Cup
Brazil beat Colombia 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Sao Paulo on Thursday to become the first South American team to qualify for Qatar 2022.
Lucas Paqueta got the vital ...
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Pressure mounts as UN climate negotiations enter final day
Negotiators at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow are expected to lock horns on Friday for what is scheduled to be the final day of bargaining over how to ...
Working from home may hurt women’s careers, says Bank of England’s Mann
Women who work mostly from home risk seeing their careers suffer now that significant numbers of workers are returning to the office after the COVID-19 pandemic, Bank of England policymaker ...
Lockdown for the unvaccinated in Austria, partial lockdown in the Netherlands
Austria is days away from placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on lockdown, as daily infections are at a record high and intensive-care units are increasingly strained, ...
Rampant Russia crush Cyprus 6-0 to strengthen qualifying hopes
Russia struck five second-half goals as they routed visiting Cyprus 6-0 in their Group H World Cup qualifier on Thursday ahead of a decisive clash with Croatia this weekend for ...
Biden, China’s Xi expected to meet virtually on Monday -sources
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to hold a virtual summit on Monday, sources said, amid tensions over trade, human rights and military activities.
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Queen to make first public appearance since hospital stay
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will attend a Remembrance Day Service on Sunday, Buckingham Palace said, in her first public engagement in person since she spent a night in hospital last ...
Australia beat Pakistan to reach T20 World Cup final
Australia reached the Twenty20 World Cup final with a five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second semi-final on Thursday.
Set 177 for victory, David Warner made 49 before Australia rode unbeaten cameos ...
Prosecutor in Rittenhouse murder trial tangles again with judge
The lead prosecutor in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial in Wisconsin on Thursday accused the judge of unfairness, a day after being excoriated for trying to introduce inadmissible evidence and ...
Disney+ sees smallest subscriber growth since launch in battle with Netflix
Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) on Wednesday missed Wall Street earnings projections as it reported the smallest quarterly gain in Disney+ subscribers since the company dove into the streaming video ...
Fangio’s remains moved to new resting place in his museum
Argentines lined the streets of Juan Manuel Fangio’s birthplace to applaud as the remains of the 1950s Formula One great went on one last lap to a new resting ...
Rivian valued at over $100 bln in debut, after world’s biggest IPO of 2021
Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc (RIVN.O) surged as much as 53 per cent in its Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, giving the Amazon-backed electric vehicle maker a market valuation of more ...
Smartphone maker Xiaomi switches China playbook with eye toward EV showrooms
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) is revamping its playbook in its home country by opening thousands of new stores to spur domestic sales growth in a highly competitive market, ...
TSMC, Sony to invest $7 bln for new Japanese chip plant
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW) (TSMC) said on Tuesday it would build a $7 billion chip plant in Japan with Sony Group (6758.T), a move that was welcomed by the Japanese ...
Dutch experts recommend western Europe’s first lockdown since summer
An advisory panel of pandemic experts in the Netherlands recommended on Thursday imposing western Europe’s first partial lockdown since the summer, putting pressure on the government to take drastic ...
S.Africa’s last white president, FW de Klerk, dies at home
South Africa’s last white president Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk died on Thursday morning at his home in Cape Town, the FW de Klerk Foundation said in a statement.
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Gerrard appointed Aston Villa manager after leaving Rangers
Aston Villa have appointed Steven Gerrard as their new manager following his departure from Scottish side Rangers, the Premier League club said on Thursday.
Gerrard replaces Dean Smith, who was ...
For baleen whales, meals are tons of fun
The first study to methodically calculate how much food blue whales and some of their close relatives eat has yielded a simple answer: a whole lot.
The blue whale, the ...
Spain’s World Cup bid hit by long list of injuries
Coach Luis Enrique will have to depend on a makeshift line-up to secure Spain a place in next year’s World Cup finals as he will be missing nine key ...
Finland plans to let workers see colleagues’ salaries to close gender pay gap
The Finnish government is planning a new law allowing workers to check what their colleagues are earning if they suspect they are being discriminated against, part of a bid to ...
China’s internet crackdown pushes Tencent to slowest profit growth in two years
Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) posted its slowest revenue growth since it went public in 2004 on Wednesday, hurt by a regulatory crackdown, and said the outlook ...
Evergrande dodges default again but sector debt concerns remain (Update)
Cash-strapped developer China Evergrande Group averted a destabilising default at the last minute for the third time in the past month, with a source on Thursday saying several bondholders had ...
Facebook plans to remove thousands of sensitive ad-targeting options
Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Tuesday it plans to remove detailed ad-targeting options that refer to “sensitive” topics, such as ads based on interactions with content around race, health, ...
US and China unveil emissions deal in bid to save climate talks
The United States and China, the world’s two largest emitters of carbon dioxide, unveiled a deal to ramp up cooperation tackling climate change, including by cutting methane emissions, phasing ...