EU countries weaken nature law in hunt for deal -document
By Kate Abnett
European Union countries want to water down parts of the bloc’s flagship nature law by adding loopholes to dodge certain targets, as they attempt to find ...
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Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poisonings
Satellite-tagged vultures uncover suspected poisoning incidents near Kafue National Park
By Gloria Dickie
Lion and leopard populations in Zambia’s Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback ...
Russia’s Shoigu: Ukraine’s counter-offensive has been thwarted
Russia’s defence minister said on Tuesday his forces had thwarted the first three days of a Ukrainian counter-offensive in battles that had left more than 3,700 Ukrainian soldiers dead or ...
Belarusian Sabalenka downs Ukrainian Svitolina at French Open
World number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus powered past Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-4 in a highly anticipated clash on Tuesday to reach the French Open semi-finals.
The match ...
French pension plan protesters briefly occupy Olympics HQ
Members of the hard-left CGT trade union briefly occupied the headquarters of the Paris Summer 2024 Olympics on Tuesday on the 14th day of protests against government plans to raise the ...
Benzema bids farewell to Real Madrid as he heads to Saudi Arabia
Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema said farewell to Real Madrid in a small, private ceremony closed to fans and media on Tuesday following a trophy-laden 14-year stay with the ...
Binance, US affiliate hit by net outflows of $790 mln in last 24 hours
Investors have pulled around $790 million from the crypto exchange Binance and its US affiliate in the last 24 hours, data firm Nansen said on Tuesday, a day after a top US ...
Harry tells UK court press has blood on its hands
Prince Harry said the press had blood on its hands as he gave evidence against a tabloid publisher whose titles he accuses of phone-hacking and other unlawful activities, becoming the ...
Breakthrough on stalled EU migration deal coming this week
European Union countries are expected this week to agree on how to share out the responsibility of hosting refugees and migrants, a top EU official said on Tuesday of what ...
Dam destroyed in Ukraine, flooding war zone (wrapup)
A torrent of water burst through a huge dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war ...
Apple to sell Vision Pro AR headset for triple Meta’s top-line price
Apple (AAPL.O) on Monday unveiled a costly augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in its riskiest bet since the introduction of the iPhone more than a decade ago, barging ...
Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino logs first day in role
Twitter’s new Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino has begun her role at the social media company, she tweeted late on Monday, about a month after Elon Musk named her ...
Spurs name Postecoglou as new manager
Tottenham Hotspur have appointed former Celtic coach Ange Postecoglou as their new manager on a four-year contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
He becomes the first Australian to ...
Unions stage last-ditch effort to stop French pension overhaul
French unions are staging today Tuesday a 14th day of protests against government plans to raise the retirement age to 64, in what could be a final attempt to pressure lawmakers ...
Iran presents its first hypersonic ballistic missile, state media reports
Iran presented what officials described as its first domestically-made hypersonic ballistic missile on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported, an announcement likely to heighten Western concerns about Tehran’s ...
Muhammad scores on and off the pitch
By Richard Boxall
It has been an eventful few days for Cyprus Cricket Association chairman Muhammad Husain.
During the week he signed an agreement to continue and expand the partnership ...
Roland Garros bracing for Svitolina v Sabalenka clash (order of play)
Tension will be at its highest at the French Open on Tuesday when Elina Svitolina faces Aryna Sabalenka in front of a notoriously fickle Roland Garros crowd in the most ...
Smaller UK firms attractive targets for private equity buyouts
Even as higher costs of borrowing continue to choke dealmaking, fund managers and bankers believe smaller UK-listed firms remain attractive to private equity players flush with unspent funds of nearly ...
Eurozone business growth slowed in May as factories struggled
Eurozone business activity was shored up last month by the bloc’s dominant services industry offsetting a deepening decline in the manufacturing sector, according to a survey which also showed ...
UBS expects to seal Credit Suisse takeover as early as June 12
UBS (UBSG.S) expects to complete its takeover of Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) “as early as June 12”, which will create a giant Swiss bank with a balance sheet of $1.6 trillion ...
Ruud roars, Jabeur and Swiatek soar into French Open quarters
Casper Ruud continued his bid to reach back-to-back finals at the French Open by fending off Chile’s Nicolas Jarry in a 7-6(3) 7-5 7-5 fourth-round win on Monday as ...
Oil rises on Saudi plan to deepen output cuts from July
Oil prices rose by more than $1 a barrel on Monday after top crude exporter Saudi Arabia pledged to cut production by a further 1 million barrels per day (bpd) from July ...
Messi keen on rejoining Barcelona, says father
Lionel Messi, who last week played his last game for Paris St Germain, is open to making a return to LaLiga side Barcelona, the Argentine forward’s father said on ...
Cancer vaccines poised to unlock ‘new treatment paradigm’ with Merck/Moderna data
Adding an experimental mRNA-based vaccine from Moderna Inc MRNA.O and Merck & Co MRK.N (known as MSD in Europe) reduced the risk that the most deadly skin cancer ...