Flyhalf Beauden Barrett is expected to be back in black for New Zealand’s season-ending tour of the Northern Hemisphere but Scott Robertson’s squad will be missing a number of stand-out players after a taxing Rugby Championship campaign. Barrett missed the All Blacks’ final 28-14 win over Australia in Perth on […]
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Tesla on Sunday teased an October 7 event, as investors and analysts await a more affordable model to sustain sales momentum. In a nine-second video posted on social media platform X, the Elon Musk-led automaker showed a vehicle with its headlights illuminated in a dark setting. The company hinted at […]
ROME: Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory. The police in Rome said some 250,000 turned out for a fourth day […]
BANGKOK : Thailand’s annual headline inflation rate was negative for a sixth straight month in September, driven by lower energy prices, the commerce ministry said on Monday as it lowered its full year forecast to 0 per cent. It was also the seventh consecutive month that the inflation rate was […]
DOHA: Qatar’s prime minister urged the international community yesterday to reject “double standards” and hold Israel accountable, speaking on the eve of an emergency summit called in response to an unprecedented Israeli strike on Hamas members in Doha. The deadly attack—carried out by one US ally on the territory of […]
WASHINGTON: Days after Israel attacked Qatar in an airstrike targeting Hamas leaders, US President Donald Trump made careful remarks yesterday as Washington’s two powerful Middle Eastern allies face a worsening rift. “Qatar has been a very great ally. Israel and everyone else, we have to be careful. When we attack […]
Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink is experiencing a service outage, according to a message on its website on Monday. “Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage. Our team is investigating,” the notice said, without providing further details. Outage tracking website Downdetector reported that more than 43,000 users in the […]
BEIJING: When Russian President Vladimir Putin walked shoulder to shoulder with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday (Sep 3), a hot mic caught them discussing organ transplants and the possibility that humans could live to 150 years old. The moment came as Putin and Xi walked with North Korea’s Kim […]
NEW YORK: Revenge will be at the forefront of Jessica Pegula’s mind when she takes on Aryna Sabalenka in the U.S. Open semi-finals on Thursday in a rematch of last year’s final, while Naomi Osaka faces Amanda Anisimova for a place in the title decider. World number one Sabalenka advanced […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Sep 3) the US might have to “unwind” trade deals it reached with the European Union, Japan and South Korea, among others, if it loses a Supreme Court tariffs case, and warned that a loss would cause the US “to suffer so greatly”. […]