Tottenham Hotspur midfielder James Maddison said they showed resilience once again in the Premier League by battling back for a 2-2 draw at Arsenal on Sunday and that they are leaving the ‘Spursy’ tag behind them. Maddison, who joined from Leicester City in June, set up both goals for captain […]
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Oil prices rose on Monday as investors focused on a tighter supply outlook after Moscow issued a temporary ban on fuel exports while remaining wary of further rate hikes that could dampen demand. Brent crude futures climbed 32 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $93.59 a barrel by 0434 GMT […]
WASHINGTON: Four months after barely avoiding a catastrophic default, the world’s largest economy is once again on the verge of a major fiscal crisis. President Joe Biden’s Democrats are engaged in a bitter feud with Republican rivals in Congress over spending bills, which, if not passed into law soon, may […]
MANILA: The Philippines is exploring legal options against China accusing it of destruction of coral reefs within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, an allegation rejected by Beijing an attempt to “create political drama”. The Philippines foreign ministry late yesterday said it was awaiting assessments from […]
NEW YORK: Rupert Murdoch announced on Thursday (Sep 21) he will step down as chairman of his global media empire, a conservative behemoth that shaped politics across continents, and hand control over to his son Lachlan. The Australian-born mogul, who built a global entertainment and news juggernaut instrumental in events […]
SUZUKA, Japan: Red Bull’s runaway Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen roared back from defeat in Singapore to set the fastest lap in the first practice for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday (Sep 22). The Dutch 25-year-old laid down an immediate marker as the first driver on the track, […]
WASHINGTON: Debris from a stealth jet that went missing after the pilot ejected has been found, the US military said on Monday (Sep 18), after a day in which failure to track the US$80 million aircraft drew amazement and ridicule in equal measure. The debris field from the F-35 was […]
KYIV: The western Ukrainian city of Lviv was rocked by blasts in the early hours today, with local officials saying the Russian air attack injured one man and caused a major fire at an industrial warehouse. “A woman and a man were found under the rubble in Lviv. According to […]
WASHINGTON: A group of 18 state attorneys general said yesterday they backed Montana’s effort to ban Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, urging a US judge to reject legal challenges ahead of the January 1 effective date. The state attorneys general led by Virginia and including Georgia, Alaska, Utah, Indiana, Nebraska, […]
BEIJING: China plans to manage monkeypox in the same way it handles infectious diseases such as Covid-19 starting from September 20, health authorities said today, after detecting around 500 cases of the viral infection last month. Monkeypox will be managed under Category B protocols, the National Health Commission (NHC) said […]