Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow while Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region. Russia has also stopped sending gas to Finland in its latest salvo in response to Western sanctions and its deepening international isolation Polish President Andrzej Duda, who met President Volodymyr...
Marseille beat Racing Strasbourg 4-0 and pipped AS Monaco to second place in Ligue 1 to qualify for the Champions League group stage as the season ended with the news Kylian Mbappe was staying at Paris St Germain. Monaco go into the Champions League third qualifying round after Ignatius Ganago’s...
Russia’s Gazprom on Saturday halted gas exports to neighboring Finland, in the latest escalation of an energy payments dispute with Western nations. Gazprom Export has demanded that European countries pay for Russian gas supplies in roubles because of sanctions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but Finland refuses to do...
The virus is endemic in some animal populations in several countries, leading to occasional outbreaks among local people and travelers. WHO and partners are working to understand better the extent and cause of an outbreak of monkeypox. The recent outbreaks reported across 11 countries are atypical, as they are...
British police ended their investigation on Thursday into COVID-19 lockdown parties held at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Downing Street office, having handed out 126 fines in a scandal that had called into question his leadership. Johnson has faced widespread calls from opposition politicians and some in his own party for...
Moscow said nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Russian-held Mariupol as it shored up a key gain in the south, while the United States became the latest Western country to reopen its embassy in Kyiv. Ukraine has ordered its garrison in Mariupol to stand down, but the ultimate...
Joel Matip’s stooping header gave Liverpool a 2-1 win at Southampton to keep the Premier League title race alive until the final day of the season. The result leaves Liverpool a point behind leaders Manchester City ahead of Sunday’s final round of games when Manchester City are at home to...
Eintracht Frankfurt won the Europa League final after holding their nerve to beat Rangers 5-4 in a clinical penalty shootout as they claimed their first European trophy in 42 years. Eintracht keeper Kevin Trapp saved Aaron Ramsey’s spot-kick, the Rangers’ fourth, while Eintracht was flawless in their execution, scoring...
Italy’s failure to qualify for this year’s World Cup in Qatar seems to have hastened the 37-year-old Juventus defender’s decision, with the Argentina match in London, where the Azzurri won the European Championship last July, to be his last. “I’ll say goodbye to the national team at Wembley, which is...
It is a seminal moment for the 16-year-old company, which emerged as one of the world’s most influential public squares and now faces a string of challenges. Musk has criticized Twitter’s moderation, calling himself a free speech absolutist, said that Twitter’s algorithm for prioritizing tweets should be public, and has...
MOSCOW — In a bright, spotless apartment in a Moscow suburb, a small circle of people sat around a table in December 2019. Bowls of candies and teapots were set out, along with salads. The group opened the meeting with a prayer and a hymn — most of them shy...
Wearing a mask is not a legal requirement, though ministers are still advising their use in enclosed spaces. Some public transport providers are encouraging travellers to continue covering their faces. Social distancing rules are being lifted, nightclubs are reopening, and festival organisers are welcoming the return of live music. Elsewhere across...
The number of people who lost their lives in the heavy floods in the western part of Germany increased to at least 81 on Friday, in what is the country’s worst mass loss of life in years. Around 1,300 people were missing in the Ahrweiler district south of Cologne, the...
South African health officials said Sunday they’re pausing the country’s rollout of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine after a study showed it offered reduced protection from the Covid-19 variant first identified there. During a briefing on Sunday, South Africa Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize said the hold would be temporary while scientists figure...
Jan. 27, 2021 — During its pandemic season, the National Football League found that people can transmit the coronavirus in fewer than 15 minutes of interaction with others, according to a new report published Monday by the CDC. Four major factors played into COVID-19 transmission: whether masks were worn, how well the...
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine should provide immunity from disease for at least one year after vaccination, the company announced at a conference Monday, Reuters reports, adding that the company is “on track” to deliver at least 600 million doses of the vaccine in 2021. Moderna says its Covid-19 vaccine gives at least a...
New Delhi: Cross-platform encrypted messaging service, Signal has climbed to the top spot in the free apps category of the App Store in multiple countries, including India. The official Twitter handle of Signal on Saturday shared a screenshot, showing it placed above WhatsApp at the top spot in India. “Look...
As if you didn’t have enough stress already, now you are on the hunt for a job. Millions of people now find themselves searching for work. Instead of that fact making you feel less alone, it just adds to your stress. How are you supposed to compete with millions of...
Some 700 foreigners who were exposed to the coronavirus through their frontline work are being given expedited naturalization reviews. PARIS — Nine months after its president declared “war” against the coronavirus, France announced Tuesday that it has fast-tracked hundreds of citizenship applications from foreign frontline workers who have distinguished themselves in...
Manchester United and France midfielder Paul Pogba says he will take legal action after “total fake” reports said he was to quit international football. Pogba, 27, was reported to be quitting the France national team over comments made by the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, about Islam. World Cup winner Pogba,...
The long-term academic, appeals court judge and mother of seven was the hot favourite for the Supreme Court seat. Donald Trump – who as sitting president gets to select nominees – reportedly once said he was “saving her” for this moment: when elderly Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died and a...
Levels of protective antibodies in people wane “quite rapidly” after coronavirus infection, say researchers. Antibodies are a key part of our immune defences and stop the virus from getting inside the body’s cells. The Imperial College London team found the number of people testing positive for antibodies has fallen...
Dominic Calvert-Lewin should have been called up to the England squad before Tammy Abraham, says Wayne Rooney. Calvert-Lewin’s prolific form earned him a place in the Three Lions side and he marked his debut with a goal in the 3-0 victory over Wales earlier this month. Abraham made his...
The NBA, which was the first pro league to suspend play amid the COVID-19 pandemic, made $1.5 billion less than it projected last season due to the pandemic and other factors, according to an Associated Press report. The league shut down March 11, then returned to finish a shortened season...
A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Friday rejected a Justice Department request to reverse a decision that allowed Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to continue to offer Chinese-owned WeChat for download in U.S. app stores. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said the government’s new evidence did not change...
The Philippines evacuated nearly 1,800 people and suspended sea travel as tropical storm Molave was expected to bring widespread rains over two regions on the southern part of the main island of Luzon on Sunday. Tropical cyclone wind alerts were issued for several provinces in the Bicol and Calabarzon regions...
Johnson & Johnson has temporarily paused its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant. The participant’s illness is being reviewed and evaluated by an independent data and safety monitoring board as well as the company’s clinical and safety physicians, the company said in...
Apple on Tuesday launched the iPhone 12 with faster 5G connectivity, which the company hopes will spur a wave of upgrades and keep its sales booming through the end of the year. Verizon Communications Inc CEO Hans Vestberg said the new iPhones would work with the carrier’s “ultrawideband” 5G network...
San Francisco: Facebook on Monday added a digital payments feature to its WhatsApp messaging service, starting in Brazil but with an eye to expanding around the world. WhatsApp users in Brazil can use the encrypted mobile messaging service to send money or make purchases, Facebook said in a blog post....
Facebook has released a new app for couples to share a private space online, “even when you’re apart.” Tuned allows couples to share photos, notes, cards, voice memos, music from Spotify, and even their moods. There’s also a daily diary feature. Facebook calls it “a private space where you and...
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