Man City sink Everton to knock Liverpool off the top
Liverpool, Feb 7 : Manchester City seized first place in the Premier League on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over Everton that moved the champions above Liverpool on goal difference. Pep Guardiola’s side took the lead through Aymeric Laporte’s header on the stroke of half-time at Goodison Park. Gabriel Jesus struck in the closing seconds […]
Body from wreck of Sala plane taken to Britain
Portland, Feb 7: Investigators recovered a body from the wreckage of a plane carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in the Channel and transported it to Britain on Thursday for identification. Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) also said that bad weather meant they were not able to recover the plane and it was therefore closing down […]
Taliban hold rare talks with Afghan politicians in Moscow
Moscow, Feb 5: The Taliban began an extraordinary meeting with high-ranking Afghan politicians — including women — on Tuesday in Moscow, where rivals of President Ashraf Ghani called for an interim government as they negotiated without him. The unprecedented gathering saw the Taliban outline their vision for Afghanistan — including rules around women and the adoption […]
Silence echoes across Pyeongchang Olympic venues
Pyeongchang, Feb 6 : Just one year after the world’s best skiers and skaters gathered in South Korea to compete for Olympic gold, many of the venues stand empty, with arguments mounting over their future and upkeep costs. The country built six sports centres and a ceremonial stadium from scratch for the 2018 Winter Olympics […]
Taliban takes centre stage as Kabul cut out of peace talks
Kabul, Feb 5 : President Ashraf Ghani is being pushed to the sidelines as the Taliban ignores his overtures for peace and negotiates instead with his friends, and enemies, over the future of Afghanistan. From Doha to Moscow, the insurgents are meeting an array of envoys with competing interests in Afghanistan, from the United States […]
Eight dead in possible arson attack at Paris apartment block
Paris, Feb 5 : Eight people have died in an overnight blaze at an apartment block in Paris that is being treated by police as possible arson attack, officials said Tuesday. The fire on the top floors of an eight-storey building in the rue Erlanger in the wealthy 16th district of southwest Paris is one […]
Starc on fire as Australia thrash Sri Lanka to win series
Canberra, Feb 4 : A resurgent Mitchell Starc took five wickets as Australia wrapped up a confidence-boosting 2-0 series thrashing of Sri Lanka Monday, with the tourists skittled for 149 in the second Test at Canberra. In front of a sparse crowd on day four, Sri Lanka resumed on 17 without loss, needing a daunting […]
Nine killed in Somali market car bombing: police
Mogadishu, Feb 4 : At least nine people were killed and several wounded when a car loaded with explosives blew up near a mall in a busy market in the Somali capital on Monday, police said. “The blast occurred close to Mogadishu mall and it has caused death and destruction. Nine civilians were confirmed dead […]
Footballer Sala’s missing plane found: investigators
London, Feb 4: The wreckage of a plane carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala and his pilot has been found two weeks after it disappeared in the English Channel, one of the investigators said on Monday. Sala, 28, was flying from France to join his new club, Premier League side Cardiff City, when the light aircraft […]
Nayib Bukele declares victory as new Salvadoran president
San Salvador: Nayib Bukele, the popular former mayor of San Salvador, claimed victory Sunday in the Central American country’s presidential elections. “At this moment we can announce with total certainty that we have won the presidency,” the 37-year-old Bukele told supporters. A few minutes before his declaration, the country’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) awarded him […]
