City held by Atletico as French enjoy goal glut
PARIS: Manchester City’s hopes of reaching the Uefa Women’s Champions League quarter-finals were left on a knife-edge on Wednesday when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Atletico Madrid…
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Balance not just brawn will beat Japan
TOKYO: South Africa would not be “one dimensional” and try to just bludgeon a rampant Japan side into submission in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final on Sunday, according to Springboks…
Marathon adds to Ineos’ sporting portfolio
PARIS: When Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to run a marathon in under two hours in Vienna this month, his performance had been meticulously planned by one of…
Diplomatic stalemate fuels dangerous Saudi-Iran standoff
The dangerous rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, played out in proxy wars and mystery strikes, is destined to fester as long as neither reaches across the gulf that divides…
Deaths in rural Ethiopia spark outcry
For decades, herders in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley have relied on guns to fend off rivals as well as hyenas and lions roaming the forests and plains. But over the…
Mass raids target opposition chief
MOSCOW: Russian investigators raided opposition offices across the country yesterday, in the latest move to increase pressure on top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his allies. The early morning raids…
Two dozen held after attack on minister
JAKARTA: Indonesian police said they have arrested more than two dozen suspected militants after members of a network linked to the Islamic State (IS) group tried to assassinate a government…
Instant-noodle diet harms Asian kids
MANILA: A diet heavy on cheap, modern food like instant noodles that fills bellies but lacks key nutrients has left millions of children unhealthily thin or overweight in southeast Asia,…
Pressure group vows to fight on despite ban
LONDON: Activists from the environmental pressure group Extinction Rebellion defiantly vowed to continue their planned two-week campaign of demonstrations in central London yesterday, despite a police ban. The group announced…
Cop charged with murder
WASHINGTON: A white policeman who shot dead a black Texas woman as she played video games at home with her young nephew has been charged with murder, police said Monday….