BOLOGNA: Bologna have appointed former Barcelona midfielder Thiago Motta as their head coach to replace the sacked Sinisa Mihajlovic, the Serie A team’s CEO Claudio Fenucci said on Saturday. Former Genoa boss Motta was most recently in charge of Spezia and will officially take charge of Bologna next week following […]
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LONDON: Charles III was formally proclaimed king at a historic, pomp-filled ceremony at St James’s Palace in central London on Saturday. Here is the new king’s declaration to the Accession Council, a centuries-old body of senior British royals, and political and religious leaders: “My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen. It is […]
Global equity funds remained out of favour in the seven days to Sept. 7 as a strong U.S. services industry report fuelled concerns that the Federal Reserve would keep hiking interest rates to tame inflation. Some investors had expected that the Fed might temper its rate hikes to avert a […]
MUNICH, Germany : Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman will miss Saturday’s Bundesliga game against visiting VfB Stuttgart after picking up an injury in training, coach Julian Nagelsmann said on Friday. Bayern, who beat Inter 2-0 in their Champions League group opener on Wednesday, will look to bounce back after two […]
DUBAI: Iraq has received requests to increase the quantities of crude oil it exports to Asia, the head of state oil marketer SOMO told state news agency INA on Friday. China and India will not give up on Iraqi crude oil even if Russian oil is currently offered to them […]
JOHANNESBERG: Nelson Mandela was on first-name basis with Queen Elizabeth II, a rare privilege contravening royal etiquette, the late anti-apartheid hero’s foundation said Friday, sharing anecdotes of their fond relationship. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, died aged 96 in her Scottish summer residence on Thursday. “By […]
Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has set his sights on chasing down Alan Shearer’s all-time Premier League goalscoring record after his two goals against Nottingham Forest moved him up to joint-third in the scoring charts. Kane missed a penalty but netted twice to surpass 200 league goals in his career […]
Twitter Inc misled federal regulators about its security defenses and spam accounts, CNN and the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing whistleblower disclosures by the social media company’s former security chief Peiter Zatko. Twitter executives don’t have the resources to fully understand the true number of bots on the platform, […]
LONDON: The British scientists behind one of the major therapeutic COVID-19 trials have turned their focus to treatments for monkeypox, a viral disease that has been labeled a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). The team from Oxford University behind the so-called RECOVERY trial – which honed […]
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Moscow on Tuesday (Aug 23) of a powerful response if Russian forces carry out attacks on or around Ukraine’s Independence Day. Zelenskyy has warned that Russia, which invaded Ukraine on Feb 24, could try “something particularly ugly” in the run-up to Wednesday’s Independence Day, […]