HOUSTON: After spending more than a year in space, Frank Rubio now has to get used to that pesky thing Earthlings call gravity. “Walking hurts a little bit the first few days, the soles of your feet and lower back,” he said at a news conference Friday at NASA’s Johnson
BRUSSELS: President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Ukraine’s allies on Wednesday to arm his country to survive the winter, on his first visit to the alliance’s headquarters since Russia’s all-out invasion. Zelensky made a plea for air defence, long-range missiles and ammunition in the face of fears that the Hamas attack on
BARCELONA: Spain coach Luis de La Fuente said his team were not out for “revenge” against Scotland but victory would “almost” book La Roja’s place at Euro 2024. Scotland beat Spain 2-0 in March at Hampden Park in a qualifier for the tournament in Germany next summer, an early set-back
SHANGHAI: Grigor Dimitrov fought back to beat top seed Carlos Alcaraz in three sets and reach the quarter-finals on Wednesday in the latest upset at the Shanghai Masters. The 18th seed won 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 against an out-of-sorts Alcaraz as the Bulgarian steps up his pursuit of a first ATP
LONDON: Football Association chief executive Mark Bullingham says the sport’s authorities may examine whether VAR decisions could be broadcast live. The Premier League was rocked by the recent VAR blunder that saw Liverpool’s Luis Diaz wrongly denied what would have been the opening goal in their 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.
JERUSALEM: Israel and Hamas traded more heavy fire on Thursday in the Gaza war that has killed thousands as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited to stress strong solidarity but also urge restraint to protect Palestinian civilians. Israel’s army has hammered Hamas with thousands of strikes ahead of what
PARIS: Consumers discard or possess disused electronic goods containing raw materials critical for the green energy transition and worth almost $10 billion (US$1 = RM4.725) every year, the United Nations said on Thursday. Toys, cables, electronic cigarettes, tools, electric toothbrushes, shavers, headphones and other domestic gadgets contain metals like lithium,
JERUSALEM: Israel battled Hamas fighters still holed up in southern towns Monday and massed tens of thousands of troops near the Gaza Strip after vowing to defeat the Palestinian militant group whose surprise attack the shocked nation has likened to 9/11. Stunned by the unprecedented assault on its territory, a
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that China-US ties would impact the “destiny of mankind”, as he met with a group of American senators in Beijing. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the latest high-level American official to go to China as Washington seeks to ease tensions with Beijing,
GENEVA: The United Nations Human Rights Council held a moment of silence on Monday to remember the “innocent lives lost” in Israel and Gaza. At the request of the United States, the UN’s top rights body stood to honour those killed following Saturday’s surprise Hamas attack on Israel, as the
