LONDON: The UK government announced Wednesday it had given the green light to Todd Boehly’s proposed takeover of Chelsea football club from the sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries said she had issued a licence permitting the deal late on
MOSCOW: International sanctions imposed on Moscow over its military campaign in Ukraine need to be lifted to avoid a global food crisis, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister on Wednesday. “Solving the food problem requires a comprehensive approach, including the removal of sanctions that have been imposed on Russian exports and
POHANG, South Korea: A head pops out of the toilet, a woman gets pregnant from birth control pills — South Korean Booker Prize nominee Bora Chung’s short stories are full of horror, inspired by her own lonely life. An academic specialising in Slavic literature, Chung was considered a genre writer
UVALDE, United States: A teenage gunman killed at least 19 young children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, prompting a furious President Joe Biden to denounce the US gun lobby and vow to end the nation’s cycle of mass shootings. The attack in Uvalde —
WASHINGTON: Americans spent increasing amounts on their shopping for the fourth straight month in April with inflation running at a 40-year high, as auto sales rebounded, according to government data released Tuesday. US retail sales rose 0.9 per cent in the month to $677.7, as auto sales rose 2.2 per
PARIS: Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published yesterday, with experts raising alarm over increasing deaths from breathing outside air and the “horrifying” toll of lead poisoning. Human-created waste in the air, water and soil rarely kills people immediately,
MOSCOW: Belarus has introduced the death penalty for attempts to carry out acts of terrorism, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday, charges that several opposition activists face in the ex-Soviet country. Belarus − a close ally of Russia − is the only country in Europe that continues to carry out executions
PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron on Monday named Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as prime minister to lead his ambitious reform plans, the first woman to head the French government in over 30 years. Outgoing French Prime Minister Jean Castex earlier handed his resignation to the president, part of a widely expected
GRENOBLE, France: The French city of Grenoble on Monday authorised the wearing of the so-called “burkini” by Muslim women in state-run swimming pools, reigniting one of France’s most contentious debates on religious dress. The all-in-one swimsuit, used by some Muslim women to cover their bodies and hair while bathing, has
NEW YORK: Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday said his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was assured that fewer than five per cent of accounts on the platform were fake. “Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%. “This deal cannot move forward until he
