LONDON: Viktor Gyokeres scored twice to end a nine-game goal drought in Arsenal’s second half demolition of Atletico Madrid as a 4-0 win extended the Gunners’ perfect Champions League start on Tuesday. Gabriel Magalhaes and Gabriel Martinelli opened the floodgates before Gyokeres’ double, with all the goals coming in a
BRUSSELS, Belgium: European leaders issued a joint statement with Ukraine Tuesday backing US President Donald Trump’s call for peace talks to begin based on the current frontline with Russia. Trump is seeking to broker a peace deal to end the three-and-a-half-year war, triggered by Russia’s 2022 invasion. Last week, he
HONG KONG: A cargo plane veered off a runway Monday during landing in Hong Kong, hit a security patrol car, and then skidded into the sea, leaving two men in the vehicle dead, authorities said. Officials said an investigation would aim to determine what caused the Boeing aircraft to leave
MOSCOW: An Airbus A320 plane skidded off the runway of Saint Petersburg’s main airport early Monday while making an emergency landing due to a landing gear malfunction, Russian state media said. All 162 passengers and crew aboard the flight, bound for Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, were uninjured, according to state news
WASHINGTON, United States (US): Rallies from New York to San Francisco under the ‘No Kings’ banner will gauge popular anger at President Donald Trump’s barnstorming second term, months after a previous day of action brought millions to the streets. “The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghan Taliban officials are set to meet in Doha after Islamabad carried out air strikes across the border that killed at least 10 people and ended a brief ceasefire, officials on both sides said. Pakistan’s delegation, led by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and intelligence chief General Asim
MANILA, Philippines: Thousands of residents of the Philippines left their homes along the Pacific coast on Saturday as weather experts warned of coastal flooding ahead of Tropical Storm Fengshen’s landfall. The storm was forecast to hit Catanduanes, an impoverished island of 270,000 people, late Saturday with gusts of up to
SEOUL: Sixty-four South Koreans accused of involvement in cyber scam operations in Cambodia were repatriated and arrested upon arrival at Incheon International Airport yesterday, police said. The group was flown home on a chartered flight arranged after Seoul dispatched officials to Phnom Penh to negotiate their return and discuss the
WASHINGTON: A senior member of the US Federal Reserve on Friday indicated he could back another interest rate cut later this month, while urging a meeting-bymeeting approach going forward. “I could support a path with an additional reduction in the policy rate,” St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem said during
PARIS, France: Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo once again topped the Forbes highest-paid footballers list for the 2025-26 season, as one of three members of the top 10 plying their trade in Saudi Arabia. It is the sixth time in the last decade that Ronaldo has topped the Forbes list and