BEIJING: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a “new strategic partnership” with Beijing as he held talks President Xi Jinping yesterday, the first visit by a Canadian leader to China in eight years. The two countries had been locked in years of diplomatic spats after the retaliatory arrests of each
MANCHESTER: Michael Carrick faces a baptism of fire as Manchester United’s interim manager when they host rivals Manchester City in Saturday’s Manchester derby. Carrick’s short-term stint begins against the Premier League’s top two, with a daunting trip to Arsenal to follow next weekend. City can cut Arsenal’s lead to three
BARCELONA: Ferran Torres and Lamine Yamal struck as Barcelona booked their place in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Racing Santander on Thursday. The holders were made to work hard by the Segunda Division leaders in a tight last-16 tie at El Sardinero, extending Barca’s winning
BEIJING: China’s top diplomat said yesterday that a visit by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to Beijing marked a “turning point” in the two countries’ long acrimonious relationship. The first visit by a Canadian leader to Beijing in eight years was a “turning point and symbol for the relationship between
BANGKOK: The collapse of a highway construction crane killed two people near Bangkok yesterday, with a Thai minister saying the building firm was also involved in a crane failure the day before that left 32 dead. Car dashcam footage verified by AFP showed the moment the massive crane fell yesterday,
LOS ANGELES: FIFA said on Wednesday it had received more than 500 million ticket requests for this year’s World Cup, underlining massive global interest in the tournament despite mounting criticism over high prices. In a statement, football’s world governing body said fans from all 211 of its member nations and
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey campaign ended in stunning fashion on Wednesday as they suffered a 3-2 last-16 defeat to second-tier Albacete, spoiling Alvaro Arbeloa’s debut as head coach. Appointed on Monday to replace Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa saw his side undone by Jefte Betancor’s stoppage-time winner at the Carlos
SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed down to former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his December 2024 declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into chaos. Yoon triggered a political crisis when he announced an end to civilian rule in December
PATNA: Indian wildlife officers are hunting a rampaging wild elephant blamed for killing at least 20 people and injuring 15 others in the forests of Jharkhand, villagers and officials said Tuesday. The elephant, a lone bull, is reported to have gone on the rampage for nine days beginning in early
BANGKOK: A crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand collapsed onto a passenger train yesterday and caused it to derail, killing at least 28 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said. The massive crane’s broken structure was left resting on giant concrete pillars, while smoke rose from the
