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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:40:31 GMT
Brighton's White replaces Alexander-Arnold in England Euro squad
Gareth Southgate has chosen Ben White to replace the injured Trent Alexander-Arnold in England's Euro 2020 squad after an impressive performance in the 1-0 win over Romania. The 23-year-old Brighton central defender made his international debut in ...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:40:30 GMT
Toyota apologises in settlement over harassment suicide
Toyota has apologised and vowed to tackle workplace harassment after settling with the family of an employee who killed himself following repeated abuse by his boss. The 28-year-old engineer died by suicide in 2017, after being regularly abused by ...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:30:22 GMT
Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi to begin next Monday: lawyer
The trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will begin next week, her lawyer told AFP Monday. Myanmar has been in uproar since Suu Kyi was deposed in a February 1 coup, with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement, ...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 06:58:16 GMT
Taliban demands 'remorse' from fearful Afghan interpreters

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 06:24:17 GMT
Ice vests, coconut water as Pakistan Super League feels heat in UAE
Pakistan Super League cricketers will have to contend with soaring temperatures and empty stadiums when the Covid-hit Twenty20 competition resumes far from home in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. With day-time temperatures hitting 40 degrees Celsius (104 F...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:58:17 GMT
Aussie Olympic marathoners prove age doesn't matter
Australia's three Olympic women marathoners boast a combined age of 118, and the eldest of the group Sinead Diver is adamant that being 44 isn't a hindrance. The mother-of-two will incredibly be making her Olympic debut while fellow mum Lisa Weight...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:40:22 GMT
Philippine investigators accuse ex-Wirecard COO of fraud, cybercrime
Philippine investigators have lodged criminal complaints against a former executive of collapsed German payments firm Wirecard and others for alleged bank fraud and cybercrime offences, the justice secretary said Monday. Wirecard was once a rising...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:28:23 GMT
Chinese exports up 28%, imports hit decade-high
China's exports rose 27.9 percent in May while imports grew at the fastest pace in more than a decade as the global economy powers back from the pandemic crisis, official data showed Monday. Demand for China's goods has bounced after economically p...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:28:22 GMT
DR Congo diamond mining giant struggles to revive its glory days
Mbuji-Mayi has seen better days. Once the home of DR Congo's state diamond company MIBA, the town used to be filled with free-spending miners and their families, who brought a giddy touch of prosperity to remote Kasai-Oriental province. But at the...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:26:18 GMT
French Open: Who said what in week 1
Top French Open quotes from the first week of action at Roland Garros: "The truth is I have suffered bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018 (when she beat Serena Williams for her first Slam title) and I have had a really hard time coping wit...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:12:18 GMT
Surging inflation, economic rebound test ECB's mettle
Surging inflation and an economic rebound as virus curbs ease will be in focus when European Central Bank policymakers meet Thursday, testing their commitment to keeping pandemic-era stimulus measures in place. The ECB's 25-member governing council...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:04:17 GMT
Australian soldier sues media over Afghan war crimes allegations
A defamation trial opened Monday pitting one of Australia's most decorated soldiers against three major newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith, a former member of Australia's elite Special Air Services regiment...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 04:48:19 GMT
At least 30 killed in Pakistan train crash
At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured Monday when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughed into carriages from another express that had earlier derailed, officials said. An unknown number of people were still trapped in the tangled ...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 04:38:18 GMT
China blocks app's social media after post on Tiananmen anniversary
A Chinese shopping app has been blocked on social media after a post on the anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989, as Beijing's censorship kicked into gear around the sensitive date. The Weibo page of Xiaohongshu, a Pinterest...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 04:16:18 GMT
Asian markets lower on rate fears, G7 tech tax plan
Asian markets were mostly lower Monday as comments by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stoked concerns over a hike in interest rates while investors also mulled the impact of the G7 global tax plan on tech giants. Yellen told Bloomberg News that ...



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