FILE PHOTO: A man stands in front of the Olympic rings outside the headquarters of the Olympic Committee of Russia in Moscow, Russia November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia was banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports on Monday after the World […]
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FIEL PHOTO: A European flag is seen outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission approved on Monday 3.2 billion euros ($3.53 billion) of state aid from seven European Union countries for research and innovation in battery technology. The […]
“Mesut had a lot of other opportunities at the time because he would have been a free agent and could have commanded a £40m signing-on fee elsewhere. But he never wanted to leave. “Was this deal my best moment as an agent? No, it was when I helped a 17-year-old […]
The French President will host a crunch summit between President Putin and Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky as both look to find a compromise over the contested region of Crimea, subject to conflict since Russia’s annexation of the territory in 2014. More than 13,000 people have died during the last five […]
A reporter in Savannah, Georgia, was groped on live television when a runner participating in the annual Enmarket Savannah Bridge Run smacked her behind while jogging past her live shot on Saturday. Alexandrea Bozarjian, a reporter with WSAV — an NBC News affiliate — was covering the race, in which […]
(Bloomberg) — At just 34 years old, Sanna Marin is about to make history as she becomes the world’s youngest serving prime minister. The Finnish Social Democrat won her party’s backing over the weekend, and is set to be confirmed on Tuesday. Marin will need to govern a five-party coalition […]
As Saturday night spilled into Sunday morning in Saudi Arabia, something unusual happens. The shrieking bass line of House of Pain’s Jump Around starts pumping out across the Diriyah stadium, where Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight showdown against Andy Ruiz Jr is about to begin. A few people stand up. Then several […]