Raphinha struck a dramatic winner in stoppage time as Barcelona came from behind to beat Benfica 5-4 in a wild match and virtually ensure direct qualification to the Champions League last 16. The home side believed they should have had a penalty in the build-up to the late strike by Barca after Leandro Barreiro appeared…
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on ways to strengthen bilateral ties a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. The two leaders discussed their prospective contacts with Trump’s administration during a wide-ranging video call that lasted more than one and a half…
The head of the United States Coast Guard has been removed from her position, as newly inaugurated President Donald Trump follows through with his pledges to fire top officials. On Tuesday, US media published reports that four-star Admiral Linda Fagan had been ousted, less than 24 hours after Trump had taken office. She was part…
Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo struck to earn Real Madrid a Spanish Super Cup final clash with rivals Barcelona. Madrid has the chance to earn revenge for their heavy Clasico defeat in LaLiga in October after Bellingham’s clinical second-half strike sent them on their way to victory on Thursday in Saudi Arabia. Backed heavily by fans…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico of opening a “second energy front” against Kyiv on the orders of Moscow, deepening an already tense dispute over transfers of Russian gas to Europe. Ukraine pumps Russian natural gas through its territory to several European countries, including Slovakia, Moldova and Hungary. But it…
Mozambique’s top court has confirmed the governing party Frelimo’s victory in an October election which prompted massive protests by opposition groups who say the vote was rigged. The Constitutional Council’s Monday ruling is likely to trigger further protests in the Southern African country of close to 35 million people which Frelimo has governed since independence…
China says it had provided information and documents for an open investigation into the severing of two Baltic Sea undersea cables, though Sweden alleges Beijing has not been adequately transparent in the case. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning said at a news briefing in Beijing on Monday that China had invited Germany,…
More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely to port. The 102 people, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee, a navy spokesman said on Friday. “Medical checks…
A United States judge has rejected a claim by Donald Trump’s lawyers that the president-elect’s hush money conviction should be thrown out because the Supreme Court has ruled that former presidents are immune from prosecution. New York Judge Juan Merchan said on Monday that the US Supreme Court’s decision granting immunity for “official acts” did…
The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has released 103 people imprisoned following the country’s contested July election, which the opposition accused Maduro of stealing. The citizen security service, headed by Minister Diosdado Cabello, announced the prisoner release in a written statement on Thursday. It explained that Maduro had instructed the government to review “all…
