CAS lifts Olympic ban on former Russian Sports Minister Mutko
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has overturned a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to exclude former Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko...
Violent storm kills six foreigners in northern Greek resorts
Six foreigners including two children were killed and more than 100 other people injured when a violent, short-lived storm lashed northern Greece overnight, felling trees...
Vitol faces possible $6 million fine for U.S. power market manipulation
Global energy trader Vitol faces a possible fine of $6 million from a U.S. energy regulator for alleged manipulation in California’s power market, an order...
Heavy rain, floods in China force evacuation of nearly 80,000
The heaviest average rainfall to lash a swathe of southern and eastern China in more than half a century brought torrential rain and floods, destroying...
Beaten and abused, Sudan’s women bear scars of fight for freedom
After six years abroad, Khadija Saleh returned to Sudan in March to join protesters in the streets demanding change....
Pakistan PM hits out at poor railways as crash kills 11, injures dozens
A passenger train crashed into a stationary freight train in Pakistan on Thursday, killing 11 people and injuring more than 60 under overturned carriages, police...
EU Parliament to vote on von der Leyen on July 16: spokesman
The leaders of the EU’s political groupings on Thursday said the European Parliament would vote on Ursula von der Leyen’s nomination to head the EU...
Man held after climbing gates of London’s Buckingham Palace
British police said they had detained a man who scaled the front gates of Queen Elizabeth’s Buckingham Palace, almost 37 years to the day after...
Oil at six-week high on Gulf of Mexico storm, Iran tensions
Oil prices hit a six-week high on Thursday as oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico were evacuated ahead of a storm, while an incident...
Tokyo and Seoul are in a high-tech trade dispute
Japan has put on a new limit to the export of high-tech materials to South Korea, a move that could potentially affect the whole world’s...