It looks like the world has not yet had its fill of surprises from the US, which has recently outdone itself on this score. I am not about to rehash Afghanistan or Iraq, how Americans commemorated 11 September 2001, or how the current administration (...)
FIFA will finally start speaking to soccer clubs, leagues and players' unions this month in the latest steps announced Monday in its push to organize a men's World Cup every two years.
All 211 member federations have also been invited to online (...)
The Islamic State-inspired extremist who attacked shoppers in a New Zealand supermarket had been fighting deportation for immigration fraud, leaving the nation's leader expressing frustration at the process.
The new details about the attack Friday (...)
New Zealand says it was not able to get everybody it wanted out of Afghanistan in time before the deadly attacks near Kabul's airport brought its rescue mission to an end.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday she is not yet sure how many people (...)
Pakistan's state-run airline says it has halted all flights to Afghanistan's capital of Kabul because of the ``uncertain security situation'' there.
Spokesman Abdullah Hafeez said Monday that Pakistan International Airlines decided to protect (...)
Ronald Rauhe of Germany set an Olympic canoe sprint milestone Saturday, and Lisa Carrington of New Zealand just missed another in her otherwise splendid Tokyo Games.
And Serghei Tarnovschi of Moldova, who was stripped of his bronze medal in 2016 (...)
Some of soccer's biggest nations have fallen at the first stage in the Tokyo Olympics men's tournament, failing to advance from the group stage Wednesday.
If only like Spain they weren't blocked by clubs from selecting the strongest players for this (...)
Since 2007 when the social media site Facebook was launched, people's lives have been changing in major ways, including the ways that they communicate, hang out and even mark major events in their lives. Things took a more public detour in the Arab (...)
France got their Olympic men's soccer campaign back on track as Teji Savanier netted a stoppage-time winner in their 4-3 victory over South Africa on Sunday while defending champions Brazil were held to a goalless draw by Ivory Coast.
Les Bleus, (...)
The International Olympic Committee on Saturday backed New Zealand's selection of transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard for the Tokyo Olympics despite criticism, saying that under the current rules - which will be reviewed in future - she can (...)
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Sydney was going through one the ``scariest'' times of the pandemic as a cluster of the highly contagious delta variant infects more people, an Australian state leader said on Thursday.
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she tested (...)
A U.S. expert on transgender rights and politics says the participation of New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard at the Tokyo Olympics might inspire other trans athletes but could also become a focus for conservative activists who oppose greater (...)
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that New Zealand's Muslim community should be the focus of any film about the Christchurch mosque attacks after some people raised objections to a movie focussing on her response to the bloodshed.
A film (...)
The Free World was once the term most frequently used to refer to the Western camp in discussions of international relations and the world order. It was contrasted with other parts of the world variously described as "unfree", "totalitarian", (...)
The Biden administration says it will enhance its analysis of threats from domestic terrorists, including the sharing of intelligence within law enforcement agencies, and will work with tech companies to eliminate terrorist content online as part of (...)
Aupito William Sio recalled the terrifying day during his childhood when police officers holding German shepherd dogs turned up at his family home before dawn and shined flashlights into their faces while his father stood there helpless.
Now the (...)
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that New Zealand's Muslim community should be the focus of any film about the Christchurch mosque attacks after some people raised objections to a movie focussing on her response to the bloodshed.
A film (...)
The World Health Organization, at the heart of the world's slow and stuttering handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, faces a potential shake-up aimed at preventing future outbreaks from destroying lives and livelihoods.
Health ministers agreed on (...)
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) presented the full programme for its celebratory 50th edition at a press conference, on Saturday, where it confirmed the opening and closing films.
Mona Fastvold's film The World to Come opens the (...)
Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has revealed that there was a 15.6% decrease in the number of foreign employees at both the government and public/ public business sectors in 2020.
The data was revealed, on (...)
Tech giants and governments around the world _ including the U.S. for the first time _ are gathering virtually Friday and Saturday to find better ways to stop extremist violence from spreading online while also respecting freedom of expression.
It's (...)
Some wealthy nations that were most praised last year for controlling the coronavirus are now lagging far behind in getting their people vaccinated _ and some, especially in Asia, are seeing COVID-19 cases grow.
In Japan, South Korea and New (...)
A large out of control Chinese rocket is likely to re-enter the earth's atmosphere on 9 May, according to Gad Al-Qadi, President of Egypt's National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research.
Speaking on Wednesday, Al-Qadi added that the (...)
