Barcelona beaten 3-0 and bottom of Champions League groupDe Jong says ‘hard work and being united’ key to bouncing backA 3-0 defeat at Benfica in the Champions League heaped more pressure on Barcelona’s under-fire manager, Ronald Koeman, but the midfie…
Olympic gold medalist Klete Keller pleads guilty to 6 January riot felony
Keller wore his Team USA jacket when he entered the Capitol building where he shouted vulgarities at Democratic party leadersKlete Keller, a former Olympic swimmer who won two gold medals for the United States, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a felony c…
China to limit abortions for ‘non-medical purposes’
Government says clampdown is aimed at improving women’s reproductive health, but it comes amid anxiety about the nation’s falling birth rateChina will reduce the number of abortions performed for “non-medical purposes”, the country’s cabinet announced …
All Blacks deny Springboks at the death in Rugby Championship
New Zealand 19-17 South AfricaAll Blacks unbeaten after five rounds of Rugby ChampionshipNew Zealand narrowly justified their No 1 world ranking with a hard-fought 19-17 win over world champions South Africa in Townsville on Saturday to secure the Rugb…
US envoy to Haiti resigns over ‘inhumane’ decision to deport migrants
Daniel Foote excoriates Washington in letter addressed to Antony Blinken for deporting hundreds from a border campThe US envoy to Haiti dramatically resigned on Thursday in a letter that excoriated Washington for deporting hundreds of migrants to the v…
Tunisia’s president to ignore parts of the constitution and rule by decree
Kais Saied says he is preparing to change the political system, prompting opposition from rivalsTunisia’s president Kais Saied has declared that he will rule by decree and ignore parts of the constitution as he prepares to change the political system, …
‘We ask for patience’: Koeman takes no questions as heat rises at Barcelona
Under-pressure head coach calls for team to be supported‘The club is with me in this period of reconstruction,’ he saysBarcelona’s head coach, Ronald Koeman, took no questions in a brief news conference on Wednesday and instead read a statement saying …
Russia responsible for Alexander Litvinenko death, European court rules
ECHR also finds ex-KGB bodyguard Andrei Lugovoy and another Russian, Dmitry Kovtun, carried out assassinationThe European court of human rights has ruled that Russia was responsible for the 2006 killing of Alexander Litvinenko, who died an agonising de…
Biden administration seeks to lift US refugee cap to 125,000 beginning 1 October
The plan comes at a time when tens of thousands of Afghan refugees are on military bases awaiting resettlementThe Biden administration wants to nearly double the number of refugees admitted to the United States to 125,000 in the upcoming fiscal year st…
Rwandan court finds Hotel Rwanda hero guilty of terror-related charges
Paul Rusesabagina, an ex-hotel manager, featured in a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocideA Rwandan court has ruled that Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide, is guilty of terrorism…