Eintracht Frankfurt secured a brilliant 2-1 win away win at West Ham United in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday and Bundesliga colleagues RB Leipzig fought to a 1-0 home win over Rangers. Daichi Kamada nudged the winner for F…
Frankfurt take stunning win at West Ham, Leipzig break Blue wall
Eintracht Frankfurt secured a brilliant 2-1 win away win at West Ham United in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday and Bundesliga colleagues RB Leipzig fought to a 1-0 home win over Rangers. Daichi Kamada nudged the winner for F…
Turkey’s Erdogan starts fence-mending trip to Saudi Arabia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived on Thursday in Saudi Arabia for a two-day visit that marks a warming of relations following years of tensions between the two countries prompted by the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Erdo…
Guterres, Zelensky discuss humanitarian escape route for Mariupol
UN Secretary General António Guterres and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed efforts to set up humanitarian escape corridors from Mariupol, which has been extensively damaged after weeks of fighting. “Mariupol is a crisis within a crisis,…
Snapchat wants to replace the selfie stick with a tiny flying camera
Between competition from TikTok, copycat features at Instagram and lost ad revenue during the war in Ukraine, Snapchat is searching for a hot new thing to win users back. Enter the Snap camera drone. The makers of the self-destructing photo app are dou…
New Pakistani leader seeks Saudi cash and oil to stabilize economy
Pakistan’s new leader Shehbaz Sharif began a visit to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, after being elected as prime minister following the removal of his predecessor, Imran Khan, in a no-confidence vote this month. Sharif will seek more than $7 billion in fav…
Bundestag approves abolition of green energy charge as prices rise
Germany’s Bundestag has approved the abolition of a special green energy charge on the bills of households and companies as of July, amid soaring energy prices worldwide. The approval was greeted by lawmakers as a decisive step towards cutting electric…
Scholz: Germany must be prepared for Russia to halt gas supplies
Germany must prepare for Russia to suspend its gas deliveries to the country, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday. Speaking during a visit to Tokyo for talks with the Japanese leadership, Scholz said: “Whether and what decision the Russian governme…
Light show: Visit the lighthouses dotted along the coast of Brittany
The sea seems flooded with light on this balmy summer evening, giving the boats, rocks and waters a golden colour while seagulls swoop and dive from above. Southern Finistère looks enchanted. Its Roman name, Finis Terrae, meant “the end of the world” a…
Kishida praises Germany for decision to send heavy weapons to Ukraine
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his government’s decision to deliver heavy weapons to Ukraine. Speaking at a joint press conference to mark Scholz’s first visit to Japan since taking office, Kishida expres…