Daily Archives: May 23, 2023

Focus to be on Asian Games during European leg of Hockey Pro League: Harmanpreet

Bengaluru,22 May (PTI): India men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh says his side's focus will be on Asian Games, an Olympic-qualifier, as they embark...

Kevin Pietersen suggests Kohli must move to Delhi Capitals

Bengaluru,22 May (PTI): Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has suggested that Virat Kohli change his IPL franchise and move to Delhi Capitals, a day...

World Cup final referee Marciniak picked for Champions League final duty

Nyon, 22 May (PTI): After refereeing the World Cup final in December, Szymon Marciniak of Poland was picked Monday to officiate the Champions League...

Sports psychologist joins Indian men’s football team national camp

Bhubaneswar, 22 May (PTI): Asports psychologist has joined the Indian men's football team for the first time as part of ''a renewed focus on...

Russia claims eastern city of Bakhmut, but Ukrainian military leaders say battle isn’t over

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Although Russia claims it has won control of Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut after a grinding nine-month conflict in which...

Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to...

LONDON (AP) — The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users personal...

Fire razes school dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 20 children, many of them...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A nighttime fire raced through a school dormitory in Guyana early Monday, killing at least 20 students and injuring several...

UN agency: 2M killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century

GENEVA (AP) — The economic damage of weather- and climate-related disasters continues to rise, even as improvements in early warning have helped reduce the...

Belgian unions demonstrate in Brussels to demand better worker protection

BRUSSELS (AP) — Almost 20,000 Belgian trade union members mounted a demonstration on Monday to protest what they see as increasingly bad working conditions...

South Korea, EU agree to boost pressure on Russia, condemn North Korean missile tests

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of South Korea and the European Union agreed Monday to increase pressure on Russia over its war against...

3 Palestinian militants killed in Israeli West Bank raid; US slams latest settlement expansion

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Three Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli army raid in a West Bank refugee camp early Monday, Palestinian...

Iran’s president appoints new official in powerful security post, replacing longtime incumbent

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president on Monday appointed a new official to take over the post of secretary of the country’s...

Fire kills 6, injures 7 in a house in Abu Dhabi, officials say, cause...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A house fire in Abu Dhabi killed six people and injured seven on Monday, according to the civil...

Spy chief warns authoritarian states stoking anti-government mood in Germany

BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency warned Monday of a rise in anti-government extremism - fueled by authoritarian states such...

US signs new security pact with Papua New Guinea amid competition with China

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — The United States signed a new security pact with Papua New Guinea on Monday as it competes...