The United Nations has appealed to member nations for a record $51.5 billion in aid to help vulnerable people across 68 countries over the next year. According to the UN Global Humanitarian Overview's estimate, in the coming year an additional 65 million people will...
Photo by: QUATAR TRIBUNE The Tour de France will finish outside of the Paris region for the first time in its 121-year history when the 2024 edition concludes in Nice. The final stage of the Grand Tour has traditionally finished on the Champs-Elysees in the French...
Photo by: Yahoo UK Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has refused to apologise for his handball against Ghana in the 2010 World Cup. Suarez was sent off in the last minute of extra time in the quarter-final for denying the Black Stars a goal with a deliberate handball on the...
Photo by: Arizona Mirror Congressman Hakeem Jeffries created history yesterday when he became the first black lawmaker to be elected leader of the House Democrats in the United States. Jeffries of New York is the first black to lead a political party’s caucus in...
The BOI Bank is refuting claims as reported in the Antigua Observer that it was ordered by the High Court in St. John’s last week to refund one of its depositors - a Venezuelan national – more than US $2.5 million dollars. The bank, through its lawyer, has provided...
Brazil legend Pele has been admitted to hospital but his daughter has confirmed there was "no emergency" involved. Earlier, Pele had been taken to Sao Paulo's Hospital Albert Einstein with "general swelling". But Pele's daughter Kely Nascimento posted on Instagram...
World Athletics president, Lord Sebastian Coe, says Kenya evaded a ban from competition but has a "long journey" ahead to rebuild trust following a string of doping violations. A total of 55 athletes are serving suspensions issued by the Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU,...
This morning, a court in Tokyo, Japan ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage was constitutional. Wednesday’s ruling by the Tokyo district court said that while the ban was constitutional, the absence of a legal system to protect same-sex families is an infringement of...
The World Boxing Council is looking into claims by former referee Carlos Padilla that he influenced the outcome of an early Manny Pacquiao title fight. Padilla, now 88, says he prolonged a count to help fellow Filipino Pacquiao beat Nedal Hussein and defend his WBC...
Photo by: Asia Society Former Chinese president, Jiang Zemin, has died at the age of 96. Mr Jiang came to power following the 1989 Tia-nan-men Square protests and presided over a period which saw an increase in China opening up to Western investment along with a rapid...