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CANADA 1-4 CROATIA: Andrej Kramaric netted twice and Marko Livaja and Lovro Majer were on target as Croatia responded to Alphonso Davies's goal with a convincing win... Read more »

Former Ireland international Kilbane has been part of Canadian broadcaster TSN's World Cup coverage... Read more »

Productivity is measured as the gross value added per worker... Read more »

The representative section of Irish society was whittled down from 2,400 responses to 20,000 invitations and 4% were farmers... Read more »

Belgium's World Cup reverse at the hands of Morocco has not gone down well in the country with supporters swarming the streets as violent scenes broke out and water canons were deployed to control the swell... Read more »

I'm A Celebrity viewers fearful of a Matt Hancock victory are being urged to vote for just one finalist tonight, rather than split their votes between Jill Scott and Owen Warner... Read more »

Mike Tindall's first words to his wife Zara after more than three weeks apart were caught on camera as the pair reunited, after Mike was eliminated from the I'm A Celeb jungle... Read more »

After winning the constructors championship for eight consecutive seasons Mercedes saw their run come to an abrupt end and had to settle for only one grand prix win during a horrid 2022 campaign... Read more »

Strictly fans be warned - next week's result show will not air on Sunday like usual, but will instead go out on Saturday night due to the World Cup, with the live show taking place on Friday... Read more »

Confidence is growing from those over at MLS side Inter Miami that signing Argentinian icon Lionel Messi is a realistic possibility in the coming months, according to reports... Read more »

While the nation waits with bated breath to find out who the 2022 winner will be, the rest of this year’s celebs took the opportunity to make the most of their trip down under... Read more »

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is said to have dismissed the possibility of launching a takeover bid at Liverpool but is open to buying Manchester United from the Glazer family... Read more »

EXCLUSIVE: Golden State Warriors legend Chris Mullin spoke to Mirror Sport about Run TMC being ahead of their time as well as the 'blessing' of playing in the Dream Team... Read more »

The Cavan star ends her year with another top-5 finish.... Read more »

12 more Ukrainians have come back from Russian captivity. Twelve Ukrainians were freed from Russian captivity: eight military personnel and three civilians, one of whom was missing.Andriy Yermak, the head of the President's Office, announced this on Telegram.https://telegram.org/js/telegram-widget.js?21"Yet another POW trade. We were able to set 12 of our people free. Four... Read more »

Sony claims that Microsoft's "true strategy" behind its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard is for PlayStation to "become like Nintendo" and not compete in the 18-rated shooter space.The comments were made in a newly published response to the decision by UK regulator the Competition and Markets Authority to expand its... Read more »

Eight grain ships have left Ukrainian ports in the last two days.Over the last two days, eight ships carrying 342,000 tonnes of agricultural products have left Ukraine's Black Sea ports for destinations in Africa, Asia, and Europe.Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure stated this in a Telegram message.At this time, four vessels... Read more »

Tesla is recalling 300,000 vehicles due to a software glitch in the taillights.Tesla is recalling over 300,000 vehicles in the United States due to a software fault that can cause taillights to go out intermittently, increasing the risk of a collision.The glitch may affect one or both taillights on certain... Read more »

Overwatch 2 Kiriko Image Credit - Dot SportsOverwatch 2 has released a lovely animated short featuring Kiriko, which depicts the Support hero's early memories as well as childhood.Overwatch 2 has released a stunning anime-style video featuring Kiriko. The 45-second video flashed back to the hero's childhood with her kitsune spirit... Read more »

Pre-orders for the PlayStation VR2 begin today, and you can now register for an invite.Sony has officially started accepting PlayStation VR2 pre-orders, which are currently only available in select regions and by invitation only.Players interested in purchasing the PS VR2 can now register their interest, though doing so does not... Read more »

United States will continue to supply Ukraine with air defense systems, according to the White House.US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has condemned the Russian Federation's massive missile attack on Ukraine today, adding that the US will continue to provide Ukraine with air defense systems.In a statement made public by... Read more »

Xbox Game Pass Announces 7 New Games for November 2022, Includes Among the Best Rated games of the Year.Microsoft Xbox has revealed seven more games that will be included in the second wave of Xbox Game Pass on November 22, including a highly rated game.Today, Xbox Game Pass adds two... Read more »

Image Credit: UnboxholicsRockstar Games reportedly turned down a GTA movie starring Eminem and directed by Top Gun director Tony Scott.A late-night conversation with former Rockstar boss Sam Houser, according to Kirk Ewing, an agent and co-founder of virtual avatar app Veemee, almost resulted in the multi-time Grammy winner rapper starring... Read more »

Sony patent reveals that PlayStation has been working on NFTs and blockchain technology. It has been working on developing a system to track digital assets in games and across platforms.Image Credit: PlaystationAccording to a recently published patent, Sony Interactive Entertainment has been actively researching the use of NFTs and blockchain... Read more »

Image Credit: Business InsiderFire ants are raining down on people, and officials at the Hawaii Ant Lab have warned that this is changing the way of life for locals.Hawaii has fire ant infestations, and officials say they're getting so bad that it's affecting residents' way of life.Fire ants were discovered... Read more »

The file sizes of new PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games, which will be available later this month, have just been revealed. Every month, PS Plus Extra and Premium members receive a selection of new games, which include both AAA and indie games. This month, PS Plus Extra and Premium... Read more »

Nintendo's Japanese arm has implemented a new policy that allows its repair staff to refuse to repair or replace a product if the customer who submitted it is abusive.According to Kyodo News, the company updated its repairs page in October to include new guidelines for players who send in faulty... Read more »

European Commission responds to backlash from Microsoft Activision staffer comments.Following comments made on social media by a senior staff member, the European Commission has clarified claims of perceived bias in the investigation into Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal.Earlier this week, Ricardo Cardoso, the governing body's Deputy Head of Unit Interinstitutional &... Read more »

The singer-songwriter discusses his new album with the theme of climate change, his friendship with Rick Rubin, and recording melodies on his flip phone.... Read more »

I can’t explain it exactly, but he made me feel very beautiful.... Read more »

Dictated font choice from on high (6).... Read more »

A platform that once represented the new frontier of digital democracy is being used by the world’s richest man to troll us all.... Read more »

My dream barber would do the heavy lifting in conversations—but only if he enjoys rambling, like a drunken Little League coach or a politician.... Read more »

To honor the twenty-six children and educators who died in Newtown, Connecticut, a decade ago, designers turned to townspeople and bereaved family members.... Read more »

The creator and star of the Emmy-winning “Abbott Elementary” explains what old-fashioned network sitcoms have over edgier streaming shows. Plus, Christine Baranski on “The Good Fight.”... Read more »

“And then, suddenly, it was dark when she left for work every day—and when she got home.”... Read more »

Chefs of the highest pedigree lend expertise to the pursuit of small daily pleasures, such as jambon-beurre and a maritozzo pastry.... Read more »

The new documentary “The Treasure of His Youth,” directed by Bruce Weber, features interviews with the Italian photographer, whose subjects include Anna Magnani.... Read more »

The Political Scene’s Washington roundtable discusses whether the United States is a gerontocracy, and what that means for the country’s politics.... Read more »

In Laura Gonçalves’s animated short, a late uncle returns to the family table as a mythic figure.... Read more »

“A Heart That Works,” the comedian’s account of losing his son Henry to brain cancer, marries comic style with deadly seriousness.... Read more »

In the movies, Prince Charming will sweep you off your feet. In real life, podcasts have made it so that every man is unbearable.... Read more »

The flow of weapons to Kyiv is running up against the longer-term demands of a U.S. strategy to arm Taiwan to help defend against a possible invasion by China.... Read more »

After angry residents took to the streets in Xinjiang, demonstrations have erupted in Beijing, Shanghai and other cities.... Read more »

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said that power to many homes had been restored but that the electricity network was still unstable.... Read more »

The Russian leader is seen as improvising after setbacks. ‘A degree of desperation,’ one academic says.... Read more »

Major General Hossein Salami, the commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, visited the city of Zahedan to warn locals against further unrest.... Read more »

Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI): The International Centre against Terrorism, Geneva raised the issue of China blocking the United Nations' move to designate global terrorists while paying tribute to the 26/11 victims of the Mumbai terrorist attacks on its 14th anniversary. The group organised an important conference on "Let's raise... Read more »

Footage shows demonstrators in Shanghai, Wuhan and other cities demanding an end to harsh zero-Covid policiesProtests broke out in China this weekend, with demonstrators in Shanghai, Wuhan, Beijing and other locations demanding an end to the government's stringent Covid restrictions. Videos shared on social media purportedly show some protesters calling... Read more »

North 24 Paraganas (Kolkata) [India], November 27 (ANI): Four people were injured after several bombs exploded at the Jagaddal area in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Saturday, reportedly over the issue of high volume of a loudspeaker, the police said. All injured people who sustained injuries were admitted... Read more »

New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Sonam Wangchuk, the engineer from Ladakh whose life story inspired Bollywood film 3 Idiots, was on Sunday awarded the seventh Dr Paulos Mar Gregorios Award by former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. Instituted by the Sophia Society of the Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Church, the award... Read more »

Kheda (Gujarat) [India], November 27 (ANI): In the run-up to the Gujarat Assembly polls slated for next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the Congress on the issue of terrorism, saying the Congress, which raised questions on the surgical strike, considers terrorism as its vote bank. PM Modi... Read more »

Kheda (Gujarat) [India], November 27 (ANI): In a scathing attack on the Congress ahead of the Gujarat Assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said terrorism was at its peak during the Congress rule and the party targeted him instead of terrorists because of vote bank politics. Addressing a... Read more »

Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], November 27 (ANI): With a harsh winter setting in over the North Pole, migratory birds from Russia have started flocking in to Haridwar in Uttarakhand, thousands of miles away from their original habitat. However, the exotic fowls flying in from far-off lands are a little less in... Read more »

Beijing [China], November 27 (ANI): In defiance of China's zero-Covid policy, hundreds of students on Sunday protested at President Xi Jinping's alma mater, Tsinghua University here. "Protests have spread to Xi Jinping's alma mater Tsinghua, where a student said: If we don't speak up due to the fear of the... Read more »

KYIV, UKRAINE - The play finishes. The actors take their bows. Then they let loose with wartime patriotic zeal. "Glory to Ukraine!" they shout. "Glory to the heroes!" the audience yells back, leaping to its feet.The actors aren't done. More yells follow, X-rated ones, cursing all things Russian and vowing... Read more »

BEIRUT - In the darkness of Beirut's unlit streets, men wielding batons and torches are taking security into their own hands in an initiative they hope will keep neighborhoods safe but critics see as a worrying echo of Lebanon's troubled past.The neighborhood watch, launched earlier this month in some of... Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data released this week indicated that Avian flu has killed a record 50.54 million chickens, turkeys, and other birds in the United States this year. The outbreak is the worst U.S. animal-health disaster in history, topping the previous record in 2015 when 50.5... Read more »

Washington admits the ?dual-use nature? of its biological research but resists international oversight, Moscow claimsThe US admits the "dual-use nature" of its large-scale biological research programs both at home and abroad but still plans to further expand them, the commander of Russia's Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense Troops, Lieutenant General... Read more »

Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): To mark the 14th anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, demonstrations were held from the United States to Japan to pay respects to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and demanded that the perpetrators of the carnage be brought to justice. Indian Americans... Read more »

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter made a public appearance again, this time with missile scientists and more honorific titles as her father's "most beloved" or "precious" child. She's only about 10, but her new, bold photos are deepening the debate over whether she's being... Read more »

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Authorities in Pakistan arrested an opposition senator Sunday for launching what they said was a “highly obnoxious campaign of intimidating tweets” against the country’s outgoing military chief and other officers. Azam Khan Swati, who represents the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in the upper house of parliament, was picked up... Read more »

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Newly empowered U.S. Republican lawmakers set to take leadership roles in the House of Representatives in January promised Sunday that Congress would continue to support Ukraine militarily in its nine-month fight against Russia but said there would be more scrutiny of the aid before it is shipped to Kyiv’s forces.... Read more »

Italian rescue workers are continuing their search for victims of Saturday’s landslide on the island of Ischial. Authorities say at least two people have died in the mud-induced landslide in the town of Casamicciola that also injured four, and displaced 167. There was confusion earlier over the death toll, when... Read more »

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Protesters pushed to the brink by China's strict COVID measures in Shanghai called for the removal of the country's all-powerful leader and clashed with police Sunday as crowds took to the streets in several cities in an astounding challenge to the government. Police forcibly cleared the demonstrators in China's financial... Read more »

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Investments under China’s Belt and Road Initiative can pose environmental risks to small island nations already vulnerable to harm from climate change, an expert told VOA in late November. Despite contributing less to human-caused climate change, the islands are often at the front lines of the some of the most... Read more »

Somalia’s government said Saturday that an operation in the country’s Lower and Middle Shabelle region, conducted by the army, backed by locals, killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants. Speaking to the media in the capital, Mogadishu, Saturday, Somalia’s deputy information minister, Abdirahman Yusuf Omar Adala, said that the operation targeted... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

A meal fit for monkeys was served on Sunday at the annual Monkey Feast Festival in central Thailand.   Amid the morning traffic, rows of monkey statues holding trays were lined up outside the compound of the Ancient Three Pagodas, while volunteers prepared food across the road for real monkeys —... Read more »

Fundamental tensions over race and corruption inside Malaysia’s disparate new government are likely to test its survival past the first one or two years and will keep its progressive prime minister from pushing long-promised reforms for racial equality, analysts say. In a first for Malaysia, November 19 national elections ended... Read more »

Demonstrators in Kurdish-controlled Qamishli, in Syria's Hasakah province, brandished photos of people killed during recent strikes in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the country's north and northeast, an AFP correspondent said.... Read more »

Speaking to tens of thousands of people in St Peter's Square for his Sunday blessing, Pope Francis said 'violence kills the future, interrupting the lives of the youngest and weakening the hopes for peace'.... Read more »

Award-winning actress Egyptian Menna Shalaby, 40, was detained at Cairo International Airport following an inspection of her luggage, in which the customs officers found 12 packs of colourful candy reportedly containing marijuana.... Read more »

Amman's Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh said 'Jordan is very grateful for the support, which demonstrates that the United States understands the challenges' the country faces.... Read more »

It’s not clear how the new coordination plan would change the underlying dynamics of migration to Europe.... Read more »

Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, said on Sunday, the nation's Mother's Day, that 'everything must be done to protect children by prohibiting foreigners from using the surrogacy service'.... Read more »

The ascent of Itamar Ben-Gvir, a West Bank settler whose record includes 2007 convictions for incitement against Arabs and support for a Jewish militant group on the Israeli and US terrorist watchlists, has stirred concern at home and abroad.... Read more »

On the same day that the statement was issued, scores of Israeli settlers stormed the al-Aqsa compound under police escort, he Jordanian-run Islamic Waqf Department.... Read more »

Government agencies have two weeks to review the implications of narrowing the subsidies, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.... Read more »

The new package by the Abu Dhabi-based fund, which includes countries from the Middle East and North Africa, will provide support for the Yemeni government's efforts to stabilise the economy from 2022 to 2025, Saudi Ekhbaria TV reported.... Read more »

Morocco fans celebrated their first win at the World Cup in 24 years after they scored a surprise win over Belgium.... Read more »

The Jordanian army has been struggling to get a grip on the blossoming drugs trade across the Gulf throughout 2022. ... Read more »

The semi-official Mehr news agency reported that a bank manager in Iran's Qom province, near the capital Tehran, 'had provided bank services on Thursday to an unveiled woman'.... Read more »

A wave of mud and debris hit the small Italian town of Casamicciola Terme early on Saturday morning, engulfing at least one house and sweeping cars down to the sea, local media and emergency services said.... Read more »

Paris (AFP) Nov 25, 2022 French retail giant Carrefour is still selling Brazilian beef products linked to destruction of the Amazon rainforest despite committing to end such sales, the US activist group Mighty Earth said Friday. Carrefour suspended beef supplies from two slaughterhouses owned by the JBS company that were... Read more »

Riyadh (AFP) Nov 24, 2022 At least two people died on Thursday as heavy rains hit western Saudi Arabia, including the coastal city of Jeddah, delaying flights and forcing schools to close, officials said. "Two deaths have been recorded so far, and we call on everyone not to go out... Read more »

Madison WI (SPX) Nov 25, 2022 A new study of thousands of people reveals a wide range in the amount of water people consume around the globe and over their lifespans, definitively spilling the oft-repeated idea that eight, 8-ounce glasses meet the human body's daily needs. "The science has never... Read more »

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 25, 2022 The big idea: Using a remote-controlled submarine, my colleagues and I discovered five new species of black corals living as deep as 2,500 feet (760 meters) below the surface in the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea off the coast of Australia. Black corals... Read more »

Panama City (AFP) Nov 25, 2022 Delegates at a global summit on trade in endangered species on Friday approved a plan to protect 54 more shark species, a move that could drastically reduce the lucrative and cruel shark fin trade. Members of the requiem shark and the hammerhead shark families... Read more »

Istanbul (AFP) Nov 25, 2022 Despondent Sunday anglers watch crestfallen as a trawler winches an enormous net out of the waters of the Bosphorus. "Clear off!" they shout from the shore, impatient to get their hooks back into the depths of the strait that runs through Istanbul. "I have been... Read more »

Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 25, 2022 Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago may compel a science textbook rewrite of how brains evolved. A study published in Science - led by Nicholas Strausfeld, a Regents Professor in the University of Arizona Department... Read more »

Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 25, 2022 The chances of being struck by lightning are less than one in a million, but those odds shortened considerably this month when more than 4.2 million lightning strikes were recorded in every Australian state and territory over the weekend of 12-13 November. When you... Read more »

Boston MA (SPX) Nov 25, 2022 Building on the CRISPR gene-editing system, MIT researchers have designed a new tool that can snip out faulty genes and replace them with new ones, in a safer and more efficient way. Using this system, the researchers showed that they could deliver genes as... Read more »

Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Nov 25, 2022 A new model explains that water evaporating from the Arctic Ocean due to a warming climate is transported south and can lead to increased snowfall in northern Eurasia in late autumn and early winter. This information will allow for more accurate predictions of severe... Read more »

Casamicciola Terme, Italy (AFP) Nov 27, 2022 Italian rescuers were searching for a dozen missing people on the southern island of Ischia on Sunday after a landslide killed at least one person, as the government scheduled an emergency meeting. A wave of mud and debris swept through the small town... Read more »

Al-Messahag, Iraq (AFP) Nov 27, 2022 Jamil al-Juburi, 53, has never left his village in northern Iraq, where his family has worked the land for generations - but a dam will soon swallow his home, forcing them out. Tens of thousands of Iraqis are threatened by the Makhoul dam, which... Read more »

Shanghai (AFP) Nov 27, 2022 Angry crowds took to the streets of Shanghai early Sunday calling for an end to lockdowns, as China grapples with mounting public protests against its zero-Covid policy. A deadly fire on Thursday in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region, spurred an outpouring of... Read more »

Beijing (AFP) Nov 26, 2022 A deadly fire in China's northwest Xinjiang region has spurred an outpouring of anger at the country's zero-Covid policy, as Beijing fights growing public fatigue over its hardline approach to containing the coronavirus. Ten people were killed and nine injured when the blaze ripped through... Read more »