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Mikel Arteta defended injury-hit Arsenal’s training methods despite admitting his side are in a “dangerous” situation with their fitness problems. Published Date: 2025-12-10 10:58:03 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

While the future of Salah at Liverpool hangs in the balance, Egypt teammates have rallied behind the national team captain ahead of the 2025 AFCON in Morocco. Published Date: 2025-12-10 10:49:26 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Arne Slot dedicated last night’s 1-0 Champions League win at Inter Milan to the players he took to Italy, refusing to further fuel a public row with star forward Mohamed Salah. Published Date: 2025-12-10 10:39:33 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

A man walks by the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine, a memorial dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers, in Kyiv on December 9, 2025. [AFP] Military aid for Ukraine plummeted in the second half of 2025 as falling European contributions failed to make up for the halt in US support, data from the Kiel Institute showed Wednesday. As US President Donald Trump wound down US contributions at the beginning of the year, Europe stepped up with record pledges of almost 20 billion euros ($23 billion) between March and June, more than offsetting the overall shortfall. But Europe was only…

This photo taken on December 4, 2025 shows an elephant figurine made of ivory displayed at an antiquities shop in Tokyo. [AFP] At his store in Tokyo’s ritzy Ginza district, Hajime Sasaki displays a disparate array of wares, from chopsticks to Buddha statues — including many made of ivory. International trade in elephant ivory is illegal, but Japan hosts one of the world’s largest remaining legal domestic markets for the product, which can only be bought and sold within its borders. It is fed with stockpiles of ivory imported before the international ban more than 30 years ago, or bought…

President Donald Trump during an event at Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, on December 9, 2025. [AFP] US and Indian trade negotiators begin two days of talks Wednesday as they try to reach a deal amid geopolitical turbulence after Washington hit New Delhi with huge tariffs over its purchases of Russian oil. The 50 percent levies on most goods was imposed in August, with US officials arguing the imports of discounted Russian crude effectively bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Deputy US Trade Representative Rick Switzer’s visit comes a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi embraced Russian President…

Fast bowler Mark Wood will play no further part in the Ashes tour and is to fly home from Australia at the weekend. Published Date: 2025-12-10 00:00:00 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Red Bull’s influential advisor Helmut Marko is leaving the Formula One giants. Published Date: 2025-12-10 00:00:00 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

All Blacks Published Date: 2025-12-09 16:33:52 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

A teenager holds a mobile phone displaying a message from social media platform Instagram after the account was locked for age verification in Sydney on December 9, 2025. [AFP] Australia banned young teenagers from social media on Wednesday, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue children from addictive scrolling on the likes of Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. A raft of the world’s most popular apps and websites face US$33 million fines if they fail to purge Australia-based users younger than 16. Australia becomes one of the first nations to so forcefully push back against tech titans wielding immense political power.…

Real Madrid desperately need superstar Kylian Mbappe at his magical best in a pivotal UCL clash against Manchester City and unstoppable striker Erling Haaland. Published Date: 2025-12-09 14:02:52 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Under-pressure Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso insisted the situation he is in can swiftly change ahead of a potentially pivotal Champions League clash against Manchester City Published Date: 2025-12-09 13:55:35 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

A world record run of 18 consecutive victories has set up Achraf Hakimi-inspired Morocco perfectly for their 2025 AFCON campaign on home soil. Published Date: 2025-12-09 12:57:44 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher labelled Mohamed Salah “a disgrace” on Monday after the Egypt star’s stunning outburst at Reds boss Arne Slot. Published Date: 2025-12-09 11:47:32 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Andrej Babis, leader of the ANO movement, addresses a press conference at the ANO headquarters on October 4, 2025, in Prague after the parliamentary elections. [AFP] Andrej Babis, a billionaire supporter of US President Donald Trump, returned to power as Czech prime minister on Tuesday, signalling a possible end to Ukraine aid and potentially rockier ties with the European Union. Babis’s ANO movement, which won October parliamentary elections, teamed up with two eurosceptic parties to form a coalition government. In its policy statement, the coalition said the EU had “its limits” and no right to impose decisions infringing on the…

A worker drives a delivery truck of South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang in Seoul on December 9, 2025. [AFP] South Korean police raided the Seoul headquarters of e-commerce giant Coupang on Tuesday over a recent data leak believed to have affected almost two-thirds of the country’s population. Coupang is South Korea’s most popular online shopping platform, serving millions of customers with lightning-fast deliveries of products from groceries to gadgets. But the company suffered a massive data leak this year and was forced to alert customers that their names, email addresses, phone numbers, shipping addresses and some order histories had been…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain’s PM Keir Starmer, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and France’s President Emmanuel Macron at 10 Downing Street after a meeting in central London on December 8, 2025. [AFP] More than 250 human rights groups and other NGOs on Tuesday renewed pressure on the German government to take in hundreds of Afghans stranded in Pakistan who had been offered sanctuary by Berlin. The organisations, including Amnesty International, Save the Children, Human Rights Watch and church groups, urged the government to bring the roughly 1,800 Afghans to Germany from Pakistan before the end of the year. Those affected…

An Istanbul court ordered the detention of 11 footballers from Turkey’s first and second divisions, nine of whom are accused of betting on their own teams’ matches Published Date: 2025-12-09 07:32:01 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Amorim said Man United had “improved a lot” after they climbed back into the race to qualify for the Champions League as Bruno Fernandes inspired a 4-1 rout of Wolves Published Date: 2025-12-09 07:27:07 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Lando Norris had been dreaming of winning the world championship since he was five and finally fulfilled that dream 21 years later. Published Date: 2025-12-08 09:32:39 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Mohamed Salah plunged his future at Liverpool into serious doubt after claiming he had been made the fall guy for the Premier League champions’ disastrous form this season. Published Date: 2025-12-07 20:20:00 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Lando Norris claimed his maiden drivers’ championship on Sunday to complete McLaren’s first title double since 1998 with a perfectly-judged drive. Published Date: 2025-12-07 19:06:49 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

This photograph taken on October 8, 2025 shows Santosh Devi putting a light bulb at her house in Rajasthan’s Beawar district. [AFP] Santosh Devi is proud to have brought light and hope to her hamlet in western India, taking up solar engineering through a programme for women like her whose husbands suffer chronic disease from mining work. Her husband is bedridden with silicosis, a respiratory illness caused by inhaling fine silica dust which is common across some 33,000 mines in Rajasthan state, where the couple and their four children live. Santosh, 36, has joined seven other women for a three-month…

A horse-drawn carriage carries passengers through a flooded road past an abandoned gas station in Bandung, West Java on December 5, 2025. [AFP] Survivors in Indonesia were piecing back shattered lives Friday after devastating floods killed more than 1,600 people across five countries, with fears of fresh misery as more rain looms. Indonesia has borne the brunt of the disaster, with its toll rising to 846 dead and 547 missing, authorities said. Many are in the island of Sumatra’s northern Aceh province where more than 800,000 people have also been displaced. Sri Lanka has reported 486 deaths, Thailand 276 and…

Former Manchester United andManchester United said Friday that he will leave FC Seoul next week after two seasons in South Korean football. Published Date: 2025-12-05 12:49:13 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

A dolphin swims in the pool of the Dolphins arena of MarineLand theme park in Antibes southeastern France, on November 27, 2025. [AFP] The Mediterranean’s first sanctuary for dolphins that have lived in captivity will open off Italy next year, as demand for re-homing rises with the closure of marine parks across Europe. “We must develop a new model for managing dolphins  in a natural but supervised environment,” Carmelo Fanizza, head of the San Paolo Dolphin Refuge, told AFP. Located off the coast of Taranto in the southern Italian region of Puglia, the sanctuary still needs a final green light…

James Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) poses during a photo session in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris, on December 4, 2025. [AFP] With US President Donald Trump and other sceptics calling climate change a hoax, the UN’s climate science body must tell the world in a “very clear way” that humans are heating the planet, its chairman told AFP. Jim Skea, a Scottish professor, chairs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which held a five-day meeting in a skyscraper outside Paris this week to begin drafting the next major UN climate assessment. The…

A man walks with his bicycle through flood waters on a street in Vietnam’s Lam Dong province on December 5, 2025, following weeks of heavy rain. [AFP] Heavy rain in Vietnam triggered flooding that killed at least two people and caused more than a dozen landslides, state media said Friday, adding to what authorities called the “most unusual” year of natural disasters in the country’s history. South-central Vietnam has been lashed by weeks of heavy rain, submerging hundreds of thousands of homes in coastal tourism hotspots and causing deadly landslides in mountainous regions. Downpours inundated thousands more homes in Lam…

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) and Kenyan Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi (L) participate in a Health Framework of Cooperation signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington, DC on December 4, 2025. [AFP] The United States on Thursday signed a $2.5 billion (Sh323.8 billion) health aid deal with Kenya, the first such bilateral agreement since President Donald Trump dismantled the historic US aid agency and sidelined NGOs. Trump administration officials said the agreement would be the first in a series of agreements with developing countries’ governments, which will be asked to share the bill and cooperate with…

EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner holds a press conference to present the EU Drugs Strategy and the Action Plan against drug trafficking at the EU headquarters in Brussels on December 4, 2025.[AFP] The European Commission on Thursday unveiled a new plan to combat drug trafficking and to alert member states more quickly about new psychotropic substances circulating on the continent. The fight against illicit drugs is primarily the responsibility of the 27 EU members, but the executive wants to push for a coordinated response to the problem. The issue has been brought back into the spotlight…

Arteta fears Arsenal’s mounting injury problems will hamper their bid to win the title after Declan Rice and Cristhian Mosquera limped off in win vs Brentford. Published Date: 2025-12-04 11:34:15 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

The draw for the first 48-team World Cup takes place on Friday, ahead of the finals from June 11 to July 19 next year in North America. Published Date: 2025-12-04 11:27:58 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Salvador Nasralla, presidential candidate for the opposition Liberal Party, gestures during a press conference in Tegucigalpa on December 2, 2025. [AFP] Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez is not planning any immediate return to his country due to threats for his life, his wife told AFP, after the former leader received a surprise pardon from President Donald Trump. From her home in Tegucigalpa, Ana Garcia thanked the US president, saying the pardon put an end to an “injustice” that she blamed in part on former Democratic President Joe Biden. “He’s not thinking about returning to public or political life, but rather…

Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, accompanied by Britain’s King Charles III walk to inspect a Guard of Honour, during a Ceremonial Welcome in the Quadrangle. [AFP] German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in London on Wednesday for the start of a state visit, the first by the official German head of state in 27 years. The three-day trip, which includes a Windsor Castle state banquet and a speech to parliament, takes place as a deepening security alliance has helped rebuild London-Berlin ties that frayed in the turbulent post-Brexit years. Steinmeier will meet Prime Minister Keir Starmer later Wednesday for talks focusing on…

England’s captain Ben Stokes speaks during a press conference at The Gabba in Brisbane on December 3, 2025, ahead of the second Ashes cricket Test against Australia. [AFP] England cricket captain Ben Stokes said Wednesday the sudden death of former batsman Robin Smith at the age of 62 “hits you hard”. The South Africa-born Smith, who had moved to Australia and lived in Perth, attended the first Ashes Test almost a fortnight ago and met some of the England and England Lions players. Smith, who played 62 Tests between 1988 and 1996, has been hailed as “a batter ahead of…

People protest against the ICE and Border Patrol operation outside of City Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 1, 2025. [AFP] The US government has halted immigration applications for citizens from 19 nations including Afghanistan, Yemen and Haiti, an official memorandum said Tuesday, deepening the nation’s sweeping crackdown on migration. Authorities paused green card and citizenship processing, according to the memo, for people from countries already subject to travel restrictions announced in June by President Donald Trump. Those 19 nations also include Venezuela, Sudan and Somalia. Follow The Standard channel on WhatsApp Senior US officials have signaled in recent…

 Rustem Umerov speaks during a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the US delegation in Hallandale Beach, Florida on November 30, 2025. [AFP] High-stakes US-Russia talks on ending the war in Ukraine failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, as the Kremlin said “no compromise” had been found yet on the key question of territory. Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin, after earlier signalling that his forces were ready to fight on to achieve Russia’s initial war goals. The meeting is a crucial…

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court during a state court evidentiary hearing in the murder case of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in New York, on December 2, 2025. [AFP] The defense for the 27-year-old suspect accused of killing a top health insurance executive in New York sought to exclude evidence presented by the prosecution as he appeared in court for a second day Tuesday. Luigi Mangione is charged with the second-degree murder of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the largest US health insurer. Thompson, 50, was shot dead on a Manhattan street on December 4, 2024. Mangione, who…

Donald Trump wears adhesive bandages on the back of his hand during a meeting of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington. [AFP] The US Department of Justice has dismissed eight immigration judges in New York City, the association representing them said Tuesday, amid tensions with the courts as President Donald Trump’s administration cracks down on undocumented migrants.According to the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ), which confirmed media reports, the eight judges all worked at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan. The address houses a court that reviews cases of migrants…

Maria Jose de la Fuente, oncology patient and spokesperson of breast cancer association AMAMA. [AFP] Anabel Cano thought cancer had spared her after she underwent a mammogram in the Spanish region of Andalusia. Having now lost a breast to a mastectomy, she feels betrayed. “Why did they forget me?” rued Cano, one of hundreds of women affected by a breast cancer screening scandal in the southern region’s public health system that has shocked the country. For years follow-up tests and monitoring were not carried out after inconclusive mammograms, sparking fears that falsely reassured patients may have unknowingly developed cancer. Cano,…

S. President Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, react following the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Final match. [AFP] The draw for the 2026 World Cup the biggest edition of football’s global showpiece ever held takes place in Washington on Friday with US President Donald Trump expected to feature prominently in proceedings. The expanded 48-team tournament up from the 32-nation field that competed at the 2022 Qatar World Cup will be played across the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19 next year. Trump’s attendance at the Kennedy Center ceremony underscores his rapport with…

A member of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue scans the horizon during a search in the Andaman sea area around the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra island for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, on March 17, 2014. [AFP] The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume at the end of December, Malaysia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade after the plane disappeared. The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in one of aviation’s greatest enduring mysteries. Two-thirds of the…

Arne Slot has admitted that Mohamed Salah was unhappy about being omitted from Liverpool’s team for their vital 2-0 win against West Ham, but praised his attitude. Published Date: 2025-12-02 14:58:38 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Cameroon sacked Belgian coach Marc Brys yesterday, and dropped Manchester United goalkeeper Andrew Onana. Published Date: 2025-12-02 13:29:45 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

An Israeli army vehicle fires smoke grenades during a raid in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on December 1, 2025. [AFP] The Israeli military said Tuesday it had killed two assailants it said attacked soldiers in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank, with the Palestinian Authority identifying the deceased as a 17 and 18-year-old. The army said the first attack took place Monday evening near Hebron, in the south of the Palestinian territory, where a female soldier was lightly injured in a car ramming attack. In a statement, it said that after pursuing the attacker, Israeli forces attempted…

This grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry press service late on December 1, 2025, shows what is said is the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. [AFP] Ukrainian forces said Tuesday that fighting was ongoing in Pokrovsk, an important logistics hub in the eastern Donetsk region that Moscow claimed to have captured after months of intensive fighting. The Russian defence ministry one day earlier posted a video purportedly showing Russian soldiers raising their country’s flag over a central square in Pokrovsk. “Search and assault operations and the elimination of the enemy in urban areas continue…

Arteta’s injury-hit side salvaged a point at Stamford Bridge thanks to Mikel Merino’s header in the 59th minute. Published Date: 2025-12-02 12:28:54 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Gilgeous-Alexanders 93rd straight game with at least 20 points is the second-longest . Published Date: 2025-12-02 12:12:17 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

F1 title fight will go down to the last race of the season. Published Date: 2025-12-02 11:53:38 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Italian icon Pietrangeli dies aged 92. Published Date: 2025-12-02 11:40:42 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

In this photo illustration, ‘Oxford Word of the Year 2025’ is displayed on a mobile phone screen next to the word ‘rage bait’ in Ankara, Turkiye on December 1, 2025. [AFP] “Rage bait”, the slang term describing online content designed to elicit anger and drive internet traffic, has been crowned 2025 word of the year, Oxford University Press (OUP) announced Monday. It said the word — chosen through a combination of public voting, sentiment and analysis of OUP’s “lexical data” — had “captured our emotions” this year. Casper Grathwohl, president of OUP’s languages division, said the growing use of such…

Burkina Faso strikers Dango Ouattara and Bertrand Traore scored to help Brentford and Sunderland win in the Premier League at the weekend. Published Date: 2025-12-01 10:40:07 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Napoli joined AC Milan at the top of Serie A on Sunday after winning 1-0 at title rivals Roma, as Inter Milan kept pace with the leading pair by beating Pisa 2-0. Published Date: 2025-12-01 10:33:33 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

The three-way F1 title fight will go down to the last race of the season after Max Verstappen took full advantage of a McLaren blunder to win the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday. Published Date: 2025-12-01 10:21:45 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Real Madrid were held to a third consecutive La Liga draw in a 1-1 tie at Girona on Sunday, allowing Barcelona to retain pole position. Published Date: 2025-12-01 10:17:37 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Joshua Zirkzee scored his first Premier League goal for nearly a year before Mason Mount grabbed the winner as Manchester United came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 Published Date: 2025-12-01 10:09:02 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Gas station employees set a large banner of Pope Leo XIV in Beirut on November 29, 2025. [AFP] Pope Leo XIV headed to Lebanon on Sunday with a message of peace for the crisis-hit nation after wrapping up a four-day trip to Turkey’s tiny Christian community that focused on unity within the Church. Ending the first part of his maiden overseas tour since being elected leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Leo boarded the papal plane which left Istanbul for Beirut, where he was expected to arrive around 3:45 pm (1345 GMT). The two-nation tour is the first major…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial for corruption charges has been ongoing for nearly six years. [AFP] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial facing corruption charges, announced Sunday he had submitted a pardon request, saying the long-running cases were tearing the country apart. US President Donald Trump wrote to Israeli President Isaac Herzog earlier this month, asking him to pardon Netanyahu, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the ongoing court cases. “The trial in my case has been ongoing for nearly six years, and is expected to continue for many more years,” Netanyahu said in a video statement. He…

Philippine nationals in Hong Kong take part in a community prayer service for victims of the deadly November 26 fire at Tai Po, in Hong Kong’s Central district on November 30, 2025. [AFP] Not long before he was reportedly detained, Miles Kwan approached commuters outside a Hong Kong train station, urging them to demand accountability for the deadly inferno that tore through nearby apartment blocks. “We all feel unhappy that (Hong Kong) has come to this and we want things to improve,” the 24-year-old student told AFP on Friday, while handing out flyers that called for an independent probe into…

Voting posters in favor of an initiative to tax the super-rich to help to finance the country’s effort against climate change in a street in Geneva, on November 25, 2025. [AFP] Switzerland votes Sunday on whether to replace the current men-only military conscription with a compulsory civic duty for men and women alike and on taxing the super-rich to fund the climate fight. Neither initiative is expected to pass, according to recent polls, but they have generated significant discussion in the wealthy Alpine nation. Under Switzerland’s direct democratic system, 100,000 signatures are needed to put virtually any issue to a popular…

Firefighters outside a residential building on fire following a Russian drone attack on Vyshhorod, in the Kyiv region, on November 30, 2025. [AFP] Ukrainian negotiators are due to hold talks in the United States on Sunday on Washington’s plan to end the war with Russia, with Kyiv facing pressure on both the military and political fronts. As Russia advances on the front line, its forces targeted Ukraine’s capital and the region for two nights in a row ahead of the talks in the United States. A drone attack in the outskirts of Kyiv killed one person and wounded 11 on…

The World Health Organization on Friday published for the first time directives to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of infertility, which affects millions across the globe. “One in six people worldwide experience infertility during their lifetime,” said Pascale Allotey, the global health body’s head of sexual and reproductive health. “The condition affects individuals and couples across all regions and income levels. Follow The Standard channel on WhatsApp “And yet access to safe and affordable care remains highly inequitable.” Allotey told reporters that the issue of infertility had been neglected “for far too long”. The new guide would provide a…

US President Donald Trump meets with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. [AFP] US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that South Africa would not be invited to next year’s G20 summit in Miami, taking his diplomatic offensive against the country to a new level. Trump cited what he described as “horrific Human Right Abuses” endured by white farmers, and South Africa’s refusal to symbolically hand off the G20 presidency at the end of this year’s summit to the United States. “South Africa has demonstrated to the…

Richard Branson arrives with his wife Joan at Wellington barracks London for Princess Diana’s memorial service on August 31, 2007. [AFP] British entrepreneur Richard Branson paid tribute Wednesday to his wife Joan Templeman shortly after announcing her death, saying “life will never be the same without her”. The founder of the Virgin Group had revealed Templeman’s death, aged 80, in an Instagram post late Tuesday, saying he was “heartbroken”. He did not say what had caused her passing, but noted in a subsequent blog post that she had recently been recovering from a back injury in hospital in England. Eulogising…

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2025 in New York City. [AFP] The search for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations launched Tuesday, as member states were invited to send nominations to replace Antonio Guterres for the term starting in 2027. In a letter from UN leaders to 193 member states, the 80-year-old global intergovernmental organization is seeking candidates with extensive experience in international relations, diplomacy and language skills. “The position of Secretary-General is one of great importance and one that requires the…

The HP logo is seen on a sign at Hewlett Packard’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California on November 4, 2016. [JOSH EDELSON / AFP] Computer and printer maker HP announced Tuesday a sweeping restructuring plan that will eliminate about 10 percent of its workforce globally as the company pivots toward artificial intelligence to boost efficiency. According to its latest earnings report, the tech giant expects to reduce its global headcount by between 4,000 and 6,000 employees to focus on adopting AI to increase innovation and customer satisfaction. HP’s move reflects a broader trend across the tech sector, where companies are…

Enzo Maresca has played down comparisons between rival teenage wingers Estevao and Lamine Yamal on the eve of Chelsea’s Champions League clash against Barcelona. Published Date: 2025-11-25 13:04:55 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi says Mason Greenwood “paid dearly” after being accused of sexual assault, as the forward prepares to face Newcastle Published Date: 2025-11-25 13:01:14 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Inter Milan head into Wednesday’s match at Atletico Madrid still reeling from a derby defeat to AC Milan and with doubts about their ability to handle big games Published Date: 2025-11-25 12:54:05 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane returns to north London on Wednesday to face old rivals Arsenal arguably in the best form of his career after dropping into a deeper position. Published Date: 2025-11-25 12:50:05 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan inspects a guard of honour during her arrival at the Tanzanian Parliament for the official inauguration of the 13th Parliament in Dodoma on November 14. [AFP] Tanzania will not hold independence day celebrations on December 9 after calls for protests over the mass killings during recent contested elections, the prime minister said Monday. Hundreds and possibly thousands of protesters were shot dead by security forces after anger erupted over the rigging of elections on October 29, according to tallies by rights groups and the opposition. President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner with 98…

Eberechi Eze hailed his “special” moment as the Arsenal star’s first ever hat-trick inspired a 4-1 rout of north London rivals Tottenham on Sunday. Published Date: 2025-11-23 22:08:45 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing after leading the weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican on November 19, 2025. [AFP] Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for the release of over 300 hostages taken from a Catholic school in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria. “I learned with immense sadness the news of the kidnappings of priests, faithful, and students in Nigeria and Cameroon,” he said. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Saturday said gunmen had kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in raids on two schools in the country. “I make a…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez takes part in a plenary session on the second day of the G20 Leaders’ Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on November 23, 2025. [AFP] G20 leaders gathered Sunday in South Africa hailed multilateralism — even as they struggled to adapt to a changing world order beset by go-it-alone US policies, wars and deepening geopolitical rivalries. The final day of their weekend summit — boycotted by the United States — kicked off with a searching discussion on how the G20 can survive in a fragmenting world. “We are not experiencing a transition, but…

Chelsea and England forward Cole Palmer will miss two Premier League games and the Champions League clash with Barcelona next week after fracturing a toe. Published Date: 2025-11-21 15:14:54 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Members of the pharmacology department take inventory of the last boxes of drugs delivered by the now-dismantled United States Agency for International Development (USAID) amid medical supply shortages in a pharmacy storeroom at Lodwar County Referral Hospital in Lodwar on April 1, 2025. [File, Standard] The US health agency has updated its official website to reflect the vaccine skepticism of a senior Trump official, a move that medical and public health experts widely condemned. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late Wednesday revised its site with language that undermines its previous, scientifically grounded position that immunizations do not cause the…

Fire breaks out in pavilion at COP30 climate talks. [Dennis Aseto, Standard] A fire at a pavilion inside the venue of the UN’s climate talks in Brazil forced an evacuation Thursday as panicked delegates ran for the exits. UN and security crews rushed with extinguishers to try to put out the blaze at the COP30 site in Belem, with smoke engulfing the corridor and people shouting “fire!” Firefighters arrived at the scene as smoke billowed inside and out of the conference building. The fire took place as ministers from around the world were deep in negotiations aimed at breaking a…

This handout photo taken on November 20, 2025 and released by the Vatican press office, Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during his visit to the Tomb of St. Francis in Assisi. [AFP] Pope Leo XIV called Thursday on the Italian Church to develop a “culture of prevention” on clerical child sex abuse, after criticisms it has been slow to respond to the global crisis. But a survivor’s group expressed disappointment that the pontiff did not go further in demanding action from the Italian Bishops Conference, which was holding its general assembly in the town of Assisi. “I would like…

A bitcoin logo is displayed outside a cryptocurrency exchange in Hong Kong on April 15, 2024. [AFP] The value of bitcoin has fallen sharply since reaching record heights last month, briefly falling below $90,000 on Tuesday compared with above $126,000 at the start of October. Below AFP explains why investors are turning away from the volatile asset. What has caused the latest price drop? Prior to the recent slump, bitcoin broke a series of record highs in the wake of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. The US president came out strongly in favour of cryptocurrencies before his re-election…

Epstein survivor Haley Robson (C) holds up a photo of her younger self during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 18, 2025. [DANIEL HEUER / AFP] The “Epstein Files,” sealed for years and the object of frenzied speculation, are one step closer to being released to the public. Both the US House of Representatives and Senate moved Tuesday to order the release of government files related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The wealthy and well-connected financier died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial…

A poor child begging. [Courtesy/GettyImages] The UN’s World Food Programme warned Tuesday that funding cuts mean it will struggle to feed even a third of the 318 million people facing severe hunger in 2026. “Declines in global humanitarian funding are forcing WFP to prioritise food assistance to roughly one third of those in need,” targeting 110 million of the most vulnerable, it said in a statement. That would cost $13 billion, the agency estimated — but warned that “current funding forecasts indicate WFP may only receive close to half that goal”. The WFP’s largest donor is the United States which,…

A handout photo made available on September 19, 2025 by Unitaid/Gilead Sciences, Inc shows the generic version of the new HIV prevention tool, injectable Lenacapavir. [AFP] The United States said Tuesday it has delivered a new treatment to prevent HIV in two African countries, months after President Donald Trump dramatically cut global aid. The US plans to expand the rollout of the drug Lenacapavir by working with an international group, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, as well as the Gilead Sciences pharmaceutical company. Some 1,000 doses have been delivered in total to Eswatini and Zambia and…

England wrapped up their flawless World Cup qualifying campaign with a record-setting 2-0 win against Albania on Sunday. Published Date: 2025-11-17 08:58:02 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Norway qualified for their first World Cup since 1998 after Erling Haaland struck again in a 4-1 thumping of Italy on Sunday which sealed a spot in next summer’s finals Published Date: 2025-11-17 07:24:52 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Members of the media wait outside the entrance to the offices of the BBC in London on November 10, 2025.[AFP] US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would sue the BBC for up to $5 billion, after the British broadcaster apologized but said it would not pay damages for a misleading speech edit. The broadcaster has rejected Trump’s legal defamation claim, but the president appears determined not to let the matter rest, even after the departure of top BBC executives and as the controversy threatens to become a strain on ties with London. “We’ll sue them for anywhere between…

Google on Friday announced changes to its advertising services to avert the risk of a breakup, two months after Brussels hit the US giant with a massive fine. The European Commission slapped a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.43 billion) antitrust fine on Google for favouring its own services in September, giving the company 60 days to resolve the issues raised. The penalty drew an angry rebuke from US President Donald Trump, who threatened fresh tariffs on the EU if it was confirmed. Google has said it will appeal the fine. “Our proposal fully addresses the decision without a disruptive break-up that would harm…

This photograph shows Red Bull drink cans at the Red Bull Formula One team motorhome, in Hockenheim, on July 18, 2008.[AFP] The EU on Thursday announced a probe into energy drink maker Red Bull over suspicions the Austrian company abused its dominant market position and potentially forced Europeans to pay higher prices. The European Commission said it was concerned Red Bull gave “monetary and non-monetary incentives” to customers including supermarkets and fuel station shops to stop selling rival energy drinks in sizes that exceeded 250 millilitres. It also has suspicions Red Bull sought to reduce the visibility of rivals in…

A delegation affiliated with the World Health Organization (WHO) conducts inspections at Rantisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza on October 19, 2025.[AFP] Tuberculosis remains the world’s leading infectious killer, claiming an estimated 1.23 million lives last year, the UN health organisation said Wednesday as it warned that recent gains made against the disease were fragile. Deaths from TB were down three percent from 2023, while cases dropped by nearly two percent, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its annual overview. An estimated 10.7 million people worldwide fell ill with TB in 2024: 5.8 million men, 3.7 million women…

 U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Minority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) Republican lawmakers and business leaders affected by the shutdown, delivers remarks as he signs recently passed funding legislation to reopen the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House on November 12, 2025, in Washington, DC.[AFP] Millions of dollars of birth-control supplies bought by the United States and held in Belgium en route to poorer countries can no longer be used, Belgian authorities have said. The contraceptives were purchased by US aid agency USAID under former president Joe Biden for women…

The Premier League’s bottom club Wolves announced Wednesday the appointment of Rob Edwards as their new head coach on a three-and-a-half year deal. Published Date: 2025-11-12 17:38:53 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Lamine Yamal has been released from the Spain squad for their upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifying matches after undergoing treatment Published Date: 2025-11-12 17:33:52 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Thomas Tuchel has warned Jude Bellingham that the Real Madrid midfielder faces a fight to earn a place in England’s starting line-up at the World Cup. Published Date: 2025-11-12 17:28:16 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Barcelona all-time great Lionel Messi returning to the Catalan giants is “unrealistic”, the club’s president Joan Laporta said Wednesday. Published Date: 2025-11-12 17:18:39 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

The 40-year-old forward, with more than 950 club and international goals, also said he would retire from football in “one or two years”. Published Date: 2025-11-11 16:14:38 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

People participate in a demonstration in front of main entrance of COP30 in Belem, Para State, Brazil on November 10, 2025. (Photo by IVAN PISARENKO / AFP) The Americans are coming. President Donald Trump’s administration may have steered clear of this year’s UN climate summit in the Brazilian Amazon, but the conference’s second day on Tuesday is nonetheless set to be dominated by the governors of California and New Mexico. Anticipation is building particularly around California’s telegenic leader Gavin Newsom, who governs the world’s fourth-largest economy and has sought to cast himself as the Anti-Trump — with murmurs of a…

General view as COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago (C) speaks during a press conference at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil on November 10, 2025. [MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP] Instead of landing a new major climate deal, Brazil is banking on an “action agenda” at the UN’s COP30 conference to spur nations and businesses to deliver on existing commitments. The annual Conference of the Parties meetings traditionally conclude with a headline-grabbing pledge — the Paris Agreement to limit warming to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels, or the Dubai deal to transition away from…

This photograph shows a BBC News camera kit resting on the floor outside La Sante prison, in Paris on November 10, 2025. [AFP] US President Donald Trump has threatened the BBC with a billion-dollar lawsuit, US sources said, as the broadcaster apologised Monday for editing a speech that gave the impression he urged “violent action” just before the 2021 assault on the US Capitol. Trump could seek $1 billion in damages from the BBC, a source close to his legal team said, amid a growing furore that prompted the resignations Sunday of two of the broadcaster’s top brass. The source…

Argentina and Barcelona legend Lionel Messi said on Monday he had visited the renovated Camp Nou and hoped for a return one day to say his “goodbye”. Published Date: 2025-11-10 15:42:12 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Here are the top African headline-makers in the major European leagues. Published Date: 2025-11-10 11:47:35 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard