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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

Man City captain Ruben Dias said Pep Guardiola’s men were back to their best after a 3-0 win over Liverpool closed the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to 4 points. Published Date: 2025-11-10 00:11:40 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Lando Norris won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday to extend his lead over his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in the drivers’ title battle. Published Date: 2025-11-10 00:09:17 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Virgil van Dijk said Liverpool will fight back after a demoralising 3-0 defeat to Man City, but Arne Slot conceded the English champions cannot look at the title race right now. Published Date: 2025-11-10 00:05:03 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Italian champions Napoli came unstuck at Bologna on Sunday, losing 2-0 to cede the Serie A summit to Roma who beat Udinese by the same scoreline. Published Date: 2025-11-10 00:01:52 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

La Liga leaders Real Madrid were left frustrated in a 0-0 draw at Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, giving champions Barcelona a chance to close in on them. Published Date: 2025-11-09 23:57:53 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Man City celebrated Pep Guardiola’s 1,000th game in management with a statement 3-0 win over Liverpool to close to within four points of Arsenal. Published Date: 2025-11-09 23:53:09 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on November 29, 2015, after the November 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 and injured more than 350. [AFP] Their lives changed forever on November 13, 2015, when coordinated jihadist attacks killed 130 people in Paris. Eva and Bilal were among the hundreds wounded. Stephane, Eric, Aurelie and Sophie mourn loved ones. A decade later, they share what it means to live on. “I have a huge scar on my arm,” said Eva, 35. Follow The Standard channel on WhatsApp In summer, she feels…

A displaced Iraqi has his ID checked as he arrives to vote at a polling station ahead of the November 11 parliamentary election, in the Debaga camp east of Makhmur, Iraq, on November 9, 2025. [AFP] Members of Iraq’s security forces and its internally displaced population headed to the polls in early voting on Sunday ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. Polls opened at 0400 GMT for members of the armed forces, who account for 1.3 million of the more than 21 million eligible voters and would be deployed for security purposes on election day, according to the state Iraqi News…

A demonstrator holds up a sign reading “Tariffs are bad” outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on November 5, 2025. [AFP] China suspended an export ban to the United States that had targeted gallium, germanium and antimony, metals crucial for modern technology, Beijing’s commerce ministry announced Sunday in a further de-escalation of the trade war with Washington. The restrictions banned the export of so-called dual-use goods, materials that can have both civilian and military applications. Imposed in December 2024, the ban will now be suspended until November 27, 2026, Beijing’s commerce ministry said in a statement. Follow The…

A woman stands in front of a makeshift memorial in tribute of the victims of Paris’ attacks of November 13, 2015, at the place de la Republique, in Paris, on November 8, 2025. [AFP] France marks a decade next week since suffering its worst attack, with the only surviving attacker jailed for life and plans for a long-term memorial. Jihadists killed 130 people in shootings and suicide bombings in and around Paris on the night of November 13, 2015, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility. The attackers killed around 90 people at the Bataclan concert hall, where the US band…

Ruben Amorim has told Manchester United to “focus on the future” following former Old Trafford star Cristiano Ronaldo’s withering assessment of his old club. Published Date: 2025-11-07 14:50:03 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden were Friday recalled to the England squad by manager Thomas Tuchel ahead of World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania. Published Date: 2025-11-07 14:36:08 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Manchester City host Liverpool this weekend in the latest chapter of a compelling rivalry that has dominated the Premier League for nearly a decade Published Date: 2025-11-07 14:26:09 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Alexander Isak will return to Liverpool training today ahead of this weekend’s showdown against Manchester City, Arne Slot has pleaded for patience Published Date: 2025-11-07 14:19:21 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

 Leaders’ General Plenary at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil on November 6, 2025. [AFP] World leaders will meet for a second day of climate talks  in the Brazilian Amazon on Friday after fiery speeches and renewed criticism of Big Oil marked the opening session. Dozens of ministers and several heads of state and government, including those of Spain, Germany and Namibia, will meet in Belem just before the United Nations’ (UN) annual two-week conference, COP30, which starts on Monday. Evidence of the climate crisis, driven largely by the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation,…

Two Surgeons Wearing Augmented Reality Headsets And Using High-Precision Remote Controlled Robot Arms To Operate On Patient In Futuristic Hospital. [ISTOCK] Flashy AI, robotics and self-driving cars will be on show at the annual Web Summit in Lisbon from Monday, but global tensions over high-tech trade, competition and sovereignty will be weighing on the minds of entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers. Known as the “Davos for geeks”, the four-day event in the Portuguese capital is set to welcome over 70,000 visitors, including 2,500 startups and 1,000 investors. AI and chips With major global players racing to control the supply chains behind…

People receive free food from the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank on November 5, 2025, in City of Industry, California. [AFP] Travelers across the  United States were left scrambling to rebook flights as the government shutdown heaps pressure on the country’s air traffic control system, prompting hundreds of Friday flight cancellations at major American airports. Airlines starting Friday will begin implementing up to a 10-percent reduction in flights for 40 high-traffic areas of the country, complying with a Federal Aviation Administration order made on safety grounds. More than 750 US flights scheduled for Friday have been preemptively canceled Thursday, according…

Spanish giants Barcelona needed to come from behind three times to earn a 3-3 draw at Club Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday. Published Date: 2025-11-06 12:07:04 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Phil Foden struck twice and Erling Haaland netted against his former club as Manchester City beat Borussia Dortmund 4-1 to climb to fourth in the Champions League table. Published Date: 2025-11-06 11:34:25 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waves at supporters from the balcony of her residence. [AFP] Argentine ex-president Cristina Kirchner, who is serving a six-year fraud sentence under house arrest, goes on trial Thursday in a separate case for allegedly taking millions of dollars in bribes. The center-left Kirchner, a  dominant and polarizing figure in Argentine politics for over two decades, served two terms from 2007-2015. Her latest trial comes as her ailing Peronist movement — named after iconic post-war leader Juan Peron — reels from its stinging defeat at the hands of right-wing President Javier Milei’s party in…

People stand near collected debris at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 11, 2019.[FILE] Boeing reached a last-minute settlement on one of two lawsuits in this week’s trial in Chicago over the 2019 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people, attorneys announced Wednesday. The first civil trial over the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash was set to begin in earnest after attorneys on Tuesday finalized jury selection. But opening statements were pushed back after plaintiffs attorney Robert Clifford announced that one of the two plaintiffs reached…

US President Donald Trump waves after speaking at the American Business Forum at the Kaseya Center in Miami on November 5,2025 [AFP] In a parallel reality, Donald Trump reigns as king, fighter pilot, and Superman, and his political opponents are cast as criminals and laughingstocks  an unprecedented weaponisation of AI imagery by a sitting American president. Trump has ramped up his use of artificial intelligence-generated content on his Truth Social channel since starting his second White House term, making his administration the first to deploy hyper-realistic fake visuals as a core communications strategy. Trump, no stranger to conspiracy theories and…

The defendant committed the crimes in 2023 and 2024 in a hospital in Wuerselen near Aachen. [Oliver Berg, AFP] A German court on Wednesday ordered a life jail sentence to a palliative care nurse for the murder of 10 patients and attempted murder of 27 others with lethal injections. The court in the western city of Aachen found the 44-year-old man guilty of the offences committed between December 2023 and May 2024 in a hospital in Wuerselen near Aachen. The court also determined that the offences carried a “particular severity of guilt” which should bar him from early release after…

The former mentor of French football star Antoine Griezmann was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison for sexually assaulting minors. Published Date: 2025-11-05 11:46:51 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said the EPL champions must build from the back after producing their best performance of the season to beat Real Madrid in the Champions League Published Date: 2025-11-05 11:15:58 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Arsenal midfielder Max Dowman became the youngest Champions League player ever after coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute at Slavia Prague Published Date: 2025-11-05 11:04:55 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Mikel Merino’s two second-half goals helped Arsenal to a 3-0 win at Slavia Prague in the Champions League, the Gunners’ fourth in as many games in the competition. Published Date: 2025-11-05 10:49:07 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Alexis Mac Allister scored the only goal as Liverpool beat Real Madrid in the Champions League, while Luis Diaz grabbed a brace as Bayern Munich sunk title-holders PSG Published Date: 2025-11-05 10:23:35 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Vitinha says Paris Saint-Germain’s home clash with undefeated Bayern Munich in the Champions League on will be a meeting between “the two best teams in Europe”. Published Date: 2025-11-04 15:19:05 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Liverpool boss Arne Slot says he will give Trent Alexander-Arnold a warm welcome when Real Madrid visit Anfield, even if the right-back receives a frosty reception Published Date: 2025-11-04 15:10:33 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Manuel Neuer says Bayern Munich know how to “hurt” Paris Saint-Germain as the Bavarians brace for their away clash with the Champions League title-holders. Published Date: 2025-11-04 15:05:31 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Xabi Alonso said he landed the job as Real Madrid boss thanks in part to Florian Wirtz and has “no doubts” the German international will soon start delivering for Liverpool. Published Date: 2025-11-04 14:48:56 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

Former French international Wissam Ben Yedder will stand trial for alleged rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault, the prosecutor’s office in Nice told AFP on Monday. Published Date: 2025-11-04 14:44:12 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard