The death toll in Lebanon from the near-simultaneous blast of pagers frequently used by the militant group Hezbollah has risen to 12, Health Minister Firas Abiad said on Wednesday. Among the dead are an 8-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy, he said a…
Minister: Deutsche Bahn should be profitable ‘as soon as possible’
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing on Wednesday said Deutsche Bahn should aim to become profitable “as soon as possible,” as the struggling national railway’s governing board convenes to discuss a plan to improve its situation by 2027. The defici…
EU’s top diplomat: Lebanon pager explosions ‘extremely worrying’
The European Union’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, on Wednesday condemned the near-simultaneous pager blasts in Lebanon. Small explosions took place across the country on Tuesday, injuring some 2,750 and killing at least 12. “Even if the attack…
Google wins challenge against €1.5 billion EU antitrust fine
A European Union court in Luxembourg has annulled a nearly €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) antitrust fine for Google. The judges ruled on Wednesday that the European Commission had not provided sufficient evidence that Google had abused its dominant positi…
Siegemund wins longest women’s tour-level tennis match in 13 years
Germany’s Laura Siegemund has won the longest women’s tour-level tennis match at the WTA Tour in 13 years. Siegemund defeated China’s Wang Xiyu 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 7-6 (7-1) in four hours and nine minutes on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Tha…
Federer criticizes Zverev’s game as too passive
Tennis great Roger Federer said Germany’s number one Alexander Zverev continues to make the same mistakes and criticized his game as too passive. “I’m not his coach, so I can speak freely. When I watch him play, I see someone how plays far too passivel…
Trump Targeted Again Amidst Rising Tide of Political Violence
If politicians loudly and publicly insist their opponents are existential threats to democracy who seek to impose a dictatorship, they run the risk that people will take them seriously. Particularly unhinged or hate-filled followers may choose to lash …
US weather: Freak ‘homegrown’ tropical storm puts millions of Americans on flood alert
A freak “homegrown” tropical rainstorm has put millions of people on alert for ‘life-threatening’ floods. The storm, of the type that usually starts further out in the tropical Atlantic, has sprung up off the US south coast. It threatens “significant a…
Cantor Luan Santana lança app com blockchain e token próprio para dar recompensas exclusivas para os fãs
A Wibx anunciou nesta quarta, 18, uma parceira com o cantor Luan Santana e a produtora Ideas, para o lançamento do Luperyum, um superapp em blockchain que pretende unir o artista, seus fãs, marcas e serviços em um mesmo ecossistema. Segundo o comunicad…
Rangers legend gets Champions League pelters in TNT Sports interview
Rangers legend Ally McCoist is one of British football’s most popular broadcasters. But that doesn’t mean he’s exempt from upsetting his fellow professionals as it proved following the return of TNT’s Champions League coverage. The ex-Rangers striker a…