Record-breaking India captain Sunil Chhetri to quit international football
India’s record goal scorer and most capped player says it’s time for the country to see ‘the next number nine’ in an emotional video announcing his retirement.
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Nepal cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane acquitted of rape on appeal
High court overturns eight-year jail sentence on appeal by former captain, who could now join the T20 World Cup squad.
Australia stops ‘golden visa’ scheme, aims to draw ‘exceptionally talented migrants’
A new innovation visa programme to “attract exceptionally talented migrants” will instead be introduced at the end of the year. Australia will also reduce migration intake by 110,000 places over the next four financial years and cap the number of international students.
Myanmar resistance leaders present united front in Tokyo
TOKYO -- A minister in Myanmar's parallel government and high-ranking leaders of three ethnic armed organizations held a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday in a rare joint move on foreign soil intended to emphasize their unity against the military regime.
China is burning all its bridges with Israel
Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the think tank RAND Corp. in Santa Monica, California, and an adjunct professor in the practice of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.
Europe must avoid ‘disaster’ of trade decoupling as it eyes China tariffs, EU's economics chief says
The European Union must avoid a harmful decoupling of global trade as it mulls tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other goods, the bloc's economic chief said Wednesday.
Royal Mail owner IDS set to agree $4.4 bln Kretinsky takeover bid
Royal Mail's parent company International Distributions Services is set to agree a £3.5 billion ($4.42billion) takeover by Daniel Kretinsky if the Czech billionaire tables a formal offer, the British firm said on Wednesday.
Copper futures hit record high as data center build-up, EV growth fuels demand
Copper futures hit a record high on Wednesday as demand for the base metal stays strong amid a rush to build data centers and the continued electrification of the global economy.