Sri Lanka thrash Australia to level series after protests and Covid
Dinesh Chandimal's double century and bowling heroics by debutant Prabhat Jayasuriya led Sri Lanka to a series-levelling win over Australia on Monday in a second Test affected by protests and Covid.
Read more
Top US envoy in Hong Kong rebukes China's crackdown in farewell speech
Washington's top diplomat in Hong Kong said China should not be "terrified of dissenting opinions" as he used a farewell speech on Monday to rebuke Beijing's crackdown on freedoms in the business hub.
Read more
Ex-Formula One chief Ecclestone facing fraud charges
Former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is to be charged with fraud by false representation over an alleged failure to declare £400 million ($477 million, 473 million euros) of overseas assets to the British government, prosecutors said Monday.
Read more
Spain, Portugal swelter under new heat wave
Temperatures were set to soar above 40 degrees Celsius across large parts of Spain and Portugal on Monday as the Iberian Peninsula faces a second heat wave in less than a month.
Read more
More genocide victims buried on Srebrenica anniversary
The remains of 50 victims of the Srebrenica genocide were laid to rest Monday as thousands of people commemorated the 27th anniversary of the atrocity, which most Serbs and their leaders still refuse to recognise in ethnically divided Bosnia.
Read more
Big CAT scan: London Zoo treats lion with earache
How do you treat an endangered 12-year-old lion with persistent earache? Normally, the answer is: with difficulty.
Read more
Sri Lanka president near airport as exile rumours spread
Sri Lanka's embattled president was flown to an airbase near the main international airport Monday, officials said, raising speculation he will flee into exile abroad.
Read more
Twitter stock falls after Musk abandons takeover plan
Twitter stock fell Monday after Tesla chief Elon Musk ditched a $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant.
Read more
Ukraine reels from deadly Russian strikes, EU braces for gas cuts
Ukraine said Monday Russian forces were preparing to scale up an offensive on key cities in the eastern Donbas region as three people died in rocket strikes on Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city.
Read more
Mott urges 'timid' England to be 'braver' in India ODIs
England white-ball coach Matthew Mott has challenged the 50-over world champions to be "braver" in their upcoming one-day international series against India after accepting they were "timid" during the recent Twenty20 series.
Read moreIn The News
