Manchester City dashed the dreams of Salford’s former Manchester United star owners with an 8-0 FA Cup rout on Saturday, while Liverpool cruised into the fourth round with a 4-0 victory over Accrington Stanley.Chelsea were among the other big winners with a 5-0 demolition of Morecambe.Brentford were the only Premier League side to fall to …
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Ukraine said Saturday that it was questioning two wounded soldiers it claimed are North Koreans captured while fighting for Moscow in Russia’s Kursk region.Kyiv, the United States and South Korea have accused nuclear-armed North Korea of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help its ally Russia fight Ukraine.”Our soldiers captured North Korean soldiers in the …
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Germany was battling Saturday to secure a heavily loaded tanker stranded off its northern coast, towing the stricken ship that it said was part of Russia’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet” away from shore to avert an oil spill.The 274-metre-long Eventin was sailing from Russia to Egypt with almost 100,000 tonnes of oil on board when its …
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The largest of the Los Angeles’ fires spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods Saturday, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control.Across the city, at least 11 people have died as multiple fires have ripped through residential areas since Tuesday, razing thousands of homes in destruction that US President Joe Biden …
US President Joe Biden blasted Meta Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move “really shameful” after a global network warned of real-world harm if the tech giant expands its decision to other countries.Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg triggered alarm Tuesday when he announced the Palo Alto company …
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Saturday joined a global summit on the education of Muslim girls that was snubbed by Afghanistan’s Taliban government.The two-day conference hosted by Pakistan has brought together education officials from dozens of Muslim-majority countries, but without Afghanistan — the only country in the world where girls are banned from …
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Californians on Friday demanded to know who is at fault for the vast devastation caused by the raging Los Angeles wildfires, as a strict curfew went into force to prevent looting and lawlessness.At least 11 people died as flames ripped through neighborhoods and razed thousands of homes in a disaster that US President Joe Biden …
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said she was “overwhelmed” to be back in her native Pakistan on Saturday, as she attended a summit on girls’ education in the Islamic world that has been snubbed by Afghanistan’s Taliban government.The summit has brought together education leaders from Muslim-majority countries, but without Afghanistan — the only country …
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Thousands of South Koreans gathered for rival demonstrations in the capital on Saturday, as investigators prepare another attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree.Yoon resisted arrest in a standoff between his guards and investigators last week after his failed December 3 power grab plunged South Korea into its …
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said she was “overwhelmed” to be back in her native Pakistan Saturday, as she arrived for a global summit on girls’ education in the Islamic world.The education activist was shot by the Pakistan Taliban militants in 2012 when she was a schoolgirl, and has returned to the country only …
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