BENFICA romped to a 6-0 win over Auckland City on Friday in a Club World Cup match in Orlando which suffered a long weather delay, with Angel Di Maria netting two penalties. With the Portuguese side leading by a goal at half-time the match was suspended because of a storm, eventually resuming two hours later….
BERLIN: Israel estimates its strikes on Iran have delayed Tehran’s potential to develop a nuclear weapon by “at least two or three years”, Israel’s foreign minister said in an interview published Saturday. Israel’s offensive, which has hit hundreds of nuclear and military sites, killing top commanders and nuclear scientists, has produced “very significant” results, Foreign…
SUBSTITUTE Bruno Henrique played a starring role as Flamengo came roaring back in the second half to beat Chelsea 3-1 at the Club World Cup on Friday, maintaining an impressive record for South American teams so far at the competition. Pedro Neto had given Chelsea the lead in the first half but Flamengo, roared on…
BORUSSIA Dortmund coach Niko Kovac said Friday teams from the “south” have an advantage on European teams at the Club World Cup because of the current high temperatures in the United States. South American teams have impressed at the tournament and are unbeaten to this point, while Dortmund’s South African opponents on Saturday, Mamelodi Sundowns,…
JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran had a “maximum” of two weeks to avoid possible American air strikes, as Israel claimed it has already set back Iran’s presumed nuclear programme by at least two years. Trump’s latest comments indicated he could take a decision before the fortnight deadline he set a day…
At this point, it’s becoming easier to say which AI startups Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t looked at acquiring. In addition to Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence (SSI), sources tell me the Meta CEO recently discussed buying ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab and Perplexity, the AI-native Google rival. None of these talks progressed to the formal…
Iran will consider diplomacy when aggression stops, foreign minister says Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (centre) met European diplomats in Geneva on Friday Iran has said it will not resume talks over its nuclear programme while under attack, hours after Israel’s defence minister warned of “prolonged” conflict against the Islamic republic. Exchanges of fire continued…
Last Friday, Israel launched massive air strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate with barrages of missiles. In a video message that day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Iranian people that in addition to Israel’s aim of thwarting Iran’s nuclear programme, “we are also clearing the path for you to achieve your freedom”. Some…
Jihadists on 200 motorbikes storm Niger army base Niger’s army has been struggling to contain the jihadist insurgency (file photo) More than 200 gunmen on motorbikes have attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers dead, the country’s defence ministry said. The attackers – described by the ministry…
Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen10 sets a new bar for Linux power Cheaper Windows laptops can offer Linux dual boot without the Tuxedo price Ryzen AI 300 chips bring serious speed but also drive up the cost Do you want the fastest Linux machine out there, or something more affordable that still runs open source…
