World Cup: Lionel Messi starts pulling curtains down on his Argentina career with match against Saudi Arabia
Lionel Messi will kick off his fifth and final World Cup with a clash against huge underdogs Saudi Arabia in Lusail. Fans of the legendary No10 will find it difficult not to let their minds drift to next month’s final, which will take place in the very same venue 26...
World Cup slave labour: How migrant workers on $30 a day endure harsh working conditions in Qatar
Many of the £180 ($213)-a-night cabins being marketed to World Cup fans are still being thrown together, with migrant workers on 14-hour shifts to complete them, it can be revealed. A third of the Free Zone complex was still under construction on Monday, with some cabins still unfurnished shells. Unplumbed...
Lone gunman kills three Kenyan peacekeepers in Somalia, injures five others at a military camp
A lone gunman entered a military base in Somalia and killed at least three Kenyan peacekeepers on Monday, the latest attack by extremist fighters who oppose the presence of foreigners in the Horn of Africa nation, according to Kenya’s military. The gunman fired his rifle indiscriminately, wounding five other soldiers...
Panama Cites meeting upholds ban in ivory trade for fear elephants will be ‘ruthlessly’ decimated
World governments at the 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP19) in Panama have rejected a proposal to reopen the international ivory trade. The proposal, if successful, would have allowed the sale of ivory from national stockpiles of Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. A similar proposal was rejected at the...
England to defy Fifa and Take The Knee in match against Iran to push for human rights in Qatar
England will take the knee ahead of their first World Cup match against Iran today as the team puts public protests and “inclusivity” at the heart of their campaign. Gareth Southgate on Sunday night said his players wanted to send a “strong statement to go around the world” at the...
Man United outcast Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly exploring possibility of returning to Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly wants to end his Manchester United nightmare and make a stunning return to Real Madrid. The 37-year-old accused the Red Devils of betraying him in a tell-all interview with Piers Morgan last week. And amid the fallout of the interview, Ronaldo has now offered himself to the...
What is holding back rebel rollout of demobilisation programme in eastern DRC?
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been encouraged to accelerate the rollout of a new programme to demobilise rebel fighters amid surging conflict with armed groups, including the M23, which has seized yet more territory in eastern parts of the country. But there are limited funds for the programme, which...
How tech guru Elizabeth Holmes wooed investors with empty promises and idealism, then conned her way to prison
Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to just over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors by falsely claiming her technology could detect diseases from a drop of blood. The sentencing of the former Theranos CEO marks the end of the young founder’s Silicon Valley saga – one in which she...
Fifa on red alert over fears of imminent match-fixing involving Qatar after ‘an unusually high number of spot-kicks’
Hot on the heels concerns raised about human rights issues in Qatar Fifa was on Saturday warned of imminent plot to fix matches involving the host nation to ensure that the it progressed to the next round. Of the 32 teams taking part in the elite football tournament, Qatar is...
Why COP27 conference was extended as carbon compensation remained a sticking point
It’s official: the climate change talks that were expected to finish on Friday were extended at least into Saturday as member countries pushed to tie up loose ends in the decisions made. The sticking issue was compensation of non-emitters carbon – mainly developing countries in Africa and Latin America. The...
