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Argentina superstar Lionel Messi nets winner in Inter Miami debut | News

Miami went on to defeat Mexican side Cruz Azul 2-1 after Messi’s free-kick goal in the last minutes game. Lionel Messi made a dream start to his latest football chapter in America, scoring a last-second winner with a curling free-kick in his debut game for Inter Miami, lifting his new team to a 2-1 victory over Cruz Azul in both teams’ Leagues Cup opener. Miami, which brought Messi off the bench…

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Desiree Ellis: How a trailblazing coach lifted S African football | Women's World Cup

Nearly 30 years after she played in South Africa’s first-ever women’s international football match, Desiree Ellis coached her nation to their first title when they beat hosts Morocco in the final of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in front of 50,000-plus fans. It ended decades of heartbreak, as South Africa had lost in four finals: 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018. “It was about those that have…

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Edo Richard and Craig Ritchie: Are Alzheimer’s drugs false hope? | Health

World-leading dementia scientists discuss the controversies surrounding new Alzheimer’s medications. Dementia affects 55 million people worldwide, and its most common form, Alzheimer’s, accounts for about 70 percent of all cases. At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, the largest congress advocating dementia science, held in Amsterdam this month, a pharmaceutical company…

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 514 | Russia-Ukraine war News

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 514th day. Here is the situation on Saturday, July 22, 2023. Fighting Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kyiv’s counteroffensive was failing despite military and financial support from Western countries. “Neither the colossal resources that have been pumped into the Kyiv regime nor the supplies of Western weapons,…

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As temperatures rise, what’s the cost to the global economy? | Climate Crisis

As millions in the Northern Hemisphere grapple with extreme heat, we look at the cost of the latest climate threats. Record-breaking temperatures this season are the result of heat-trapped gases caused by burning fossil fuels, as well as by the El Nino weather phenomenon. There is a sustained spell of dangerous heat in some regions, while others are facing torrential rains and floods. For many,…

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Video captures moment tornado rips off a roof

A resident filmed a twister in North Carolina tearing off a roof and tossing up debris in the air.

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US commissions navy warship USS Canberra in Sydney | News

The USS Canberra is the latest military collaboration between the two countries as they join forces to combat China’s influence in the Pacific. The United States has commissioned a warship in Sydney, Australia, the first time a US Navy vessel joined active service at a foreign port, as the two close allies step up their military ties in response to China’s expanding regional reach. The…

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Excited filmgoers: 'Barbie is everything'

Film fanatics turned out in droves for two opposite movies, star-crossed by their identical premieres.

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Pop band The 1975’s set stopped in Malaysia after onstage kiss | LGBTQ News

Good Vibes festival organisers said The 1975’s set was stopped due to ‘non-compliance with local performance guidelines’. United Kingdom pop band The 1975 had its set at a Malaysian music festival cut short after frontman Matty Healy kissed a male bandmate onstage and criticised the country’s anti-LGBTQ laws. Homosexuality is a crime in Muslim-majority Malaysia and human rights groups have…

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Metgharabiin: Ramy Essam’s story of exile told through his music | Music

When Egyptian artist Ramy Essam describes Metgharabiin (Outsiders), his new album, released on Friday, he talks of rage, nostalgia, longing and sorrow. It chronicles a life in exile laced with bouts of loneliness and hope. And in light of everything that Essam has been through over the past few years, it marks a departure from his earlier work. “Through the years, my music was always centred…

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N Korea fires several cruise missiles into sea as tensions soar | Nuclear Weapons News

Latest North Korean missile launches come amid warnings as US nuclear-armed submarine docks in South Korea port. North Korea has fired several cruise missiles towards the sea to the west of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s military said, marking the second missile launch in apparent protest over the arrival of a nuclear-armed United States submarine at a South Korean port. South Korea’s Joint…

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Matty Healy: 1975 show ended in Malaysia after singer attacks anti-LGBT laws

Matty Healy launched a lengthy attack on Malaysia’s laws, before kissing his band’s bass player.

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Can Manipur ever trust India again? | Sexual Assault

It took 78 days for most of India to wake up. The northeast Indian state of Manipur has been burning since May 3, following clashes between groups from the Meitei community, which constitutes 53 percent of the state’s population, and those belonging to the Kuki-Zo community, which, along with other tribes, forms about 40 percent of the population. Yet it was only after a video of a mob of men…

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Matilda Sheils: Body found in search for missing US two-year-old

Matilda Sheils was swept away with with her nine-month-old brother Conrad in Pennsylvania last weekend.

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‘Why would I vote?’:Cambodians quietly question election’s value | Elections News

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – “I won’t go to vote,” said Sovanny*, describing how she felt crushed earlier this year when Cambodia’s only credible opposition party was disqualified from elections. “Why would I vote when there’s only one party?” the 45-year-old street food vendor said of the national election in Cambodia. “It’s a waste of time. “In a boxing ring, there needs to be two competitors … but…

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Cambodia’s sham election might be Hun Sen’s last | Opinions

When I first met Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, I didn’t have much hope for his future. A seemingly shy, simple man appeared before me in January 1980 at the foreign ministry in Phnom Penh. He was then foreign minister, soon to be deputy prime minister. A Khmer Rouge battalion commander, Hun Sen had lost an eye during the war. Defecting from the murderous Pol Pot regime (1975-1979) to the…

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Russia’s exit from grain deal puts focus on Asia’s food prices | Agriculture

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal is expected to drive food prices higher in Asia but the impact will be muted for now, analysts say, due to reduced imports from Ukraine and increased supply from other countries. Under the Black Sea deal, Asia received 46 percent of shipments of grains and other foodstuffs, while Western Europe and Africa took 40 percent…