Month: June 2024

Euro 2024: Supreme Spain reach Euros last eight to shatter Georgia dreams

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Spain players including Spain’s defender Dani Carvajal and Spain’s midfielder Mikel Merino celebrate after the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Spain and Georgia. | Photo Credit: AFP Three-times champions Spain survived an early scare to beat a spirited Georgia 4-1 on Sunday and reach the last eight of Euro 2024, coming…

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Bellingham, Kane rescue England from shock Euro 2024 exit to Slovakia

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England’s Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice celebrate after the match. | Photo Credit: Reuters England escaped an embarrassing last-16 exit at Euro 2024 thanks to Jude Bellingham’s overhead kick before Harry Kane struck in extra-time to grab a 2-1 win over Slovakia on Sunday. The Three Lions have been hyped as one of the favourites…

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Hurricane Beryl strengthens into a Category 4 storm as it nears the southeast Caribbean

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Hurricane Beryl strengthened into what experts called an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as it approaches the southeast Caribbean, which began shutting down Sunday amid urgent pleas from government officials for people to take shelter. Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Beryl’s center is expected…

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Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane Rescue England From Shock Euro 2024 Exit To Slovakia

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England escaped an embarrassing last 16 exit at Euro 2024 thanks to Jude Bellingham‘s overhead kick before Harry Kane struck in extra-time for a 2-1 win over Slovakia on Sunday. The Three Lions have been hyped as one of the favourites to end a 58-year wait for major tournament glory but looked set to go…

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Incumbent Ghazouani well ahead in Mauritania presidential poll

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An electoral banner for Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is placed during a campaign rally, ahead of the presidential elections in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on June 26, 2024. Banner in Arabic reads: “Safe choice.” | Photo Credit: AP Incumbent Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani was set to win a comfortable majority in the Mauritanian presidential election,…

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Isolated Macron Stung By French Voters’ Revenge In Snap Elections

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Paris: Emmanuel Macron has taken many risks in a political career marked by countless crises but his decision to call snap elections may be one too many, marring his legacy and ushering in an era of extremes. The tremors from Macron dissolving the National Assembly after his centrist party suffered a drubbing in European polls…

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Veteran Sri Lankan Tamil leader Sampanthan passes away

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In this photograph taken on December 30, 2014, Sri Lankan Tamil National Alliance leader R. Sampathan speaks during a press conference in Colombo. | Photo Credit: AFP Veteran Sri Lankan Tamil leader Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, who dedicated his political life to pursuing a just solution to the island nation’s Tamil question, passed away in Colombo late…

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‘The Labour Party may have more freedom than the Sunak government, to talk about a trade deal with India , including visas’ : U.K. Political Scientist

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Anand Menon, Director of the U.K. in a Changing Europe, a think tank, discusses the outcomes of the U.K. elections, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s political future, and how the Labour Party’s foreign policy towards India and China might look if it forms the next U.K. government, in an interview with Sriram Lakshman. What are we…

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