Ex-CIA officer confesses to spying for China on May 2, 2019A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer could spend rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty on Wednesday to spying for China, the Justice Department said. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 54, was arrested in January 2018, suspected of having provided information on a CIA network of informants that was brought down by China […]
India’s top judge Ranjan Gogoi accused of sexual harassment on April 20, 2019India’s top judge confronted a sexual harassment case on Saturday after a former Supreme Court staff member had accused him of making unwanted advances. Chief justice Ranjan Gogoi said the accusations made by a 35-year-old former court assistant were “unbelievable”. He further said that they were an attempt to stop him from hearing important cases. […]
Mane double breaks Bayern to send Liverpool through on March 14, 2019MUNICH: Sadio Mane scored twice to steer Liverpool into the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday after a superb 3-1 win at Bayern Munich dumped out the German giants. Having missed the goalless first leg at Anfield three weeks ago through suspension, Virgil van Dijk’s long pass led to Mane’s excellent first-half goal at the Allianz […]
Messi proves too much for Lyon as Barcelona reach Champions League quarters on March 14, 2019BARCELONA: Lionel Messi came up just short of matching Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick a day earlier but still scored twice and set up two more as Barcelona beat Lyon 5-1 on Wednesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. After Ronaldo’s treble on Tuesday for Juventus sent Atletico Madrid packing in Turin, Messi delivered his own symphony […]
Top cardinal gets six years jail for ‘appalling’ choirboy abuse on March 13, 2019MELBOURNE: Disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison for the “brazen” sexual abuse of two choirboys, in what the judge lambasted as a “grave” abuse of power. The former Vatican number three — who managed church finances and helped elect two popes — was sentenced in a Melbourne […]
Ronaldo crushes old enemy Atletico to put Juventus in Champions League quarter-finals on March 13, 2019TURIN: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a spectacular hat-trick to fire Juventus into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Tuesday that saw his side claim a thrilling tie 3-2 on aggregate. The Portuguese superstar scored two headers either side of half-time and a late penalty to clinch a place in Friday’s […]
Greek man saved from Ethiopia crash by being late on March 11, 2019ADDIS ABABA: A Greek man said on Sunday he would have been the 150th passenger on the Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing plane that crashed killing all on board, except he arrived two minutes late for the flight. “I was mad because nobody helped me to reach the gate on time,” Antonis Mavropoulos said in a […]
Jennifer Lopez engaged to Alex Rodriguez on March 10, 2019Singing superstar Jennifer Lopez and retired baseball great Alex Rodriguez have been one of the most glam celebrity couples in recent years. Fans, get ready: a J-Rod wedding is on the cards. Lopez and Rodriguez confirmed on Instagram late Saturday that they are engaged. Both posted a picture of their hands at sunset, with Lopez’s […]
Missing climbers found dead, Nanga Parbat on March 9, 2019The Italian ambassador to Pakistan Stefano Pontecorvo informed on Saturday that the bodies of two climbers missing from northern Pakistan have been found. The news comes after two weeks the climbers went missing. In his tweet he said that the bodies of the two men had been identified from aerial photos. With great sadness […]
Red Devils complete stunning comeback against PSG on March 7, 2019Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said his side “can go all the way” in the Champions League after Marcus Rashford’s dramatic stoppage-time penalty gave them a stunning 3-1 win away to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday as they improbably reached the quarter-finals on away goals. A seriously depleted United looked to have given themselves too […]