Spain flood deaths top 200, hopes fade for missing on November 3, 2024Rescuers raised the death toll in Spain’s worst floods for a generation to 205 on Friday and fears grew for the dozens missing as hopes of finding survivors faded. The floods that have tossed vehicles, collapsed bridges and covered towns with mud since Tuesday are the European country’s deadliest such disaster in decades. The organisation […]
Wasteful Leverkusen held by Stuttgart as Liverpool loom on November 3, 2024Bayer Leverkusen were made to pay for wasting several chances in a scoreless home draw with Stuttgart on Friday, dropping more points in their Bundesliga title defence. Leverkusen dominated the duel between last season’s top two sides in the league but failed to break through, with Victor Boniface, Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong all spurning […]
Zverev downs Tsitsipas in Paris as Rune keeps ATP Finals bid alive on November 3, 2024Alexander Zverev beat fierce rival Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters on Friday, while Holger Rune edged Alex de Minaur to keep alive his hopes of reaching the ATP Tour Finals. Zverev’s 7-5, 6-4 win over Tsitsipas kept him in the running to claim his first title in Paris after losing to […]
Amber alert as US figure skater leads French Grand Prix on November 3, 2024Amber Glenn registered the best ever score by an American figure skater for a short programme as she swept into the lead at the French Grand Prix on Friday. The defending champion at the event, Glenn scored 78.14 points, skating to Janet Jackson’s “This Time”. Glenn hit a triple Axel to lead world bronze medallist […]
New Zealand lead by 143 as spin rules in seesaw third India Test on November 3, 2024New Zealand lead by 143 runs in their second innings after Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin triggered an opposition collapse in a keenly fought third Test on Saturday. The tourists were 171-9 on day two after Jadeja bowled Matt Henry for his fourth wicket of the innings at the stroke of stumps on […]
Martin closes on MotoGP world title as Bagnaia crashes out on November 3, 2024Jorge Martin took a major step towards his first MotoGP world title as he won the sprint race in Malaysia on Saturday and rival Francesco Bagnaia crashed out. Spain’s Martin extended his championship lead from 17 points to 29, with just the grand prix on Sunday at Sepang and one more race weekend to go. […]
TikTok bandits terrorise, transfix riverlands on November 2, 2024With a showman’s flair and an outlaw’s moustache, the Pakistani gangster dials the hotline on his own most wanted notice — taunting the authorities who put a bounty on his head. Staring down the lens in a social media clip, Shahid Lund Baloch challenges the official on the phone and his thousands of viewers: “Do […]
Harris blasts ‘offensive’ Trump for remarks on women on November 2, 2024Kamala Harris on Thursday slammed Donald Trump for what she called “very offensive” remarks about women, putting abortion rights back in the spotlight as her rival hurled more insults and denigrated migrants during the election’s final stretch. With each candidate seeking even the slightest of advantages, they took their knife-edge White House race to western […]
Mauritius blocks social media after wire-tapping scandal on November 2, 2024The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius blocked access to social media on Friday, just days ahead of a general election, as tensions mounted over a wire-tapping scandal. Mauritius has been gripped by scandal since secret recordings of phone calls by politicians, journalists, members of civil society and even foreign diplomats began being leaked online last […]
Bolivia’s breadbasket squeezed by pro-Morales blockades on November 2, 2024At a wholesale market in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, farmer Damaris Masias watches through tears as 10 tonnes of tomatoes that she spent over a week trying to get through roadblocks are tossed into a bin. On a normal day her hometown of Omereque, situated 168 miles (270 kilometers) from Cochabamba, is an […]