Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
Arsenal’s faint title hopes dimmed even further after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Nottingham Forest despite dominating Wednesday’s Premier League match at the City Ground between the second and third-placed teams in the table. Arsenal were 11 points behind runaway leaders Liverpool, albeit with a game in hand, but failure to win extended the gap to 13 points after Liverpool later beat Newcastle United 2-0. Forest remained six points behind Arsenal in third place, keeping up their hopes of Champions League football next season, as they advanced to 48 points. They did well to absorb Arsenal’s pressure…
Online rights activists have filed complaints with data protection authorities in several European countries about U.S. software firm Meta’s targeted advertising practices, the Eko group said on Thursday. The group said it had filed complaints with watchdogs in Norway, Germany and Spain after collecting evidence that Facebook’s parent company had not listened to explicit user requests to opt out of data collection and targeted advertisements. A Meta spokesperson said the company was unaware of the details of the Eko complaints and could not respond, but that it is committed to protecting users’ data privacy. In light of Europe’s data protection…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his proposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will go into effect on March 4 as scheduled because drugs are still pouring into the U.S. from those countries. Trump also said he would impose an additional 10% duty on Chinese goods on that day — on top of the 10% tariff that he levied on Feb. 4 on imports from China. Trump said drugs were still flowing into the U.S. at “very high and unacceptable levels,” with a large percentage of them the deadly opioid fentanyl. “We cannot allow this scourge…
The U.S. must move quickly to achieve a trillion dollar reduction from the country’s deficit, Elon Musk said on Wednesday at President Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting. Musk warned that the country would go bankrupt without spending cuts.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a reversal of concessions given to Venezuela on an oil transaction agreement by his predecessor Joe Biden. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said he has ordered that the agreement dated November 26, 2022 be terminated “as of the March 1 option to renew.” Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and his government have always rejected sanctions by the United States and others, saying they are illegitimate measures that amount to an “economic war” designed to cripple Venezuela. Maduro and his allies have cheered what they say is the country’s resilience despite the measures,…
French President Emmanuel Macron will go to London on Sunday at the invitation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the Elysee palace said on Wednesday. An Elysee source said Macron will attend a gathering of European leaders in London. Starmer said earlier on Wednesday he will host leaders of Italy, Germany, Poland and other allies on Sunday to discuss their response to Donald Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine.
Pope Francis, in critical condition battling double pneumonia, had a quiet night in hospital and is resting, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The 88-year-old pope is spending his 13th day at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the longest hospital stay of his nearly 12-year-old papacy. “The pope had a tranquil night and is resting,” the Vatican said in a one-sentence statement that did not provide further details. On Tuesday, the Vatican said the pontiff had remained in critical condition for the fourth day running but was stable and had not any further respiratory crises. The pope’s prognosis, it said on Tuesday, remains…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Apple Inc should get rid of any diversity, equity and inclusion rules, one day after company shareholders voted to keep the tech giant’s DEI policies. “APPLE SHOULD GET RID OF DEI RULES, NOT JUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THEM. DEI WAS A HOAX THAT HAS BEEN VERY BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY. DEI IS GONE!!!” Trump wrote in a post on his private social media platform.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his proposed $5 million “gold card” visa would help the country pay down its debt while offering top companies a way to attract top immigrant workers. Trump said the country would start selling the visa in about two weeks.
Ukraine’s army chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said he discussed continued military support for Kyiv and battlefield developments with British Defence Chief Antony Radakin. “Admiral Sir Antony Radakin once again assured me of the United Kingdom’s readiness to provide military assistance to the Ukrainian Defence Forces,” Syrskyi said in a statement on Facebook.