Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
Russia and Qatar signed an agreement on Thursday under which each country will pay an extra 1 billion euros ($1.14 billion)into a joint investment fund, a Russian official said. “This is an agreement to expand our investment platform with Qatar by the amount of about two billion euros, one billion euros from each side. This will allow us to invest more, to attract more Qatari investment money into various projects in Russia,” said Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). RDIF said in a statement that the deal with the Qatar Investment Authority, the Gulf state’s sovereign…
Ukraine has intelligence which shows China is supplying artillery and gunpowder to Russia, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. “We believe that Chinese representatives are engaged in the production of some weapons on the territory of Russia,” he said at a press conference in Kyiv. He did not specify whether he meant artillery systems or shells.
Jimmy Butler III scored 38 points and Stephen Curry added 37 as the Golden State Warriors clinched the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference playoffs, edging the Memphis Grizzlies 121-116 in Tuesday night’s play-in thriller. “It took 83 games, but we’re right where we want to be – back in the playoffs,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “And we’ve got a chance.” Golden State, now 1-3 all time in play-in games, will open the first round against the second-seeded Houston Rockets on Sunday. “We have a group of guys with a lot of fight,” Butler said. “We never gave…
Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Wednesday authorities in El Salvador had denied him access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and being held in a notorious prison in the country. Van Hollen arrived in the Central American nation on Wednesday morning saying he would seek to meet with senior Salvadoran officials to secure Abrego Garcia’s release. But Van Hollen told reporters El Salvador’s Vice President Felix Ulloa had told the senator he could not authorize a visit or a call with Abrego Garcia. Van Hollen, who is a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign…
Puerto Rico was hit with a massive power outage on Wednesday after energy plants across the island unexpectedly shut down, power generator Genera said. Puerto Rico has long dealt with chronic power outages, including a blackout on New Year’s Eve, as its infrastructure crumbles. Genera added in a post on X it was working to bring backup units online and investigate the cause of the incident. Energy distribution company LUMA Energy said the outage began around 12:40 p.m. local time. As of 2 p.m., all plants on the U.S. territory were still offline, real-time data from Genera’s website showed. “We…
U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday that the cost of all products including gasoline and groceries have been coming down as the U.S. takes in “record numbers” in tariffs. Trump also claimed inflation in the U.S. is down, without disclosing any specific data, according to a post on social media platform Truth Social. U.S. government data released on April 10 showed consumer prices unexpectedly fell in March.
A 64-team World Cup in 2030 is a nonstarter, according to CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani, who has joined other confederations in rejecting a bold expansion plan floated by CONMEBOL. The proposal, officially tabled last week by CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez, called for increasing the tournament from 48 to 64 teams – just a year before the expanded format debuts in 2026. The 2030 edition is set to be hosted primarily by Spain, Portugal and Morocco. The opening matches will take place in Uruguay – where the first World Cup was hosted in 1930 – along with Argentina and Paraguay. “I…
Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham may bask in the Hollywood spotlight, but Welsh rivals Swansea City are grabbing some star power of their own – Real Madrid legend Luka Modric is set to make his first move into club ownership with a minority stake. The 39-year-old Croatian midfielder, under contract with the Spanish giants until mid-2025, will reportedly join American investors Andy Coleman, Brett Cravatt, Nigel Morris and Jason Cohen in Swansea’s ownership group, according to Welsh media. “This is an exciting opportunity. Swansea has a strong identity, an incredible fan base and the ambition to compete at the highest level,” Modric…
Luka Doncic’s blockbuster move from the Mavericks to the Lakers sent shockwaves through the basketball world – and fired up the fan base, too. The Slovenian star’s No. 77 Lakers jersey topped all sales for the 2024-25 regular season, according to NBAStore.com, the league announced Monday. Doncic also made history, becoming the first international player to claim the NBA’s most popular jersey. He is also the first person other than Stephen Curry or LeBron James to top the list in more than a decade. The last time Curry or James didn’t have the best-selling jersey was when Carmelo Anthony’s No.…
Four Russian journalists were sentenced by a Moscow court to 5-1/2 years each in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty of working for the banned organisation of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Russian news outlets said. Antonina Favorskaya, Sergei Karelin, Konstantin Gabov and Artem Kriger have been on trial behind closed doors since October on charges, which they deny, of belonging to an extremist group.