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At least 162 people are dead and hundreds more injured after a shallow magnitude-5.6 earthquake struck near the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on Monday, an official said. Videos posted on social media and television footage showed widespread devastation…

Veteran goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa wants to use his experience to lead a young Mexican team as far as possible at the World Cup. “We have a lot of young players with us who have no World Cup experience. Part of my job here is to exude calmness every da…

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev looked set to tighten his grip on power after exit polls put him in the lead in Sunday’s presidential election. An exit poll by the Open Society institute gave Tokayev an 82.4% share of the vote, Kazakh media repo…

Captains wearing the multi-coloured One Love armband at the World Cup could still face sanctions as the latest attempt to reach an agreement with the ruling body FIFA has failed, according to German football supremo Bernd Neuendorf. DFB president Neuen…

Qatar fell to a 2-0 defeat against Ecuador from Enner Valencia’s brace on Sunday and with it became the first host nation to lose an opening match at a World Cup tournament. Striker Valencia had a third-minute effort disallowed for offside in the build…

Qatar crashed to a 2-0 defeat against Ecuador from Enner Valencia’s brace on Sunday and with it became the first host nation to lose an opening match at a World Cup tournament. Striker Valencia had a third-minute effort disallowed for offside in the bu…

American star Mikaela Shiffrin claimed back-to-back slalom wins in Finland on Sunday to further close on the World Cup race win records in alpine skiing with a tally of now 76. Shiffrin, 27, clocked 1 minute 52.21 seconds from two runs in Levi as she b…

German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke expressed disappointment on Sunday at the overall outcome of the COP27 global climate conference, while activists from Germany voiced harsh criticism of the UN-led talks. “The result of the COP27 overall falls s…

The former head of the German Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, is to be elected to the supervisory board of Commerzbank and then also take over the leadership of the board, the commercial bank confirmed on Saturday. The current chairperson of Commerzbank’s s…

A global climate conference going overtime in Egypt on Saturday appeared heading towards reaching an agreement on the contentious issue of creating a fund to compensate climate-vulnerable countries, officials said. The two-week conference, known as COP…