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Cardiff striker Sala feared missing in plane crash: French police

NANTES, France: Premier League club Cardiff City’s record new signing, Argentina-born striker Emiliano Sala, was on board a light aircraft that disappeared over the English Channel on Monday night, police sources told AFP. Sala, signed by Cardiff on Saturday from French club Nantes for a reported 17 million euro ($19.3 million) fee, was flying

Aussie businesses complain Google sending outback tourists off the map

Tourism operators in Australia’s vast outback say wild inaccuracies in Google Maps are making remote hot spots appear out of reach, deterring people from visiting the region. A number of businesses promoting their small towns as remote tourist destinations in the northeastern state of Queensland complain of cases where a

Philippines seeks peace with Muslim self-rule vote

COTABATO (Philippines): A decades-long push to halt the violence that has claimed some 150,000 lives in the southern Philippines culminated yesterday with a vote on giving the nation’s Muslim minority greater control over the region. The poll is the final step in a peace deal with the Catholic-majority country’s largest

Police bust Australia-China baby formula crime ring

SYDNEY: Six people have been charged after Australian authorities uncovered a multi-million-dollar crime syndicate stealing baby formula and vitamins from major retailers across Sydney for shipment to China, police said yesterday. Four members of one family and two other men have been arrested and charged over the “organised criminal group”

Japan’s Tomiyasu sends Saudis spinning out

SHARJAH: Takehiro Tomiyasu’s lone strike sent Saudi Arabia crashing out of the Asian Cup as Japan beat the three-time champions 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals yesterday. Tomiyasu’s first-half header was enough to seal it for Japan as the last-16 game between two teams with seven titles between them failed to

‘Hugely excited’ England boss Southgate cools Man Utd talk

LONDON: Gareth Southgate insisted on Sunday his work as England manager was far from done as he indicated he had no interest in taking charge at Manchester United any time soon. A recent report in Britain’s Sunday Telegraph said Southgate was on a shortlist being drawn up by Old Trafford

Never-say-die Nishikori into quarters after five-set epic

MELBOURNE: Japanese marathon man Kei Nishikori recovered from two sets down to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals with an epic five set win over Pablo Carreno Busta yesterday. It was never-say-die Nishikori’s third five-setter of the tournament, the second time he came from two sets down and his second triumph

British PM turns to Brexit ‘Plan B’

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May unveils her Brexit “Plan B” to parliament on Monday after MPs shredded her EU divorce deal, deepening the political gridlock 10 weeks from departure day. Britain will leave the European Union on March 29 without a deal unless MPs can force a delay or get their act

When is it time to give up driving?

Britain’s lack of an upper age limit for driving was in the spotlight on Friday as 97-year-old Prince Philip recovered after being involved in an accident that flipped his car. An experienced pilot and carriage racer, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband has never been one for slowing down and still drives

As elections near, Spain’s Podemos on verge of split

LONG hailed as a beacon of success for the far-left after erupting in Spain five years ago, Podemos is now on the verge of a split that analysts say could hurt the ruling Socialists. Once inseparable, the two young political scientists who co-founded the party in 2014 – Pablo Iglesias