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Mexicans celebrate breaking opening day 'curse' with 2-0 win
Mexico City: Mexicans celebrated their win against South Africa on Thursday, with an 80,000-full Azteca stadium erupting in a deafening roar as Mexico won the first match of the World Cup, overcoming a curse in which the national team had failed to win on the opening day of the tournament on se
Quinones and Jimenez fire Mexico to opening World Cup win over nine-man South Africa
Mexico City: Mexico's Julian Quinones unleashed a spectacular strike and Raul Jimenez scored a header as the co-hosts beat nine-man South Africa 2-0 in their World Cup Group A opener at Estadio Azteca on Thursday, in a match where three players were sent off. Quinones opened the scoring early a
Trump warns US will hit Iran ‘very hard’ as strikes escalate
Dubai/Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will strike Iran “very hard tonight” following a new round of tit-for-tat attacks that have intensified tensions in the Gulf and undermined a fragile ceasefire. In a social media post, Trump said the United States would
Air India’s long history amid Boeing 787 crash fallout, fleet expansion and Tata revival
Indian investigators are expected to delay issuing a final report into a deadly Air India Boeing 787 crash by the one-year anniversary on Friday, citing the need to complete an analysis of the plane's engines, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. The airline has come under intense
Canada Digital Safety Bill bans social media for under-16s, regulates AI chatbots
OTTAWA: The Canadian government introduced a digital safety bill on Wednesday that would ban social media for children under 16 with exemptions for platforms that meet certain safety standards, months after Australia enacted the world's first social media ban for young people. The bill also aims to
Fatal air crashes: Cases involving deliberate pilot action, suspected or confirmed
NEW DELHI: Indian investigators are expected to delay issuing a final report into a deadly Air India Boeing 787 crash by the one-year anniversary on Friday, citing the need to complete an analysis of the plane's engines, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. A cockpit recording of d
How Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash unfolded second by second on June 12, 2025
Indian investigators are expected to delay issuing a final report into a deadly Air India Boeing 787 crash by the one-year anniversary on Friday, citing the need to complete an analysis of the plane's engines, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Here is the sequence of events - b
FIFA World Cup 2026's new rules
There is a raft of tweaks to the rules at the World Cup, which FIFA has brought in weeks ahead of the tournament, designed in particular to reduce time-wasting and expand the use of VAR. "These amendments are aimed at combating discrimination, reducing time-wasting, improving the tempo of matche
Canada's World Cup dreams face first test as injury-hit hosts meet Bosnia
Toronto: Canada will carry immense pressure into their World Cup opener when, in perhaps the most seminal moment in the country's soccer history, they face Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday in front of a partisan home crowd with both teams seeking a first-ever knockout stage berth. Canada's quest fo
Ljubicic to replace Baumgartner in Austria's World Cup squad
Austria coach Ralf Rangnick has called up Dejan Ljubicic as a late replacement for Christoph Baumgartner, the Austrian Football Association said on Wednesday. Baumgartner was ruled out of the tournament after sustaining a thigh injury before a 1-0 friendly win over Tunisia this month. Rang
Aguirre relives 1986 memories as Mexico prepare for FIFA World Cup 2026 opener
Mexico City: Coach Javier Aguirre drew on memories of Mexico's last home World Cup on Wednesday as he prepared to lead the hosts into the tournament opener against South Africa, four decades after taking the field as a player at the Estadio Azteca. Mexico launch the World Cup on Thursday carryin
Why the blockbuster SpaceX IPO may spell more bad news for crypto
SpaceX's much-anticipated $75 billion initial public offering, set to be the largest ever, will likely keep cryptocurrency prices in the doldrums as retail investors attracted to new and risky artificial intelligence stocks scramble to get a slice of the action. Celebrity billionaire Elon Musk's ro