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Washington: Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence

On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates have tracked an increase in hate speech and threats of violence directed at LGBTQ people, groups and events

IMF approves deal to provide $3 bn support package to cash-strapped Egypt

The Egyptian economy has been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, events that have played havoc with global markets and hiked oil and food prices worldwide

More questions than answers as EU-Qatar corruption scandal unfolds

The heads of the two organizations are among four people charged since December 9 with corruption, participation in a criminal group and money laundering

FIFA targets $11 billion in revenue through 2026 World Cup in North America

FIFA typically makes conservative budget estimates and ends up overshooting its targets

Argentines flock to Qatar for their chance to win FIFA World Cup 2022

Maradona led the team to its last World Cup title, in 1986

Covid-linked deaths seen in Beijing after coronavirus rules eased

The government said it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they've become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required

Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation, warns UN

Doehnert said nearly 80% of people facing catastrophic hunger - some 20,000 - are in Burkina Faso's Sahel region, where jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have besieged cities

Asian growth has boomed by 35.3% in US metros, shows census of 2020

The number of people who identify as Asian alone or Asian combined with another race now stands at 24 million people, making up 7.2% of the total US population

US Prez Biden urges veterans to seek health benefits under new law

The law, known as the PACT Act, helps veterans get screened for exposure to things like Agent Orange, which was used for deforestation during the Vietnam War, and burn pits

Donald Trump omits dinner with white nationalist in speech to Jews

Trump heaped praise on the Jewish people and highlighted his support for Israel

Historic ban on shark fin trade poised to become law, Biden's nod awaited

Every year, American port inspectors seize thousands of dried, foreign-caught shark fins in undeclared shipments headed to China and other parts of Asia where shark fin soup is a delicacy

Signs of Libya's partition grow, election needed, warns UN special envoy

Oil-rich Libya plunged into chaos after a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011

US buying 3 mn barrels of oil to start replenishing reserves amid OPEC cuts

Biden withdrew 180 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve starting in March, bringing the stockpile to its lowest level since the 1980s

US Capitol attack: January 6 panel eyes recommending 3 charges for Trump

The panel is to meet publicly on Monday, where the recommendation would be made public

Two peacekeepers from Nigeria killed, 4 wounded in attack in Mali, says UN

The UN Security Council said a member of Mali's security forces was also killed in the attack

Angelina Jolie leaves role as UN refugee agency envoy

Jolie first started working with the UN refugee agency in 2001 and was appointed its special envoy in 2012

Democrats set aside donations of over $1 mn from ex-FTX CEO Bankman-Fried

We will return as soon as we receive proper direction in the legal proceedings, DNC spokesman Daniel Wessel said

US puts 3 dozen more Chinese companies on trade blacklist: Report

The move signals a hardening of US efforts to prevent China from acquiring advanced technologies

Russian economy to contract by 3% this year, says central bank head

The head of Russia's Central Bank said that the country's economy will contract by about 3 per cent this year, a sharp turnaround from its growth in 2021

Climate change: What would a more sustainable Fifa World Cup look like?

Paris 2024 Olympics will be climate positive, organisers claim