ALCUDIA, Spain (Reuters) – Tadej Pogacar looks unstoppable for this year’s Giro d’Italia and could even do something never seen before in cycling history and win all three Grand Tours in the same season, according to Spanish great Alberto Contador. Slovenian Pogacar has started the season in sensational fashion and …

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Support for South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has fallen to just over 40%, an Ipsos opinion poll showed, weeks before a general election that could usher in the biggest political change since the end of the apartheid era. While the ANC is still on track …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Friday rejected criticism over the arrests of journalists and said the fact that people had access to the internet meant press freedom was assured. “We must protect our media landscape from external negative influences, just like any other country, and everyone must …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Chinese-founded fast-fashion company Shein will have to comply with tough new EU online content rules after its user numbers soared above a key benchmark, joining a score of other Big Tech companies already subject to the rules, the European Commission said on Friday. Companies with more than 45 …

LONDON, April 26 — Erik ten Hag said Friday he has a “lot of sympathy” for Marcus Rashford as the Manchester United manager demanded support for his misfiring forward. The 26-year-old scored a career-high 30 goals last season and was rewarded with a new deal until 2028, but his form …

WASHINGTON: U.S. inflation rose moderately in March, but that is unlikely to change financial markets’ expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold off cutting interest rates until September. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.3% last month, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday. Data …

AGDAM, Azerbaijan (Reuters) – The Russian and Turkish flags were lowered on Friday to mark the closure of a centre set up to monitor a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, as Russian peacekeepers ended a multi-year deployment in the strategic South Caucasus region. Nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeeping troops were dispatched to the …

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -The Romanian trial of internet personality Andrew Tate on human trafficking charges can go ahead, the Bucharest Court ruled on Friday, 10 months since he was first indicted, although his representative said he would challenge that decision. Tate was indicted in June along with his brother Tristan and …

WALL Street’s main indexes were set for a higher open on Friday as robust quarterly results from Alphabet and Microsoft lifted growth stocks, while fresh evidence of progress on the inflation front rekindled hopes of an interest rate cut this year. Alphabet jumped 11.7% in premarket trading after the Google-parent …

(Reuters) – Liverpool need to rediscover their old selves, manager Juergen Klopp said on Friday as he conceded that his side were unlikely to end the season as Premier League champions after a slump in form reduced the title battle to a two-horse race. Liverpool, who visit West Ham United …