(Reuters) – Ferrari expect Charles Leclerc to take a step up after finally celebrating a dream home win in Monaco, according to team boss Fred Vasseur. The Italian team have won two of the eight Formula One races so far this season, with Leclerc and Carlos Sainz taking one each, …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT community, did not intend to use homophobic language and apologises to anyone offended by it, the Vatican said on Tuesday. It is extremely rare for a pope to issue a public apology. …

With mining rewards halved, mining difficulty elevated and the shiny new bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) stealing investor capital, it’s been a tough year for bitcoin miners. Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms, among the biggest U.S.-listed miners, have dropped about 10% and 33% respectively so far this year, even as bitcoin …

PRAGUE (Reuters) – New Czech coach Ivan Hasek named his 26-man squad on Tuesday for the European championship starting in June, led by eight Slavia Prague players along with West Ham’s Tomas Soucek and a fit Patrik Schick who may hold the key to the team’s attacking chances. Hasek also …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) will soon develop a detailed framework for implementing the Social Exchange (SE), especially regarding governance and assurance requirements, to ensure that funds raised in the SE will be properly used as intended. Its chairman, Datuk Seri Dr Awang Adek Hussin, said that by …

SINGAPORE (BK): Singapore is ready to work closely with Malaysia in support of the latter’s Asean Chairmanship next year. Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said this was conveyed by Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan to his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, who is in the republic for …

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon football was plunged deeper into crisis on Tuesday when a meeting between football federation president Samuel Eto’o and the country’s new Belgian coach Marc Brys turned into an angry showdown. It was the first time Eto’o was meeting Brys, who was appointed by the country’s sports …

THE S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were on track for a higher open on Tuesday after a holiday-extended weekend, as investors awaited key inflation data later in the week that could influence expectations for the Federal Reserve’s policy trajectory. The possibility that the world’s most influential central bank could kick …

BARCELONA, Spain (AP): Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognised a Palestinian state on Tuesday (May 28) in a coordinated effort by the three western European nations to add international pressure on Israel to soften its devastating response to last year’s Hamas-led attack. Tel Aviv slammed the diplomatic move that will …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine will receive its first supplies of F-16 fighter jets “very soon”, but around half of its desperately needed foreign military aid is arriving late, Kyiv’s defence minister has said. Rustem Umerov, 42, told Reuters in an interview in Kyiv late on Monday that Russia was deploying …