France

Nadal, Medvedev advance to Rogers Cup final

8:45 am August 11, 2019

Montreal: Top-seeded defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain advanced to the Rogers Cup final Saturday night when Gael Monfils of France withdrew before their semifinal. Nadal will face eighth-seeded Daniil Medvedev, a 6-1, 7-6 (6) winner over sixth-seeded Karen Khachanov in the all-Russian first semifinal. Nadal won last year in Toronto for his fourth title […]

US won’t approve labels that say glyphosate causes cancer

12:06 am August 10, 2019

Washington: The US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, calling the statement “false and misleading.” The ruling, issued Thursday, is a boost to US agriculture giant Monsanto and its German parent company Bayer, which has been battered by a wave of […]

Iran says it begins 20% uranium enrichment amid US tensions

Iran says Europe ‘obliged’ to let it sell and ship oil

8:12 pm July 31, 2019

Tehran: Iran said Wednesday that European nations still party to the 2015 nuclear deal are “obliged” to allow it to sell and ship oil, amid a standoff with Britain over the seizure of tankers. The deal over Iran’s nuclear programme has begun to unravel since President Donald Trump announced the United States was withdrawing from […]

Zoe Kravitz, Karl Glusman remarry

3:27 pm June 30, 2019

New York: Actors Zoe Kravitz and Karl Glusman have tied the knot once again. The couple, who exchanged vows earlier this year, said their ‘I dos’ this time in front of family and friends at Zoe’s father Lenny Kravitz’s home in Paris, France. According to Elle magazine, the actor’s mother, actor Lisa Bonet and her […]

European leaders remain attentive, cautious in US-Iran spat

10:58 pm June 21, 2019

Brussels: European leaders are being guarded in their responses to the deepening tensions between the United States and Iran, urging both sides to step back from confrontation. Influential European countries have for months been steering a delicate path between Washington and Tehran, since the President Donald Trump’s administration last year pulled out of a nuclear […]