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MANILA :Farm output in the Philippines declined by the most in nearly four years in the third quarter, the statistics agency said on Wednesday, a reading which does not bode well for economic growth in the period. Farm output fell…

LONDON : It was hardly a revealing insight, but England coach Steve Borthwick said his team need to get better at closing out tight games as, for the fourth time in five matches, they blew a late lead to go…

BERGAMO, Italy : Atalanta spurned several chances as they were held to a 0-0 draw at home by a defensively resilient Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday. Atalanta’s first European encounter against a Scottish side was a largely one-sided…

Pop star Lizzo appeared at a rally Saturday in her childhood hometown of Detroit to stump for Kamala Harris, encouraging early voting in the battleground state of Michigan that is crucial to the ever-tightening US presidential race. The Grammy-winning artist…

FRANKFURT, Germany : Bayern Munich conceded a late equaliser for a 3-3 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Sunday but despite being caught on the break three times Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said he was happy with his…

BRASILIA : Soccer-mad Brazilians have fallen hard for online sports betting, yielding a boom of interest from foreign gambling companies that may boost state coffers but also threatens to divert funds from consumer spending in other areas. Latin America’s largest…

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s labour market continued to expand in the second quarter of 2024, with the growth attributed solely to non-residents, according to latest data released on Tuesday (Sep 17). This comes as Singapore’s resident employment growth rate is expected to…

Shares of Rubrik fell more than 6 per cent on Tuesday, as the markets braced for the expiry of a lockup period tied to its initial public offering, clouding the Microsoft-backed cybersecurity company’s upbeat second-quarter revenue. The lockup period expires…

SAO PAULO : Social media giant Meta Platforms will inform Brazilians how it intends to use their personal data to train generative artificial intelligence (AI), it said on Tuesday, following a demand from the country’s data protection watchdog. Meta’s users…