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Premier League chief warns of 'saturation point'
Sports

Premier League chief warns of 'saturation point'

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters warns that football could hit a saturation point if more matches continue to be added to the calendar. This statement comes as the Premier League...

US President Joe Biden delivers a prime-time address to the nation on 19 October 2023. File Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Biden pressure on Israel not enough, internal dissent growing: US officials

A file photo of Election Commissioner Md Alamgir speaking at a press conference. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

No external pressure over polls: EC Alamgir

The ship UHL Felicity, carrying massive parts for offshore wind turbines, arrives to dock on May 24, 2023, in New Bedford, Mass. A transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is one of the trends which could intensify global inflation pressures in the coming years. Photo: Rodrique Ngowi/AP
Global Economy

Global inflation pressures could become harder to manage in coming years, research suggests

Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan attends a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron and Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok during the International Conference in support of Sudan at the Temporary Grand Palais in Paris, France, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool/File Photo
Africa

Sudanese talks make progress, source says, as international pressure grows

On the edge: UK health service facing growing winter pressures
Europe

On the edge: UK health service facing growing winter pressures

The Nauka (Science) Multipurpose Laboratory Module is seen docked to the International Space Station (ISS) next to next to Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on July 29, 2021. Picture taken July 29, 2021. Oleg Novitskiy/Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Russia reports pressure drop in space station service module

Pressure builds on UK's Johnson to fire health secretary
Europe

Pressure builds on UK's Johnson to fire health secretary

Park Sang-hak (L), a North Korean defector and leader of an anti-North Korea civic group, holds a banner depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with nuclear, tied on a balloon, near the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea, April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
World+Biz

N Korea defectors urge US rights pressure as South's Moon leaves for Biden summit

Erkin Tursun, a former TV producer whom officials said is serving a 20-year sentence in Xinjiang, is seen speaking on a video shown at a news conference on Xinjiang-related issues, in Beijing, China April 9, 2021. Reuters TV/via REUTERS
World+Biz

Under pressure over Xinjiang, China takes aim at overseas Uighurs, academics

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
World+Biz

Thousands to rally outside Australian parliament as pressure grows on PM

A man holds up a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi as he takes part in a protest against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

Escalating violence ups pressure for Myanmar sanctions

File photo of vaccination/Bloomberg
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Hospitals see on-spot vaccine registration pressure