Day: 27 November 2022
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World Cup 2022: Croatia 4-1 Canada – Andrej Kramaric scores twice to send Canada out
Alphonso Davies scores Canada’s first-ever World Cup goal, but it is not enough to stop them being knocked out following a defeat by Croatia.
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Somalia: Key hotel in Mogadishu stormed by al-Shabab militants
Villa Rose is near the presidential palace in Mogadishu and popular with government officials.
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World Cup 2022: Fouling Neymar ‘has to stop’, Brazil coach Tite says
Brazil head coach Tite says the high number of fouls on Neymar “has to stop” after the forward was injured in their group-stage victory over Serbia.
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World Cup 2022: Iran complain to Fifa over flag change on social media by US
Iran’s football federation complains to Fifa after the United States removed the emblem of the Islamic Republic from the country’s flag in social media posts.
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Tutankhamun’s inspiring 21st Century afterlife
Egyptologists are still learning about his life and treasures a century after his tomb was opened.
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Russian attacks on energy grid amount to genocide, says Ukraine
The prosecutor-general tells the BBC Russian attacks aimed at “the full Ukrainian nation”.
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World Cup 2022: Belgium 0-2 Morocco – Abdelhamid Sabiri and Zakaria Aboukhlal seal late win
Morocco cause the latest shock at a World Cup that has been full of surprises by beating Belgium with two late goals.
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China Covid: Shocking protests are huge challenge for China’s leaders
China’s rulers appear to have drastically underestimated growing discontent at Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy.
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World Cup 2022: Japan 0-1 Costa Rica – Keysher Fuller earns shock win
Japan fail to take another step towards the World Cup knockout rounds as Keysher Fuller’s late goal earns Costa Rica a smash-and-grab Group E victory.
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Italy landslide: Rescuers search for missing people on Ischia island
Eleven people are unaccounted for after mud swept away homes and cars on the island of Ischia.