8+ min ago (529+ words) Sunday, 30 Nov 2025 KYIV, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian naval drones hit two sanctioned tankers in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, an official said on Saturday, as Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia's vast oil industry. The two oil tankers identified as the Kairos and Virat were empty and sailing to Novorossiysk, a major Russian Black Sea oil terminal, the official at the Security Service of Ukraine told Reuters. Naval drones could be seen speeding towards hulking tankers followed by powerful explosions that caused fires on the vessels, video footage shared by the official showed. Reuters could not independently verify the identity of the tankers in the clips or the location and date of the footage. "Video shows that after being hit, both tankers sustained critical damage and…...

19+ min ago (230+ words) BUTTERWORTH: A total of 13 men were arrested for their alleged involvement in unnatural sexual and prostitution activities at a commercial premises in Perai here on Saturday (Nov 29). Central Seberang Perai OCPD Asst Comm Helmi Aris said the suspects were detained in the 7pm raid by police and the Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) in Bandar Perai Jaya. "We arrested nine local men and two foreign nationals aged 19 to 66, who are believed to be the customers," he said in a statement on Sunday (Nov 30). ACP Helmi said two locals - the owner and a worker, aged 57 and 59 - were also detained during the raid. He said police seized items such as condoms, lubricants and several other devices related to the unnatural sexual activities. He said other items that were confiscated were mobile phones containing pornographic material. Further investigation found that the illicit activities took…...

21+ min ago (450+ words) Sunday, 30 Nov 2025 Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Leeds United - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - November 29, 2025 Manchester City's Phil Foden scores their third goal REUTERS/Phil Noble MANCHESTER, England, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Manchester City's Phil Foden stepped up at the perfect time by scoring twice " including a stoppage-time winner " to lift his side to a dramatic 3-2 victory over Leeds United on Saturday, with Erling Haaland now goalless in three successive games. The England midfielder's sparkling form is easing the pressure on City's attack, with coach Pep Guardiola calling the 25-year-old "a gift" to manage. "This season has been the Phil we met a long, long time ago," Guardiola said. "When he arrived at 16, 17 years old at the training sessions, it was, "Oh my God, what a player." And every year he was better and better. Two years ago, when we won…...

31+ min ago (220+ words) Sunday, 30 Nov 2025 SOFIA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The final of the first Chinese Character Chess Championship in Bulgaria was held at the China Cultural Center here on Saturday. This competition, the first of its kind in Bulgaria, was jointly organized by the Confucius Institute in Sofia, the China Cultural Center in Sofia, and the Chinese Character Application Research Institute in Ningbo, China. Asya Tsonkova and Raya Kirova won the final, in which a total of 16 students and pupils from one university and three schools participated. Tsonkova, 14, told Xinhua that she has been studying Chinese for three years, and has been playing Chinese chess for two months. Playing Chinese chess gave her strategic and logical thinking, and the ability to make quick and thoughtful decisions, she said. She also learned many new Chinese words, Tsonkova said. Chen Ying, the Chinese director of the…...

39+ min ago (220+ words) Sunday, 30 Nov 2025 Nov 30 (Reuters) - A Swedish soccer playoff match between Orgryte IS and IFK Norrkoping descended into chaos on Saturday as fans tore down the fence and threw flares inside the stadium, causing the game to stop multiple times, local media reported. With Orgryte leading 3-0 on aggregate for the final qualifying spot in the Allsvenskan league after a reverse fixture the previous week, Norrkoping needed to climb a mountain to cover the deficit on home ground. After multiple stoppages due to fan intervention, play resumed for the final time once security cleared the home stands, the Sportbladet newspaper reported. The match ended goalless, resulting in Orgryte's promotion to the Allsvenskan after 16 years, and the visiting supporters tried to storm the pitch to celebrate, prompting police to spray fans and players with fire extinguishers to control the crowd, the report said....

44+ min ago (215+ words) HONG KONG (Xinhua): Alice Mak Mei-kuen, secretary for home and youth affairs of the Hong Kong(HK) government, said on Sunday that the government will ensure residents affected by the Tai Po fire receive free housing until their homes are rebuilt. Speaking on a TV programme, Mak said that the HK government's goal is to relocate around 1,900 affected households into transitional housing or other accommodations within one to two weeks, and so far, over 1,800 units have been secured. The HK government will adopt flexible arrangements to meet the housing needs of each household, she said. Michael Wong, deputy financial secretary of the HK government and head of a task force on emergency accommodation arrangements, said that with over 2,000 units available in transitional housing and dedicated rehousing estates of the Housing Society, the supply should be sufficient to meet residents' needs....

51+ min ago (334+ words) Sunday, 30 Nov 2025 Soccer Football - Premier League - Brentford v Burnley - GTech Community Stadium, London, Britain - November 29, 2025 Brentford's Igor Thiago celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Tony O Brien Nov 29 (Reuters) - Brentford's Brazilian forward Igor Thiago was praised by coach Keith Andrews after inspiring the London club to a 3-1 home win over Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday. Thiago, signed for 30 million pounds ($39.71 million) from Belgian side Club Brugge last year, took his tally to 11 league goals this season. Only Manchester City's Erling Haaland, with 14, has outscored Thiago in the league this term. However, Thiago's journey has not been without challenges. Signed to replace England international Ivan Toney, the 24-year-old, who has also played for Ludogorets Ragrad in Bulgaria, endured a difficult debut season in English football, playing just eight league games for Brentford due to injury. Asked if he expected…...

53+ min ago (493+ words) Sunday, 30 Nov 2025 Formula One F1 - Qatar Grand Prix - Lusail International Circuit, Lusail, Qatar - November 29, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri in action during the sprint race REUTERS/Jakub Porzycki DOHA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - McLaren's Oscar Piastri ended a long win drought with a pole-to-flag victory in the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday to trim teammate Lando Norris's Formula One championship lead to 22 points. Mercedes's George Russell finished second, 4.951 seconds behind the Australian whose win was his first of any sort since the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August but third Qatar sprint success in three years. Norris started and finished third with Red Bull's four-times world champion Max Verstappen fourth and now 25 points adrift. Norris has 396 points with Piastri on 374 and Verstappen on 371 with 50 remaining to be won, but only 25 after Sunday. Qualifying for that main grand prix was following later,…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (244+ words) Sunday, 30 Nov 2025 CAPE TOWN, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of people formed a human chain in Cape Town, South Africa's legislative capital, on Saturday to protest Israel's actions in Palestine on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The rally, organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and supported by pro-Palestinian organizations and political parties, also expressed support for people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and other regions facing crises. Near the iconic Nelson Mandela glasses sculpture in Cape Town's Sea Point area, activists called for the release of Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti -- widely regarded as Palestine's Mandela -- along with those still held in Israeli prisons, many without charge. Participants in the human chain also lifted a 2,000-square-meter quilt in the colors of the Palestinian flag, with each square representing and honoring Palestinians killed during the Gaza…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago (1247+ words) Sunday, 30 Nov 2025 LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - "What's it about?" was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", Tom Stoppard's first stage triumph. Tired of being asked, Stoppard is said to have replied to a woman outside a theatre on Broadway: "It's about to make me very rich." He later questioned whether he had said "very", Hermione Lee writes in Stoppard's authorised biography, but he had undoubtedly managed to transform his previously precarious finances. For every puzzled spectator, there were many more ecstatic fans and critics, dazzled by the wit, brilliant wordplay and sheer daring of a young playwright who had turned Shakespeare inside out and placed the spotlight, not on the eponymous Hamlet, but on two minor characters from the same play. First performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966, the following year, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern…...