UK: Manchester City closes in on title with 2 nil win against Leicester City

Pep Guardiola says he will “never forget this season” as runaway leaders Manchester City closed in on the Premier League title with victory at third-placed Leicester. Second-half goals by Benjamin…

France: PSG looses 0-1 to Lille as Neymar is sent off

Lille returned to the top of Ligue 1 with a crucial victory at title rivals Paris St-Germain who had Neymar sent off in the closing stages. Twenty-year-old Jonathan David’s deflected…

Egypt: Mummies pass through Cairo in ancient rulers’ parade

Egyptians have been witnessing a historic procession of their country’s ancient rulers through the capital, Cairo. The lavish, multimillion-dollar spectacle saw 22 mummies – 18 kings and four queens –…

Spain: ‘Speedboat drugs smugglers’ arrested

Spanish police have arrested 100 suspected gang members, accused of smuggling drugs from Morocco to Spain in speedboats. In raids across southern Spain and in France, some 5,270kg of cannabis…

USA: Rapper DMX in ‘grave condition’ after heart attack

US rapper and actor DMX is in a “grave condition” following a heart attack, says his lawyer Murray Richman. Mr Richmond told US media he didn’t know whether the heart…

Egypt: Suez Canal traffic jam caused by stuck ship Ever Given ‘cleared’

The last ships stranded by the giant container vessel that was stuck in the Suez Canal have now passed through the waterway, the canal authorities say. More than 400 vessels…

Italy: Rome returns to strict lockdown for Easter

Italy has entered a strict three-day lockdown to try to prevent a surge in Covid-19 cases over Easter. All regions are now in the “red zone” – the highest tier…

France: Deliveroo April Fools’ joke backfires in France

French Deliveroo customers who received fake bills for hundreds of euros’ worth of pizza have failed to see the funny side of the April Fools’ joke. On 1 April thousands…

UK: Seven blood clot deaths after AstraZeneca vaccine

Seven people have died from unusual blood clots after getting the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK, the medicines regulator has confirmed. In total, 30 people out of 18 million vaccinated…

Taiwan: Site boss bailed amid grief over 50 train crash deaths

Officials investigating a train crash in Taiwan that killed at least 50 people are focusing on a maintenance lorry that slid onto the track. The train hit the lorry then…