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Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho knows the quality of his top-of-the-table side but also the many obstacles to staying there. Spurs again found a way to navigate the difficulties of a weekend in the Premier League after a Thursday in the Europa League, beating West Brom 1-0 on Sunday to stretch their unbeaten run to seven matches and summit the table early Sunday. [ RECAP: West Brom 0-1 Tottenham ] Spurs are now 5W-1D this season in weekend matches following a UEL fixture, and the draw… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Stock markets in the Middle East, the first to trade after Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. election, are signaling bets the new president will reduce international conflict and push for peace in the region. That optimism outweighed concern that his clean-energy drive could imperil the fortunes of countries whose economies are founded on oil and gas. Stocks in Dubai posted their biggest three-day rally since August. Saudi Arabia extended the longest streak of gains since Oct…. Source link

(Bloomberg) — Libya boosted oil production to more than 1 million barrels a day, a milestone for the North African country after civil war all but shut its energy industry. The OPEC member, home to Africa’s largest crude reserves, ramped up production in the past six weeks amid a truce between rival military forces. It was pumping 800,000 barrels a day last week, and the state-run National Oil Corp. said Saturday that output now exceeds the million-barrel level. That’s the first time the… Source link

Image: ZDNet Verizon is removing the ability to automatically forward incoming emails from a Yahoo inbox to another email address for Yahoo Mail free users. The feature will be removed on January 1, 2021. Yahoo Mail users who still want to use automatic email forwarding are told to sign up for Yahoo Mail Pro, which costs $34.99 per year, or $3.49… Source link

By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a statement that indicated he will drop his three-year political boycott of the White House. Abbas had ended all political dealings with President Donald Trump’s administration after the U.S. leader’s 2017 decisions to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to move the U.S. Embassy there. “I congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his victory as President of… Source link

Just one look is all it takes for Hakim Ziyech to know whether he can conjure up one of his trademark assists. Chelsea star Ziyech teed up goals for Ben Chilwell and Thiago Silva with defence-splitting balls in Saturday’s 4-1 Premier League win over Sheffield United. The 27-year-old also set in motion Tammy Abraham’s goal with a lofted pass to release Mateo Kovacic, to further bolster further his already impactful start to life at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham celebrates… Source link

By Marwa Rashad RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia finally congratulated Joe Biden on Sunday over his election victory, more than 24 hours after he defeated Donald Trump, who had close personal ties with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The former U.S. vice president pledged in his campaign to reassess ties with the kingdom, demanding more accountability over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Riyadh’s Istanbul consulate and calling for an end to U.S. support for the Yemen war. As… Source link

By Tom Hals and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign said on Saturday it had filed a lawsuit in Arizona, its latest legal challenge over the results of the presidential election. The campaign suffered losses in Michigan and Georgia courts this week, but Trump pledged on Saturday to go forward with a legal strategy that he hopes will overturn state results that gave Democrat Joe Biden the win in Tuesday’s vote. Legal experts said the cases the Trump campaign is bringing… Source link

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey gave an impassive first reaction on Sunday to Joe Biden’s presidential win, with Vice President Fuat Oktay saying it would not change relations between the old allies although Ankara will keep pressing Washington on Syria and other policy differences. Turkey stands to lose more than most other countries if Joe Biden is elected president since he is expected to toughen the U.S. stance against President Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign military interventions and closer… Source link

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s president said on Sunday the next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trump’s mistakes, Iranian state TV reported after Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency. Tensions have spiked between the United States and Iran since 2018, when Trump exited a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, and then reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy. “Trump’s damaging policy has been opposed … by the American people…. Source link