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Harry Kane © Getty Images @TheGlobe reporters. Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has trained with the first-team squad and will be assessed ahead of Wednesday's Champions League match against Real Madrid at Wembley. Kane, who has scored 13 goals in 12 appearances in all competitions for Spurs this season, missed defeats by West Ham United and Manchester United after suffering a minor hamstring strain. "We're very confident (he will play) - he's on the list. We have one more day to assess him but maybe it's possible he can play tomorrow," manager Mauricio Pochettino told a news conference on Tuesday. "I don't want to say 100 percent because we have one more day.  Today and yesterday was good at training. Now it's with medical staff to take the right decision. "He was training with group and was good - at same level as team. We'll take the best decision for him, first of all, and then for the team."

Peter Bosz © Gallo Imges Borussia Dortmund lost their status as Bundesliga leaders and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has stopped scoring, but coach Peter Bosz denies talk of a crisis before Wednesday's Champions League tie against Apoel. Dortmund face an uphill fight to reach the knockout stages of Europe, as they trail both Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur by six points in Group H after three matches. Defeats by Tottenham and Real, before a draw at Apoel in Nicosia a fortnight ago, have left Dortmund, Champions League finalists in 2013, facing a group-stage exit. All is not well in the Dortmund camp, despite what Bosz says. A 5-0 German Cup victory at third-division Magdeburg last week is Dortmund's only win in their last five games. "There was no crisis - and there is no crisis - Hanover were just more aggressive than us," the Dutchman insisted after Saturday's 4-2 defeat at Hanover 96 saw Bayern Munich replace Dortmund at the top of the Bundeslig

Tehmina Janjua said that export controls protect businesses from unauthorised end-users and facilitate legitimate exports of hi-tech dual-use items for peaceful purposes. Tehmina Janjua said the country was committed to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. Islamabad:  Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua today said the country was committed to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. She also stressed on promotion of export control culture through implementation of guidelines on internal compliance. She was addressing a day-long national seminar on 'Strengthening Strategic Export Controls by Internal Compliance' held in Islamabad, organised by the Strategic Export Control Division (SECDIV), Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  "The Foreign Secretary reiterated Pakistan's commitment to non-proliferation and disarmament, highlighted the continuing efforts, and stressed on promotion of export control culture through implementatio

Singapore's Changi Airport opened a new terminal packed with new technology, including a fully automated check-in system with facial scanning and computerised baggage drop points Singapore:  Singapore's Changi Airport opened a cutting-edge terminal Tuesday with a fully automated check-in system including facial scanning and computerised baggage drop points, but some passengers struggled with the new technology. Terminal 4, built at a cost of Sg$985 million (US$723 million), will have an annual capacity of 16 million people and is aimed at coping with an expected increase in passenger numbers through one of Asia's top travel hubs.  It is packed with new technology, meaning passengers should in theory be able to check in and board without having to talk to airport staff. On its first day of operations, more than 100 passengers arrived in the morning to take the inaugural service out, a Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong. But not everyone managed to get to

@TheGlobe reporters. Bahrain now requires Qatari nationals and residents to obtain a visa prior to arrival, the latest move in the ongoing diplomatic rift between   Qatar   and its neighbors. Bahrain's Interior Ministry said Tuesday the decision to introduce visa requirements for people traveling from Qatar was made in order "to preserve the security and safety of the country."  It cited Qatar's "decision to strengthen its ties with Iran," and said Qatar was offering "shelter" to alleged fugitives who threaten Bahrain's security. Bahrain,  Saudi Arabia , the  United Arab Emirates  and Egypt severed ties with Qatar in early June, accusing it of sponsoring terrorism. Qatar denies the allegations. The quartet also stopped direct flights to Qatar and expelled Qatari residents, with exceptions for mixed-nationality families.

@TheGlobe reporters. North Korean hackers have stolen classified blueprints for warships and submarines, it has been claimed. They accessed and stole roughly 40,000 documents after penetrating the computer systems of Daewoo Shipbuilding last year, according to a South Korean politician who attended an intelligence briefing. Kyeong Dae-soo, a member of the main opposition party in the National Assembly, was informed of the hack by the South Korean Defence Ministry and other military agencies. Among the reportedly stolen information was roughly 60 classified documents describing weapons systems and test data for submarines and destroyers. Mr Kyung said: "We are almost 100% certain that North Korean hackers were behind the hacking and stole the company's sensitive documents." A spokesperson for Daewoo Shipbuilding said they were unaware of the breach until Tuesday and were attempting to confirm the politician's claims. The information could be use

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday gave reasons why the boards of several parastatals have not been constituted. The non-constitution of the boards of parastatals of various agencies has affected the smooth operations of such agencies. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the President of the Nigeria Medical Association, Mike Ogirima, blamed the rampant case of quack doctors across the country on the non-constitution of the board of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. On Tuesday, while addressing the National Executive Council meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja, Mr. Buhari spoke on the non-constitution of the boards. “Last year I said we would re-constitute the Boards of Parastatals. I must regret the fact that we have not done so, for many reasons,” he said. “Some of us in this meeting may know I had given instructions since October 2015 for this exercise to start. But there have been inordinate delays through sever

Catalonia's sacked President Carles Puigdemont says he has not travelled to Belgium to seek asylum. Making a statement in which he slammed the Spanish government as violent and oppressive, Puigdemont said that he had traveled to Brussels to be able to "act with freedom and safety." "I am not here to demand political asylum. I am here in Brussels as the capital of Europe," he told reporters at the Belgian press club. His comments come just hours after his lawyer, Paul Bakaert, told CNN that Puigdemont was mulling applying for protection in the country. Members of his former government traveled with him, Bakaert said. Puigdemont arrived in Brussels Monday, the same day that chief prosecutor Jose Manuel Maza said he would seek charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds against the ousted leader and several members of his former government. The charge of rebellion carries a maximum jail term of 30 years. Catalan President Ca

The Latest on Kenya's repeat election. The head of a Kenyan business association says his compatriots are tired and companies have suffered big losses because of the country's election turmoil. Nderitu Mwangi, chairman of the Hood Group, said Tuesday that it's time to restore East Africa's economic hub to normalcy after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of the repeat election boycotted by opposition leader  Raila Odinga . Mwangi says the police and judiciary should address "the issue of impunity" and wants businesses to be able to operate without disruptions from violent protests. Some have led to looting and destruction of property. Police and opposition supporters have clashed since Thursday's election. At least nine people have died; some were shot by police and several were killed in fighting between rival ethnic groups. Church leaders in  Kenya  are calling for tolerance after the disputed  president

@TheGlobe reporters. The International Monetary Fund yesterday, said that the proposed borrowing plan restructuring away from domestic to foreign by the Federal Government aimed at reducing debt-servicing cost could create exchange rate risks. The government has planned  to issue USD5.5 billion debt instrument by the end of this year, most of which would go to refinancing existing domestic debt. The issuance would more than double the country’s outstanding dollar bonds to about USD9 billion and is in line with a strategy to shift the economy’s debt profile by doubling the portion of foreign debt to 40 percent of the total. IMF’s Africa Department Director, Mr.   Abebe Selassie was quoted by Bloomberg as saying, “IMF understands the authorities’ needs to rebalance its portfolio of domestic to foreign debt. Such a shift would however make the economy more vulnerable to exchange rate depreciation.” But the Director-General of the Debt Management Office, DMO, Mrs. Pat

@TheGlobe reporters. The Middle East's oil producers are bracing for continued pressure from lower   oil prices , with the International Monetary Fund projecting cumulative budget deficits of $320 billion over the next five years. Approximately half of that— or $160 billion— will be sustained by energy-rich Gulf Arab nations between 2018 and 2022. Still, it's significantly lower than the cumulative deficit of $350 billion that  Saudi Arabia , the  United Arab Emirates , Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain have racked up since 2015. A global drop in oil prices since mid-2014 has forced Mideast oil exporters to take steps to consolidate spending and find new sources of revenue, including implementing sensitive measures like introducing taxes and lifting subsidies. The IMF says in a report released on Tuesday that progress on these efforts has been uneven.

The Labour Party leader, who was the Prime Minister of Britain from 2007 to 2010, credited Dr Hector Chawla with rescuing him from complete blindness in his book 'My Life, Our Time' London:  An Indian-origin doctor gets a special mention as an "old friend" in an autobiography written by former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The Labour Party leader, who was the Prime Minister of Britan from 2007 to 2010, credited Dr Hector Chawla with rescuing him from complete blindness in his book 'My Life, Our Time'. Brown, 66, who was left blind in one eye after an accident during a rugby match as a teenager, was operated upon by Dr Chawla at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh in 1971 to rescue him from retinal detachment in his remaining good eye and save him from complete blindness.  "To my surprise, Dr Jackson - highly esteemed in his own right - said that this time he was not the best person to do the operation; the best hope was his young prot

Police found the two heads inside a cool box at the entrance of the apartment. Tokyo, Japan :  Japanese police have found nine bodies, including two with their heads severed and dumped in a cool box, in a flat in the Tokyo suburbs, media reported on Tuesday. Police have arrested 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, who lives in the apartment in Zama, south of Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK said.  A police spokesman could not immediately confirm the reports. Authorities had been investigating the disappearance of a 23-year-old woman and discovered a connection between her and Shiraishi. Police have arrested Takahiro Shiraishi, who lives in the apartment in Zama. (Representational Image According to Jiji Press, police found the two heads inside a cool box at the entrance of the apartment on Monday before making the grisly discovery of the other bodies inside, on Tuesday.

After pledging to work with a female director every 18 months,  Nicole Kidman  opened up about her promise to support more women in Hollywood. The Oscar-winning actress addressed her pledge in an interview with  Glamour   for her 2017 Women of the Year win. @TheGlobe reporters. "As an actor you're only as good as the things you're offered. And there just weren't any women offering me things," she told the magazine. "So when you dissect that, you realize there aren't women offering you things because they don't have the opportunities. I work to raise money for women's cancers; I use my voice for violence against women. And so I was like, ‘I need to be part of the movement that will, hopefully, change the statistics in my field.'" For Kidman, who originally made the pledge during a May interview with  The Sydney Morning Herald , it's important to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. "Because, to be

The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere rose at a record pace in 2016 to the highest level in at least three million years, says the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Last year's increase was 50% higher than the average over the past decade. The growth could ultimately lead to a 20-metre rise in sea levels and an increase of three degrees in temperature, the organisation said in its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) have now reached 403.3 parts per million (ppm), up from 400.0ppm in 2015. The two other main greenhouse gases, methane and nitrous oxide, also hit record concentrations last year. Image: Emissions from coal are causing CO2 levels to rise Scientists say last year's rise in CO2 was due to a combination of human activities, such as coal and oil emissions and deforestation. The El Nino weather pattern also increased levels last year. Concentrations are 45% above pre-ind