Gender X to appear on US passport applications – State Dept
Americans will be allowed to choose an X for gender on their passport applications beginning on April 11, the US State Department said on Thursday as the Biden administration marked a “...
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UK sanctions Russian media organisations, targeting disinformation
Britain on Thursday announced sanctions on 14 more Russian entities and people, including state media organisations behind RT and Sputnik and some of their senior figures, saying it was targetting those ...
Erdogan says Turkey ready in principle to act as Ukraine’s guarantor
Turkey is ready, in principle, to act as a guarantor country for Ukraine, but the details of such a format need to be worked out, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited ...
Convoy of buses on way to besieged Mariupol, Ukraine says
A convoy of Ukrainian buses set out for the southern port city of Mariupol on Thursday to try to deliver humanitarian supplies and bring out civilians, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna ...
IMF warns Russia sanctions threaten to chip away at dollar dominance
Financial sanctions imposed on Russia threaten to gradually dilute the dominance of the US dollar and could result in a more fragmented international monetary system, Gita Gopinath, IMF’s First ...
European stocks set for biggest quarterly drop since 2020
European stocks were little changed on Thursday, holding near recent one-month highs but set for the biggest quarterly drop since the start of 2020, while oil prices fell and eastern Ukraine ...
Britain should strictly regulate “fire risk” e-scooters, insurers say
Britain should place stringent regulations on electric scooters if their legal use is widened beyond current government trials, given the number of injuries from illegal vehicles and fire risks from ...
Will Smith refused to leave Oscars, academy says as it weighs discipline
Will Smith refused a request to leave the Oscars ceremony after he slapped presenter Chris Rock, Hollywood’s film academy said on Wednesday as it started a process that could ...
Apple mulls more memory chip suppliers, including China
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is exploring new suppliers for memory chips used in its iPhones, including a potentially first Chinese supplier, after a key Japanese partner had an output disruption, ...
United States, Mexico book spots at World Cup finals
The United States and Mexico both booked tickets to this year’s World Cup in Qatar in the final round of CONCACAF qualifying on Wednesday.
The United States, who missed ...
F1 to light up Las Vegas night in 2023
Formula One will light up the Las Vegas night sky on a Saturday in November 2023 as the streets of ‘Sin City’ are taken over by the fastest cars and most ...
Israeli forces on West Bank raid kill two Palestinians during clashes
Israeli forces killed at least two Palestinians on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in clashes that erupted during a raid in the occupied West Bank that followed deadly Arab ...
Gazprom studies options for halting gas supplies to Europe, Kommersant reports
Russian energy giant Gazprom GAZP.MM is looking at options for halting gas supplies to “unfriendly” countries and evaluating the possible consequences, Russian daily Kommersant reported on Thursday citing unnamed ...
Europe’s energy crisis sends shockwaves through Germany’s industrial heart
Germany’s Mittelstand, the small and mid-sized companies that power Europe’s largest economy, was already battling its biggest crisis in a decade trying to absorb rocketing energy bills.
Then ...
Ronin’s $615 million crypto heist
Hackers have stolen cryptocurrency worth almost $615 million from a blockchain project linked to popular online game Axie Infinity, the latest cyberheist to hit the digital asset sector.
Ronin, a blockchain ...
Oil prices dive as Biden weighs massive reserves release
Oil prices dived more than $5 a barrel on Thursday as the United States is considering the release of up to 180 million barrels from its strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) over several ...
All Russia’s big exports could soon be in roubles, Kremlin signals
The Kremlin indicated on Wednesday that all of Russia’s energy and commodity exports could be priced in roubles, toughening President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to make the West feel ...
Facebook advertisers can pursue class action over ad rates
A US judge ruled on Tuesday that a lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms Inc’s (FB.O) Facebook of deceiving advertisers about its “potential reach” tool can proceed as a class ...
Bruce Willis to retire from acting due to brain disorder
Hollywood star Bruce Willis will retire from his acting career after being diagnosed with aphasia, a disease that is “impacting his cognitive abilities,” his family said in a statement on ...
Russia continues bombing as it regroups for offensive in east
Russian forces bombarded the outskirts of Kyiv and a besieged city in northern Ukraine on Wednesday, a day after promising to scale down operations there in what the West dismissed ...
FIFA aims to put rows behind it and focus on World Cup
FIFA officials will look to put aside division and controversy and turn the focus to this year’s World Cup finals when they hold their annual congress in the Qatari ...
Russian hackers targeted, NATO, eastern European militaries, says Google
Russian hackers have recently attempted to penetrate the networks of NATO and the militaries of some eastern European countries, Google’s Threat Analysis Group said in a report published on ...
Putin advisers ‘too afraid to tell him the truth’
Russian President Vladimir Putin was misled by advisers who were too scared to tell him how poorly the war in Ukraine is going and how damaging Western sanctions have been, ...
Former F1 boss Mosley shot himself after cancer diagnosis, inquest hears
Former motor racing boss and privacy campaigner Max Mosley died of a gunshot wound in the bedroom of his London home last May after being told his cancer was terminal, ...