Google internet cable lands in Africa, promising fast connection
A subsea cable owned by Google GOOGL.O that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday, the company said, the latest step in ...
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World Food Programme says food supply chains ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine
A World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Friday that food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with key infrastructure such as bridges and trains destroyed by bombs and many ...
CAS upholds FIFA ban on Russian teams while court deliberates
Russia’s hopes of competing at the 2022 World Cup were effectively ended after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected a request from the Russian Football Union to freeze ...
Abramovich handed Chelsea director control of Cyprus-based firm on day of Ukraine invasion
By Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle
Russian businessman Roman Abramovich transferred a company he controlled with tens of millions of dollars of investments to a director of English soccer club ...
Microsoft data centres to heat Finnish homes, cutting emissions
Finnish utility Fortum (FORTUM.HE) said on Thursday it will use waste heat from two new Microsoft (MSFT.O) data centres to warm homes and businesses in and around the ...
Russia contemplates ‘parallel imports’ after top brands halt sales
Russia is considering allowing retailers to import products from abroad without the trademark owner’s permission, the competition regulator said on Friday, after global brands halted sales or stopped exports ...
Russians have up to $213 billion stashed offshore in Swiss banks
Switzerland’s secretive banks hold up to $213 billion of Russian wealth, the country’s financial industry association estimates, as sanctions on Russia give a rare glimpse inside Swiss vaults.
The ...
Russian sovereign bond payment received by JPMorgan and processed
Coupon payments on Russian sovereign bonds due this week were received by correspondent bank JPMorgan (JPM.N), processed and the bank then made an onwards credit to the paying agent ...
Holders Chelsea to face Real Madrid in Champions League, Man City v Atletico
The Champions League draw threw up a mouthwatering range of possibilities on Friday as troubled holders Chelsea were drawn to play 13-time winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
The three ...
Players have no excuses for high tackles, says former ref Owens
Players have been constantly told “change your behaviour” in regard to tackle height for the last three years but according to rugby’s most famous referee too many are still ...
Russia sanctions pierce luxury jet world’s ultra-private bubble
The gleaming, late-model European jet for sale was a rarity in the hot market for second-hand corporate aircraft.
It was only after aviation lawyer Amanda Applegate’s client did some ...
Wary of Western sanctions, Turkey’s banks resist Russian customers
Newly arrived Russians in Turkey are struggling to make deposits and transfers at banks that are taking a careful and sceptical approach for fear of contravening Western sanctions on Moscow, ...
Kremlin calls Biden irritable and forgetful, says he insulted Putin
The Kremlin on Friday called comments by U.S. President Joe Biden about his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “personal insults” and said Biden’s remarks appeared to have been fuelled ...
UK revokes Russian channel RT’s licence after probe into Ukraine coverage
Britain’s media regulator on Friday revoked Russian-backed television channel RT’s licence to broadcast in the United Kingdom with immediate effect, citing its links to the Kremlin.
The regulator, ...
Oil protestor ties himself to goal post at Premier League fixture
The Premier League fixture between Everton and Newcastle United was held up for eight minutes on Thursday after a protestor tied himself to the goal post at the Gwladys Street ...
China sails carrier through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call
China sailed its aircraft carrier Shandong through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday, shadowed by a U.S. destroyer, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, just ...
Putin pulls UN vote on Ukraine, Russia and Canada in Twitter spat
The U.N. Security Council will no longer vote on Friday on a Russian-drafted call for aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine as Russia’s U.N. envoy accused ...
Russian missiles hit area near airport in Ukraine’s Lviv, mayor says
Several missiles have hit an aircraft repair plant in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday morning, destroying its building, city mayor Andriy Sadovy said.
The plant had been ...
Be ready to lose all your money in crypto, EU regulators warn
Consumers risk losing all their money invested in cryptoassets and could fall prey to scams, the European Union’s securities, banking and insurance watchdogs said in a joint statement on ...
Biden and Xi set to clash over Putin’s war
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to tell Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that Beijing will pay a price if it supports Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, ...
Moscow sets out strict new controls on foreigners trading Russian assets
Russia laid down strict new rules for foreigners seeking permits to buy and sell Russian assets ranging from securities to real estate, a client memo by Citigroup (C.N) showed, ...
Australia sanctions Russian billionaires with mining industry links
Australia imposed sanctions on Friday on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, one of them a billionaire with an investment connection to Rio Tinto’s Gladstone alumina ...
Putin’s warning to ‘traitors’ sends chilling message
Graffiti warnings daubed on the doors of activists in Moscow. A food blogger threatened with up to 15 years in jail for “discrediting” Russia’s army. A call to sack a ...
Cuban anti-government protesters get up to 30 years behind bars
Cuba said late on Wednesday it had sentenced upwards of 100 protesters in Havana to between 4 and 30 years in prison for violence committed during island-wide demonstrations last year, the largest since ...