Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s libel lawsuit against New York Times
A U.S. jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin in her libel lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming her in a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to ...
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Ukraine hit by cyber attack as U.S. questions Russian troop pullback (Update)
Kyiv appeared to blame Russia for a cyber attack on Tuesday as U.S. President Joe Biden warned that more than 150,000 Russian troops were still amassed near Ukraine‘s borders ...
Prince Andrew settles lawsuit by sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre
Prince Andrew has settled a U.S. lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, potentially sparing him further embarrassment in a lurid ...
Omicron threat remains high in east Europe – WHO
A new wave of infections from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is moving towards the east of Europe, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, urging authorities to improve ...
Elephant tusk DNA sleuthing reveals ivory trafficking networks
By Will Dunham
DNA testing on seized ivory shipments that reveals family ties among African elephants killed for their tusks is helping to identify poaching areas and trafficking networks at ...
Valieva dominates the ice despite doping scandal
Russian teenager Kamila Valieva dominated the ice on Tuesday night, fighting back tears as she completed a skate that put her at the top of the short programme standings.
The 15...
Saudi Arabia turns to drought-surviving saxaul tree for climate defence
By Mohammed Benmansour
As drought ravages the Middle East, Saudi environmental activist Abdullah Abduljabar sees a silver lining for deserts: Saxaul trees produce seeds only as they become drier, opening ...
Swiss Suter pips Italy’s Goggia to women’s downhill gold in thriller
Switzerland’s Corinne Suter powered to the gold medal in a thrilling women’s downhill race at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, pipping Italy’s defending champion Sofia Goggia to ...
Trudeau invokes emergency powers to starve protesting truckers of funds
Canada is planning to impose emergency measures not used for more than 50 years to cut off funding for truckers responsible for nationwide protests that have gridlocked the nation’s capital ...
Russia says some troops return to base, Ukraine reacts cautiously
Russia said on Tuesday some of its military units were returning to their bases after exercises near Ukraine, following days of U.S. and British warnings that Moscow might invade ...
AMD closes record chip industry deal with about $50-bln purchase of Xilinx
Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)(AMD.O) said on Monday it has finalized the purchase of Xilinx Inc (XLNX.O) in a record chip industry deal valued at ...
Turk sets unenviable Covid record by testing positive for 14 straight months
When Muzaffer Kayasan first caught COVID-19, he thought he was destined to die since he was already suffering from leukemia. Fourteen months and 78 straight positive tests later, he is still ...
WHO: Omicron threat remains high in east Europe
A new wave of infections from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is moving towards the east of Europe, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, urging authorities to improve ...
Pochettino sure Messi will rise to the occasion as PSG face Real
Paris St Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino has backed Lionel Messi to come alive against Real Madrid in Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 first leg despite an underwhelming domestic campaign.
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Russia says if provoked it will attack Ukraine, Britain’s Truss says attack imminent
Russia will “respond” if Russian citizens start being killed anywhere, including in Ukraine’s rebel Donbass region, Russia‘s RIA news agency cited Russian envoy to the European Union, Vladimir ...
Johnson & Johnson defends talc bankruptcy in court
A Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) subsidiary on Monday kicked off a courtroom battle that aims to use the bankruptcy process to resolve tens of thousands of claims that the ...
Scholz flies to Moscow in bid to avert war
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads to Moscow on Tuesday to meet President Vladimir Putin in a high stakes mission to avert war, with Russia’s largest trading partner in Europe ...
High hopes that tourism will steady Turkey’s economy
Tourism in Turkey is set to return to near pre-pandemic levels this year, boosting the crisis-hit economy with the help of a recent currency crash that has made it a ...
Ex-Goldman banker’s 1MDB corruption trial under way
Prosecutors began a US corruption trial on Monday by accusing a former Goldman Sachs (GS.N) banker of seeking to make millions of dollars laundering money looted from Malaysia’s 1...
UK makes first seizure of NFTs in tax crackdown
British tax authorities said on Monday they had made their first seizure of non-fungible tokens in a crackdown on suspected criminal activity to hide money.
Her Majesty’s Revenue & ...
Sarah Palin loses defamation case against New York Times (Updated)
A US judge on Monday threw out Sarah Palin’s lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate by ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy declares ‘day of unity’ for Feb 16, cited as possible invasion day
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called in his country to fly Ukrainian flags from buildings and sing the national anthem in unison on Feb. 16, the date that some Western media ...
Adrian Peterson after arrest: ‘I don’t hit women’
Former NFL MVP Adrian Peterson insists he didn’t do anything that warranted Sunday’s arrest in Los Angeles on a felony domestic violence charge.
“I don’t hit women,” ...
US moving Ukraine embassy from Kyiv to Lviv amid Russian buildup
The United States is relocating its embassy operations in Ukraine from the capital Kyiv to the western city of Lviv, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, citing the “...