Bird flu alarm drives world towards once-shunned vaccines
French duck farmer Herve Dupouy has culled his flock four times since 2015 to stop the spread of bird flu but as a wave of deadly outbreaks nears his farm once ...
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G20 watchdog homes in on decentralised finance after FTX crash
The G20’s Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Thursday it would take steps to tackle “vulnerabilities” and data gaps in decentralised finance (DeFi) highlighted by the collapse of cryptocurrency ...
How sanctions complicated day-to-day banking for Russians
Financial sanctions against Russia have strangled its banks’ profits and wrecked many lenders’ international operations, but one year after Moscow sent its troops into Ukraine how much do they matter ...
Russia accuses United States of inciting Ukraine to escalate the war
Russia on Friday accused the United States of inciting Ukraine to escalate the war by condoning attacks on Crimea, warning that Washington was now directly involved in the conflict because “...
Portugal ends Golden Visas, curtails Airbnb rentals to address housing crisis
Portugal announced on Thursday a hefty package of measures to tackle a housing crisis, including the end of its controversial “Golden Visa” scheme and a ban on new licenses for ...
NatWest outlook drags down shares despite profit leap
NatWest (NWG.L) warned on Friday that rising interest rates may not deliver the long-lasting earnings bonanza investors hope for, even though profit jumped by 33 per cent last year.
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Overnight protests rock Tehran, other Iranian cities, online videos show
Protests rocked Iran again overnight after a seeming slowdown in recent weeks, with marchers calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, online video posts purportedly showed on Friday.
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German airports strike grounds almost 300,000 passengers
A 24-hour strike at seven German airports on Friday was set to affect almost 300,000 passengers as unionised workers press their demand for high wages.
“The terminals are empty this morning,” ...
Conte to miss Tottenham’s clash with West Ham for health reasons
Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte will miss his side’s Premier League home clash against West Ham United on Sunday as he continues to recover from gallbladder surgery.
Conte has ...
Actor Bruce Willis’ ‘condition has progressed’ to frontotemporal dementia, says family
Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with dementia, his family said on Thursday, nearly a year after the “Die Hard” franchise star retired from acting due to aphasia that hampered his ...
Ukraine’s priority to hold the line as global security leaders gather
Senior politicians and military leaders from around the world meet in Germany on Friday with Ukrainian officials expected to address the security conference as they try to fend off Russian ...
Aid focus turns to the homeless and destitute in aftermath of Turkey quake
International aid agencies are stepping up efforts to help millions of homeless people, many sleeping in tents, mosques, schools or cars, 11 days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria ...
In EU car data tussle, insurers and others brace for delays, disappointment
A broad coalition of insurers, leasing companies, car repair shops and others are calling on the European Commission to propose rules for fair access to valuable vehicle data soon, fearing ...
Nestle full year profit misses forecasts despite price increases
Nestle (NESN.S) reported weaker than expected full year net profit despite the world’s biggest food group passing on higher raw material costs by hiking prices for customers.
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Juventus suffer more frustration in draw with Nantes
Juventus’s disappointing season continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Nantes in the home leg of their Europa League playoff tie on Thursday.
Juventus picked up ...
UK’s Sunak travelling to N.Ireland for post-Brexit talks
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was travelling to Northern Ireland on Thursday evening to sound out whether its political parties back his plans to improve the post-Brexit trading arrangements for ...
Biden says he’ll speak to China’s Xi about balloon incident
President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China’s President Xi Jinping about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a U....
Man United and Barca play out thrilling 2-2 draw
Barcelona fought back to earn a 2-2 draw with Manchester United in a pulsating Europa League knockout round playoff first leg on Thursday.
United were the better side for large ...
Climate activists glue themselves to Berlinale’s red carpet
A man and a woman glued themselves to the red carpet at the opening of Berlin’s film festival on Thursday, calling on the German government and society to take ...
Tesla recalls 362,000 U.S. vehicles over Full Self-Driving software
Tesla Inc TSLA.O said it would recall 362,000 U.S. vehicles to update its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software after U.S. regulators said on Thursday the driver assistance system ...
Russia expels four Austrian diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Russia said on Thursday it was expelling four Austrian diplomats in a tit-for-tat move after Vienna expelled four Russian diplomats in a case which appeared to be related to spying.
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Israeli foreign minister promises Zelenskiy more aid, rebuilding help
Israel will expand existing aid to Ukraine and help rebuild the country, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Thursday during the first official Israeli visit to Kyiv since Russia’s ...
Soros says Russian defeat in Ukraine would trigger dissolution of ‘Russian empire’
Billionaire financier George Soros said on Thursday that if Russia was defeated in the Ukraine war it would result in the dissolution of what he called the ‘Russian empire,’ something ...
Serbia arrests three after nationalist calls for riots over Kosovo plan
Hundreds of hardline Serb nationalists and pro-Russia activists rallied in downtown Belgrade, threatening riots if Serbia accepts a Western-backed plan aimed at mending ties with Kosovo, its former mainly Albanian ...