Turkey calls for more action from Sweden on extradition for NATO backing
Turkey’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Sweden has not yet acted to extradite or freeze the assets of people that his country believes are linked to terrorism, even ...
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Armenia says food shortages hit Nagorno-Karabakh, blames Azerbaijan, Russia
The breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is running short of food due to a blockade now well into its second week, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was quoted as saying on ...
Men to compete in artistic swimming from 2024 Games in inclusivity push
Men will be allowed to compete in artistic swimming at the Olympics from the Paris 2024 Games, World Aquatics said on Thursday, as part of a drive towards inclusivity hailed by ...
Russia says ‘quite old’ U.S. Patriot missiles in Ukraine won’t stand in its way
Russia said that Ukraine acquiring Patriot missiles from the United States, announced during President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Washington, would not help settle the conflict or prevent Moscow from ...
‘The Serpent’ Charles Sobhraj due to be freed from Nepal prison
Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police suspect was responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was due to be freed after nearly 20 years in prison ...
Belarus’s Lukashenko dismisses ‘conspiracy theories’ about manoeuvres
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that recent military manoeuvres were not aimed at Ukraine and dismissed “conspiracy theories” about deployments of Belarusian armed forces at the border.
Speaking ...
Man United see off Burnley, Brighton knocked out of League Cup
Goals from Christian Eriksen and Marcus Rashford earned Manchester United a comfortable 2-0 win over Burnley in the League Cup fourth round on Wednesday as third-tier Charlton Athletic knocked out ...
How 2022 shocked, rocked and rolled global markets
Trillions of dollars wiped off world stocks, bond market tantrums, whip-sawing currency and commodities and the collapse of a few crypto empires – 2022 has been perhaps the most turbulent year investors ...
Pele to spend Christmas in hospital as cancer advances
Brazilian soccer legend Pele’s cancer has advanced and he requires care related to renal and cardiac dysfunction, according to a medical report, and his family said he would remain ...
Shanghai hospital readies for ‘tragic battle’ with Covid
A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a “tragic battle” with COVID-19 as it expects half of the city’s 25 million people to get infected by the ...
Two Bankman-Fried associates plead guilty to fraud as FTX founder heads to U.S.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left the Bahamas on a U.S.-bound flight to face fraud charges as federal prosecutors announced that two of his former associates had pleaded guilty ...
Invoking World War Two, Zelenskiy tells Congress aid is not charity
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that aid to Ukraine is an investment in democracy, not charity, and invoked American victory over the Nazis in a ...
Zelenskiy, in Washington, seeks major U.S. aid against Russia’s invasion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy began a dramatic visit to Washington on Wednesday, saying he would seek help from President Joe Biden in bolstering Kyiv’s defences against Russia’s devastating ...
First foreign COVID vaccines head to China from Germany
erlin has sent its first batch of BioNTech 22UAy.DE COVID-19 vaccines to China to be administered initially to German expatriates, a German government spokesperson said on Wednesday, the first ...
Hearses queue at Beijing crematorium, even as China reports no new COVID deaths
Dozens of hearses queued outside a Beijing crematorium on Wednesday, even as China reported no new COVID-19 deaths in its growing outbreak, sparking criticism of its virus accounting as the ...
Bye-bye to the year that broke bitcoin
Bitcoin staggered into 2022. It ends the year slumped in an alleyway, robbed of its cocktail of cheap money and leveraged bets, shunned by the establishment.
The preeminent cryptocurrency has lost 60 ...
At least 100 Rohingya stranded in boat, many dead, activists say
Up to 20 people have died of hunger or thirst on a boat carrying ethnic Rohingya that has been stranded at sea for two weeks off India’s coast, two Myanmar ...
Russian mobile calls, internet seen deteriorating after Nokia, Ericsson leave
When telecoms gear makers Nokia NOKIA.HE and Ericsson ERICb.ST leave Russia at the end of the year, their departure could steadily cripple the country’s mobile networks over ...
Former head Blatter says FIFA failed to protect footballfrom interference
Sepp Blatter, the former president of FIFA, said he had been unable to protect soccer from political and business interference in an interview with German weekly Die Zeit.
Blatter, who ...
TikTok ban for U.S. government phones advances, threatening its ad revenue, experts say
A proposal to bar federal employees from using Chinese app TikTok on government devices appeared set to become law, threatening to deal a blow to the company’s reputation and ...
Post-Brexit settlement scheme for EU citizens unlawful, London court rules
The British government’s post-Brexit settlement scheme for EU citizens is unlawful, London’s High Court ruled on Wednesday.
The Independent Monitoring Authority, a body funded by the government to ...
Cash loses top spot in euro zone as digital payments spread
Cash is losing its top spot as the euro zone’s dominant means of payment, a European Central Bank survey showed on Tuesday, in a historic shift for a part ...
Chelsea appoint Vivell as new technical director
Chelsea on Wednesday appointed Christopher Vivell as the London club’s technical director under the new ownership led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital.
Vivell earlier worked with RB Leipzig, ...
Rouble slumps to weakest vs dollar since May
The rouble plunged to its weakest level since early May past 70 against the dollar on Wednesday, taking its monthly losses to almost 14% as fears over sanctions on Russian oil and ...