The investigation made crucial progress after player agent Dejan Veljkovic — who had contacts with many of the leading clubs, including Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Standard Liege. Federal prosecutors in Belgium are planning to charge 57 people including soccer coaches, referees and top officials at some of the country’s most […]
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BREST (France): The European Union and China are planning to hold a summit in late March, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Friday amid concerns over a Chinese blockade of Lithuania’s exports. “An EU-China summit is planned, at first glance for the end of March. It will give […]
Tesla, the electric carmaker headed by billionaire Elon Musk, has started to allow people to buy brand merchandise using Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency initially started as a joke. Mr Musk announced the development on Twitter on Friday, a month after hinting of the plans. The news sent the value of Dogecoin […]
MOSCOW: Russia has dismantled ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States in an operation in which it detained and charged the group’s members, the FSB domestic intelligence service said yesterday. The arrests were a rare apparent demonstration of US-Russian collaboration at a time of high tensions […]
JAKARTA: A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Java island today, the United States Geological Survey said, as buildings were reported shaking in the capital Jakarta. The quake hit to the island’s southwest and at a depth of 37 kilometres (23 miles) at 0905 GMT, the USGS said. No tsunami warning […]
KYIV: Ukraine was hit by a massive cyberattack warning its citizens to “be afraid and expect the worst”, and Russia, which has massed more than 100,000 troops on its neighbour’s frontier, released TV pictures today of more forces deploying in a drill. The developments came after no breakthrough was reached […]
SEOUL: North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles today, its third test in less than two weeks, just hours after criticising a US push for new sanctions over the previous launches as a “provocation” and warning of a strong reaction. Two weeks of missile launches by North Korea, retaliatory […]
A single page of artwork from a 1984 Spider-Man comic book has sold at a US auction for a record 3.36 million dollars (£2.44 million). Mike Zeck’s artwork for page 25 of Marvel Comics’ Secret Wars No 8 brings the first appearance of Spidey’s black suit. The symbiote suit would […]
A US voting company has filed a $1.6bn (£1.1bn) defamation lawsuit against Fox News over a claim that the firm had rigged the 2020 presidential election. Dominion Voting Systems has argued that in an effort to boost its ratings, Fox News falsely claimed that the company had rigged last year’s […]
Spain, the Netherlands and other countries are introducing new rules on wearing masks. Italy, Spain and other European countries are re-instating or stiffening mask mandates as their hospitals struggle with mounting numbers of Covid-19 patients. Other nations, like the Netherlands, are considering introducing masking rules. In Italy’s case, the use […]