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Prince Andrew's return less likely than ever after nightmare new year
LONDON — For Prince Andrew, it's been a terrible 2024 so far. Awful headlines, being reported to the police, demands for him to lose his Windsor home. That's just this week.At Christmas he was basking in the glow of the Royal Family, appearing before the public after a Sandringham church service. Back in the fold.But a few days later he was appearing in the much harsher light of US court documents about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Much of the information in the unsealed court papers was already known — but once again it raises the long, embarrassing shadow of his involvement in the circle of the disgraced financier. What was he doing with these people?It's more than four years since Prince Andrew stepped down from royal duties. But if anything he now seems further away...
January 07, 2024

Prince Andrew's return less likely than ever after nightmare new year

Rescue teams began clearing cars from the snowbound E22 but many of the lorries were expected to remain on the road until Friday
Swedish snow chaos leaves 1,000 vehicles trapped on key road
STOCKHOLM — The Swedish armed forces have delivered food and water to up to 1,000 cars and lorries stuck in heavy snow for over 24 hours.Rescuers said they were working to free people stuck on the main E22 road in the Skane area of southern Sweden.Many of those trapped were evacuated by rescue teams and told to return to their cars later.The travel chaos occurred amid plummeting winter temperatures across the Nordic countries.Extreme cold weather has hit parts of Sweden, Finland and Norway, and snow storms in Denmark have left drivers trapped on a motorway near Aarhus since Wednesday.The Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka weather station in northern Sweden recorded its coldest night for 25 years on Tuesday night, with temperatures dropping to -43.6C.The disruption on the main E22 began at about 09:00...
January 04, 2024

Swedish snow chaos leaves 1,000 vehicles trapped on key road

People hold the posters 'Freedom to civilian prisoners' while attending a meeting in support of civilian women imprisoned by Russia, on Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release so far
KYIV — Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in the biggest single release of captives since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.Ukrainian authorities said that 230 Ukrainian prisoners of war returned home in the two countries' first exchange in almost five months. Russia’s Defence Ministry said that 248 Russian servicemen have been freed under the deal, which was brokered by the United Arab Emirates.There was no immediate acknowledgment from the UAE, which has maintained close business ties with Moscow throughout Russia’s war on Ukraine.Some of the Ukrainians had been held since 2022. Among them were some of those who fought in milestone battles for Ukraine's Snake Island and the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.Ukraine war: Counteroffensive...
January 04, 2024

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release so far

Tech diplomacy is becoming an increasingly important tool for nations to engage in and embrace the digital economy. — courtesy Unsplash/Michał Kubalczyk
Why we need to ramp up tech diplomacy to harness opportunities of the digital economy
DAVOS — Tech diplomacy is becoming a vital tool for nations to engage in the digital economy and address its challenges and opportunities.But inclusive approaches are needed to shape tech diplomacy to ensure that perspectives from lower-income economies are integrated.Widening the scope of tech diplomacy to include diverse stakeholders is key to the equitable and sustainable growth of the digital economy.Digital technologies have not only transformed the global economy but have become integral to our social fabric over the past two decades, with the share of the digital economy already accounting for more than 15.5% of global gross domestic product (GDP).Indeed, an estimated 70% of the new value created in the economy over the next decade will be based on digitally enabled platform...
January 03, 2024

Why we need to ramp up tech diplomacy to harness opportunities of the digital economy

The skeletons are remarkably well preserved given their age
Mysterious medieval cemetery unearthed in Wales
LONDON — A rare, early medieval cemetery has been unearthed in Wales and it has left archaeologists scratching their heads.It's thought to date to the 6th or 7th Century and 18 of the estimated 70 graves have been excavated so far.Some of the well preserved skeletons have been found lying in unusual positions and unexpected artefacts are also emerging from the site.The dig is starting to reveal more about this ancient community -- but it's also raising questions.The cemetery lies in an unremarkable field in the grounds of Fonmon Castle, close to the end of the runway at Cardiff airport.Over two summers, a team has been busy carefully removing the thin layer of topsoil to expose the graves that were carved into the bedrock so long ago.Summer Courts, an osteoarchaeologist from the...
January 03, 2024

Mysterious medieval cemetery unearthed in Wales

US Senator Bob Menendez
Bob Menendez: US senator accused of accepting gifts from Qatar
WASHINGTON — US Senator Bob Menendez has been accused in a new federal indictment of accepting bribes from Qatar -- the second foreign country he is alleged to have improperly aided.The latest allegations accuse him of a corruption scheme from 2021-23.A lawyer for the New Jersey senator said the justice department claims were "baseless" and "bizarre conjectures".Menendez, a Democrat, pleaded not guilty in October to charges alleging he acted as an illegal agent of Egypt.He has faced growing calls to resign, including from his own party, but has so far refused to step aside.The indictment unveiled on Tuesday alleges that Menendez accepted gifts, including tickets to see car races, in exchange for comments praising the Qatari government.The document does not contain any...
January 03, 2024

Bob Menendez: US senator accused of accepting gifts from Qatar

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Russia 'will answer' for Ukrainian lives lost, warns Zelensky amid hypersonic missile attacks
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday recorded a short message in response to another night of heavy Russian bombardment in major cities, saying that Russia "will answer" for the lives lost.He went on to thank first responders and international allies that have provided air defence capabilities to Ukraine, which Zelenskyy said "have saved hundreds of lives at least.""I thank all those around the world who are helping; Patriots, IRIS, NASAMS each of these systems has saved hundreds of lives at least. And for every life lost, Russia will answer. Glory to Ukraine," he said.Ukraine's two largest cities on Tuesday came under Russian hypersonic ballistic missile attacks.Officials said the assaults killed at least five people and injured...
January 03, 2024

Russia 'will answer' for Ukrainian lives lost, warns Zelensky amid hypersonic missile attacks

Deadly air strikes also hit the Russian city of Belgorod at the weekend, authorities there said
Blasts reported in Russian city Belgorod and occupied Crimea
MOSCOW — Russian officials say the border city of Belgorod, where 25 people were killed on Saturday, came under attack again as well as Sevastopol in Crimea, where a Ukrainian missile was downed.In recent days the aerial war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia used some 300 missiles and 200 drones over five days.Russia launched its biggest aerial bombardment of the invasion late last week, killing more than 40 people. Ukrainian forces responded with the attack on Belgorod in which more than 100 people were also injured.More blasts were reported in Belgorod overnight into Wednesday, with the governor of the region saying several drones had been destroyed.In Sevastopol - the biggest city in Russian-occupied Crimea - a missile was...
January 03, 2024

Blasts reported in Russian city Belgorod and occupied Crimea

Jenni Hermoso outside court on Tuesday. — courtesy Shutterstock
Spain's Hermoso testifies World Cup kiss was not consensual
MADRID — Spanish World Cup-winning footballer Jenni Hermoso has testified to a Madrid court that a kiss from former football federation president Luis Rubiales was “not consensual”.He grabbed Hermoso by the head and kissed her on the lips after the World Cup final last year.A judge will now decide whether Rubiales should be tried for sexual assault and coercion.“All is in the hands of justice, that's all I can say,” she told reporters. The former federation chief denies the allegations.Hermoso, Spain's top scorer, testified to the court for around two and a half hours, and according to Spanish media she told the judge the kiss was “unexpected and at no time consensual”.Her evidence was said to have reiterated testimony given several months ago to prosecutors that was...
January 02, 2024

Spain's Hermoso testifies World Cup kiss was not consensual

A number of apartment blocks were hit in the wave of Russian attacks on Tuesday
Ukraine hit again after Putin vows intensified strikes
KYIV — Russian missiles have hit Ukraine's biggest cities, leaving at least five dead and dozens hurt, after Vladimir Putin vowed to intensify attacks.A woman was killed and 44 others were hurt in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, according to local officials.Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said two people died and 49 were wounded in a strike on blocks of flats in the Solomianskyi district of the capital.Two more deaths were reported in the broader Kyiv region.There have been major aerial assaults by both sides in recent days.Russia launched its biggest aerial bombardment of the war late last week, killing more than 40 people. Ukrainian forces responded with an attack on the Russian border city of Belgorod on Saturday, which killed at least 25 people and injured more than...
January 02, 2024

Ukraine hit again after Putin vows intensified strikes

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