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Singer-songwriter Neil Young has asked employees of Spotify Technology SA to quit their jobs while urging people to withdraw their money from big American banks, in protests over coronavirus misinformation ...

The United States has approved a possible $100 million sale of equipment and services to Taiwan to “sustain, maintain, and improve” its Patriot missile defense system, the Pentagon said on Monday, ...

China will invite more spectators to attend the Winter Olympics as the COVID-19 situation is under control within the “closed-loop” bubble, which separates all event personnel from the public, an ...

Britain’s National Grid ESO (NG.L) has for the first time awarded a contract to an offshore wind farm to help keep voltage levels in the power network stable, ...

Austria’s Matthias Mayer became the first man to win an Alpine skiing gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games after winning the super-G at the Beijing Games on Tuesday. ...

Police in Canada‘s capital said on Monday they had seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown to end an 11-day ...

Bahrain on Monday introduced a new permanent residency visa to attract talent and investment, part of a trend in Gulf states to offer more flexible and longer-duration visas amid regional ...

The coming days will be crucial in the Ukraine standoff, French President Emmanuel Macron said after a meeting on Monday with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who suggested some progress had ...

Greece’s foreign ministry said on Monday images showing a band dancing to electronic music at the former Orthodox Christian Sumela monastery in Turkey were “offensive” and “a desecration” of ...

The United States said on Monday it was offering a reward of up to $10 million each for information leading to the identification or location of ISIS-K leader Sanaullah Ghafari and ...

NATO is considering a longer-term military posture in eastern Europe to strengthen its defences, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, as tensions remained high over Russia’s military build-up near ...

The United States and the European Union pledged on Monday to work to ensure gas supplies can respond to disruptions in pipeline gas flows, as tensions rise over the massing ...

South Africa’s health regulator said on Monday it had approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinopharm, although a senior health official said the government was not planning to ...

Speed skater Ireen Wust of the Netherlands made history at the Beijing Olympics on Monday when she claimed her sixth career gold medal, making her the first Olympian to win ...

On Jan. 12, an image of a computer-generated pixelated person was sold for about $50.6 million worth of cryptocurrency on a new online marketplace that caters for non-fungible tokens. It gets stranger. ...

Toshiba said on Monday it now aims to split into two companies instead of three, while boosting planned shareholder returns to appease angry investors. The once-storied conglomerate has been battered ...

Ports giant DP World on Monday reported a 9.4 per cent rise in 2021 container volumes, though growth rates moderated in the fourth quarter which the Dubai state company said was expected ...

NATO is looking to increase its military presence in the Baltic states and Poland in case Russia keeps its troops in Belarus after a planned military exercise, the head of ...

England assistant coach Paul Collingwood has been named interim head coach for next month’s three-test tour of the West Indies, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said on Monday. ...

British house prices in January rose at their slowest monthly pace since June last year as a post-lockdown boom in the housing market started to fade and a growing cost-of-living ...

Eda Elal has prepared corpses for burial in accordance with Islamic rituals nearly half her life, but says her job as a “ghassal” in Turkey has never been harder than ...

Sadio Mane showed bravery and mental strength in putting behind him an early squandered penalty to power Senegal to their first African title and bring to an exciting close a ...

Switzerland’s Beat Feuz won gold in the men’s downhill at the Beijing Olympics on Monday with 41-year-old Frenchman Johan Clarey taking silver. Feuz, winner at Kitzbuehel last month, ...

Facebook’s parent Meta Platforms said on Friday it is launching a tool for people using its virtual reality social platforms to maintain personal space boundaries, as concerns have mounted ...