Published on 16 May Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics has backed opposition lawmaker Andris Kulbergs to replace Ivica Silena for the top post after the prime minister resigned over an incident involving a Ukrainian drone. Kulbergs, leader of the Joint List of smaller parties that form the largest opposition bloc in parliament, will take office if…
A serious security vulnerability affecting nearly every version of the Linux operating system has left defenders on alert and scrambling to patch after security researchers publicly released exploit code that allows attackers to take complete control of vulnerable systems. The US government says the bug, called “CopyFail,” now exists. Malicious hackers are exploiting the forest,…
In its decision to award the title to Morocco, CAF “partially upheld” an appeal against an incident involving a ball boy in the final and reduced the Moroccan FA’s fine for the incident. In torrential rain, Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy regularly dried his gloves, but the ball boys repeatedly tried to remove his towels. At…
The UK government is preparing a potential court case against former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich after he missed a deadline to release the £2.5 billion raised from the sale of the club. In mid-December Sir Keir Starmer announced that the Treasury was issuing a license for the transfer of frozen funds to a foundation to…
The UK’s biggest video-on-demand services will have to follow the same rules on content and access as traditional broadcasters under new legislation being implemented. Streaming giants also include Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, and catch-up services such as ITV X and Channel 4 are being brought under enhanced regulation by Ofcom. This means they have to…
Hong Kong – – Hong Kong authorities unveiled a resettlement plan for thousands of displaced people on Saturday. The deadliest fire in decades last November: proposal to buy back home ownership rights from fire victims. After about three months, a massive fire at Wang Phuc Court, spread across seven apartment buildings, has left former residents living…
“An ineffective form of renewable energy…carpet-bombing the countryside…irreversible damage.” These are loud, angry and organised campaigners against onshore wind in Wales. Dozens of new projects are set to break ground on the hills of Cymru as the government races to meet its clean energy targets. It says it is ready to take on “disruptors” to…
