President Vladimir Zelensky on Monday fired the heads of three regional offices of the nation’s Security Service (SBU), Ukraine’s successor to the KGB. Earlier, he dismissed the top official in the agency, citing widespread treason among agents. The top security officials in the Kiev, Lviv, and Ternopol regions were fired …
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Swimming’s world governing body, Fina, has voted to ban all transgender athletes that have gone through any part of male puberty from taking part in elite women’s races. Fina’s new policy, which passed with 71% of votes from 152 Fina members, has been described as “only a first step towards …
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The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has responded after its grand slam Wimbledon was stripped of ranking points by the women’s and men’s WTA and ATP tours, and also revealed that it is “considering our options”. The tours made their announcements on Friday night one after the other, with …
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu conducted their first phone call since the start of Moscow’s operation in Ukraine in late February. The news was confirmed by both sides on Friday. Austin has called for an “immediate ceasefire in Ukraine,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby …
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The head of Australia’s air force has held a series of meetings with senior military officials in India, vowing to strengthen bilateral ties as Canberra warns China against further expansion into the Indo-Pacific. Royal Australian Air Force chief Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld met separately with high-level figures in the Indian …
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Following an open letter from EU politicians, Norwegian Nobel Institute’s director Olav Njølstad has stated that the Nobel Peace Prize Committee will not be able to extend its deadline past January 31 to make the nomination of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky possible. “As of today, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has …
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The FIA have said that the result of last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is “valid and final” but also that race director Michael Masi was responsible for a “human error” which led to an incorrect application of the rules as Max Verstappen stormed ahead of Lewis Hamilton on a …
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In its annual report on Friday, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) expressed “concern” over such disclosures. The MPs specifically referred to former Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) director Robert Hannigan providing “operational details” to a 2019 Channel 4 documentary about efforts to track and kill UK-linked Islamic State (IS, formerly …
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Hordes of ticketless England fans, later described by The FA as “drunken yobs“, stormed the home of English football prior to their side’s penalty shoot-out loss to Italy, with many engaging in violence inside and outside the stadium as well as public drug-taking. There were also reports that those supporters …
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French rugby officials announced in a statement that they had voted unanimously in favor of a move to allow transgender players to play alongside and against their cisgender peers after recommendations from the organization’s Anti-Discrimination and Equal Treatment Commission. However, the move to do so is a controversial one. World …
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