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PRAGUE – Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek (ODS, ECR) has resigned following a scandal involving a €40 million “donation” of bitcoins from a convicted drug dealer. Blažek claims he acted legally but resigned to limit damage to the government. The…
Rhode Hailey Bieber’s net sales for the 12 months ended March 31 were $212 million. The company’s products are available only online, but it plans to launch a partnership with Sephora in stores in North America and the UK by…
Neuralink was last valued at $3.5 billion in late 2023, according to Pitchbook, but since then it has implanted three chips into the brains of patients who are paralyzed or unable to speak. The last non-speaking man from Arizona with…
British American Tobacco, a FTSE 100 cigarette maker that owns the Kent, Dunhill and Lucky Strike brands, said on Wednesday it had completed the sale of 313 million shares in Indian consumer goods company ITC under an accelerated bookbuilding process.…
Sheikha Mai Al-Khalifa and Pierre Choueiri among the award winners DUBAI: Bahrain’s Sheikha Mai Al Khalifa and Lebanese advertising mogul Pierre Choueiri were among those honoured by the Takreem Foundation last week at a gala dedicated to celebrating Arab excellence…
The New York Times reported that Netanyahu threatened to derail negotiations on the US-Iran nuclear deal by attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities. JERUSALEM: Israel on Thursday rejected a New York Times report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had threatened to derail…
Nayla Tueni stresses reporters’ ‘duty’ to tell the truth Annahar from Lebanon uses online platforms to get important updates DUBAI: Journalism is becoming a vital element in spreading the truth during conflicts, Nayla Tueni, editor-in-chief of Lebanon’s Annahar Media Group,…
Police say a boy rescued from the River Thames is in a stable condition as the search continues for a missing girl. A search was launched after two children got into trouble in the water near Royal Terrace Pier in…
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday assured allies in the Indo-Pacific that they will not stand alone in the face of growing military and economic pressure from China, while insisting that they also contribute more to their own defense.…