Germany’s foreign intelligence service believed there was a 80-90% chance that coronavirus accidentally leaked from a Chinese lab, German media say. Two German newspapers say they have uncovered details of an assessment carried out by spy agency BND in 2020 but never published. The intelligence service had indications that the Wuhan Institute of Virology had…
Germany’s outgoing parliament is meeting on Thursday to debate the creation of a €500bn fund for infrastructure investment and radical changes in the country’s borrowing limits in order to boost defence spending. Friedrich Merz, whose conservatives won last month’s election and who is on the verge of becoming the new chancellor, wants to seal the…
Germany’s outgoing parliament is meeting on Thursday to debate the creation of a €500bn fund for infrastructure investment and radical changes in the country’s borrowing limits in order to boost defence spending. Friedrich Merz, whose conservatives won last month’s election and who is on the verge of becoming the new chancellor, wants to seal the…
Authorities in India have arrested a cryptocurrency exchange administrator wanted by the US for allegedly helping cybercriminals launder money and violate sanctions. Aleksej Besciokov, a Lithuanian citizen and Russian resident, was arrested in the southern state of Kerala on Tuesday, India’s top investigative agency said. According to the US Justice Department (DOJ), he was one…
LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE event in Singapore on March 13, 2025. CNBC LIV Golf, the professional men’s golf tour backed by Saudi Arabia, wants the game to become more like Formula 1 racing with well-heeled fans and a wide range of ancillary entertainment. “The golf is who we are, but…
The CEO of crypto exchange Binance said he expects U.S. President Trump’s “pro-crypto” legislation in the U.S. to spur regulators in other parts of the world to follow suit. “We have moved from a period where there’s big regulatory uncertainty and in many sense, some regulatory hostility towards the industry, to one where the largest…
Parents who are worried about their children gaming on Roblox should not let them use it, the platform’s chief executive has said. There have been reports of bullying and grooming and fears that children are being exposed to explicit or harmful content on the site, which is the most popular platform in the UK among…
Somali security forces have ended a deadly 24-hour siege by Islamist fighters who stormed a popular hotel in the central city of Beledweyne, authorities said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a car bomb exploding, followed by gunmen entering the hotel, leading to intense clashes with security forces. “The attackers have been neutralised. Some detonated…
So the UK government signed two partnerships: one with BioNTech to provide 10,000 patients with access to personalized cancer treatments by 2030, and a 10-year investment with Moderna in an innovation and technology center with capacity to produce up to 250 million vaccines. The stars were aligned. During the pandemic, the UK was opening clinical…
A Nasa-SpaceX mission that aimed to clear the way for two “stranded” astronauts to get back to earth has been postponed. The Falcon 9 launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was put back due to a hydraulic ground issue. There is another possible launch opportunity on Thursday. The rocket aimed to fly four…
