An Iranian chess player who competed without a hijab has arrived in Spain after being warned not to return home, according to a source close to her.
Iran’s Covid death toll nears 144,700
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,696 with three more patients killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran’s Health Ministry reported on Tuesday.
Four ‘suspicious’ drones downed as Brazil’s President is sworn in after bitter election
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated Jair Bolsonaro on October 30
Malware Delivered to PyTorch Users in Supply Chain Attack
Last week’s nightly builds of the open source machine learning framework PyTorch were injected with malware following a supply chain attack.
Now part of the Linux Foundation umbrella, PyTorch is based on the Torch library and is used for applications i…
Here’s what will drive markets this year
Welcome to the first trading day of 2023. Markets are pushing higher but don’t get comfortable just yet — if last year taught us anything it’s to expect the unexpected.
Pele funeral: Brazil prepares to bury soccer legend
Pelé led Brazil to FIFA World Cup titles in 1958, 1962 and 1970 and remains one of the team’s all-time leading scorers with 77 goals.
Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank
Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid on a refugee camp in the southern part of the West Bank. It comes less than 24 hours after two Palestinian men lost their lives in a similar Israeli attack in a village near the city of J…
Why are wholesale gas prices falling and will it cut UK bills?
Falls could lower cost of government subsidies and reduce risk of power cuts this winterEuropean gas prices tumble amid warm January weatherEconomic forecasters could be forgiven for reading the outlook for 2023 through their fingers as strikes, cost o…
China criticises ‘unacceptable’ new Covid rules for passengers flying in from territory
Beijing has criticised the recent decisions of 12 countries requiring passengers flying in from China to have a negative Covid test 48 hours before their flight.