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.
RedThief Hacker Group Targeting Students in The U.K. to Steal Financial Data
In an activity dubbed RedThief (aka RedZei), Chinese-speaking scammers have been targeting Chinese international students in the UK for more than a year. There have been numerous reports of scammers calling from a UK phone number once or twice a month …
Burkina Faso rights group alleges 28 dead in ethnic killings
A rights group in Burkina Faso has charged that volunteer militia groups supporting the army have killed dozens of civilians of the ethnic Fulani group, including children, in the troubled country’s west