Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of social messaging app Telegram, has been allowed to fly home to Dubai as French authorities continue their unprecedented case against him. The tech billionaire was arrested in August after being accused of failing to properly moderate his app to reduce criminality. Mr Durov denies failing to cooperate with … Read more
At the Soho Theater in London, a beleaguered weather reporter is giving double meaning to the phrase “hot mess.” The setting is drought-stricken Fresno, Calif., where temperatures are sweltering and wildfires rage on the city outskirts. The presenter, Stacey Gross, has a telegenic glamour and some peppy catchphrases, but underneath is an angst-ridden functioning alcoholic … Read more
Hong Kong property tycoon Lee Shau-kee, who was once the richest man in Asia, has died at the age of 97. The announcement was made by his property firm Henderson Land Development, of which he was chairman for more than 40 years. The company said in a statement that Lee had died “in the company … Read more
A growing group of Republicans and business leaders is rallying behind an unlikely cause. They want to protect Biden-era tax credits for wind, solar and other clean energy. President Trump has made dismantling federal efforts to address climate change a signature part of his agenda, eliminating environmental regulations, withholding congressionally approved funding, firing workers, halting … Read more
The Czech Republic is pushing for EU support to keep Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) running after the Trump administration cut funding for the global broadcaster. Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said RFE/RL, based in Prague, “is one of the few credible sources in dictatorships like Iran, Belarus, and Afghanistan”. In Eastern Europe, the US government-funded … Read more
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Award-winning Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne has died from cancer at the age of 43. Dequenne shot to fame when she won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival at the age of 18 for the film Rosetta in 1999. She won another Cannes award for À Perdre … Read more
Video shows alleged gang members deported by US in El Salvador mega-jail The White House has denied an accusation from rights groups that it flouted due process by defying a judge’s order during a mass deportation at the weekend. A group of 238 alleged Venezuelan gang members, plus 23 alleged members of the international MS-13 … Read more
A court in Georgia has handed a further prison sentence to the already jailed former president, Mikheil Saakashvili. Saakashvili was sentenced on Monday to four-and-a-half years behind bars for illegally crossing the border when returning to the country from exile in 2021, his lawyer said. He is already serving concurrent terms for embezzlement and abuse … Read more
Dublin is rapidly turning green as thousands of people stream onto the streets ahead of Monday’s St Patrick’s Day parade. More than half a million people are expected to be on the city’s streets when the national parade begins in the Irish capital at midday. It will include more than 4,000 participants, including marching bands … Read more
A teenage motorist has been arrested after two pedestrians were struck by a car and seriously injured in County Donegal in the early hours of Monday morning. It happened at Lower Main Street in Letterkenny at around 03:00 GMT. Gardaí (Irish police) arrested the driver of the car, who is in his late teens, at … Read more