The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has named Brisbane, Australia as the preferred bidder to host the 2032 Olympic Games. The IOC’s future host commission recommended the body enters “targeted dialogue”…
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Singapore: Police officer’s wife admits to killing Myanmar maid
The wife of a Singaporean police officer has admitted to starving, torturing and ultimately killing her domestic worker from Myanmar. The worker reportedly weighed only 24kg (53lb) when she died…
UK: Spy agency turns to AI to tackle child abuse
UK intelligence agency GCHQ intends to use artificial intelligence to tackle issues from child sexual abuse to disinformation and human trafficking. The UK’s adversaries were already using the technology, it…
Croatia:The hypercar maker who was told to give up his dream
Mate Rimac runs an electric car company that sells some of the most exotic machines on the planet – but it all started out with a decidedly unexotic old banger.…
China: US$4,500 budget electric car takes on Tesla
A budget electric vehicle (EV) selling in China for $4,500 (£3,200) is now outselling Tesla’s more upmarket cars. The compact car is proving a big hit for state-owned SAIC Motor,…
New Zealand: Man survives 14 hours in Pacific Ocean ‘clinging to sea rubbish’
A sailor who fell overboard survived by clinging to a “piece of sea rubbish”, his son has revealed. Vidam Perevertilov spent 14 hours in the water after he fell off…
USA: Hit TV show Frasier to get a 2nd life after 20 years
The hit 1990s US TV show Frasier, which starred Kelsey Grammer as a pedantic psychiatrist with his own radio show, is set to return. Grammer confirmed the show’s revival saying:…
USA: Goldman Sachs boss rejects work from home as the ‘new normal’
Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon has rejected remote working as a “new normal” and labelled it an “aberration” instead. Mr Solomon said the investment bank had operated throughout 2020 with…
Australia: Law to make Google and Facebook pay for news passed
Australia has passed a world-first law aimed at making Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms. The news code legislation had been fiercely opposed by the US…
Syria torture: German court convicts ex-intelligence officer
A German court has sentenced a former Syrian intelligence officer to four-and-a-half years in jail for complicity in crimes against humanity. Prosecutors in Koblenz successfully argued that Eyad al-Gharib, 44,…