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Bournemouth appoints Matt Ritchie as technical director after retirement

British PM Starmer set to ban ‘harmful’ social media for under-16s

A source close to the matter said a formal ban was unlikely to come this week.

Central African Republic to accept third-country deportees from US, sources say

BANGUI, June 7 - Central African Republic has agreed to take in migrants from other countries deported by the United States, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, the latest example of the Trump administration striking deals with African states to accelerate removals.Washington has sent so-called third-country deportees to African countries including Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea, under opaque deals that Senate Democrats say have cost tens of millions of dollars.In many cases, deportees had secured legal protections from immigration courts in the U.S. against their repatriation. But rights groups say the third-country deals allow the U.S. to circumvent those protections.

US eyes Iranian assets for Gulf allies' reconstruction, source says

WASHINGTON/DUBAI, June 7 - The U.S. government will attempt to redirect Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding and repairs of future damage caused by Iran, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday, a day after a wave of attacks by Iran against Kuwait and Bahrain.

French national gets 20 years in Mali over alleged destabilisation plot

BAMAKO, June 5 - A French national accused by Mali’s military-led government of involvement in a plot to destabilise the country last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, in a case that has strained ties between Bamako and Paris.

US orders new trial of paramedics found guilty in 2019 death of Elijah McClain

His death did not immediately attract attention but became a clarion call of the Black Lives Matter movement.

IMF taps Alvaro Piris as new mission chief for Venezuela, Bloomberg News reports

June 4 - The International Monetary Fund selected Alvaro Piris Chavarri as its new mission chief for Venezuela, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Top US spy agencies feud over turf, mission

WASHINGTON, June 2 - The CIA has stopped contributing to some intelligence assessments, including those related to the Iran war, produced by the office of the nation's top spy as disputes over intelligence-sharing and areas of responsibility boil over, say people familiar with the matter.

Brazil to target betting, tobacco sectors in new anti-organized crime operations, source says

BRASILIA, June 1 - Brazil's government is in the final stages of preparations to launch operations targeting organized crime in the online betting and tobacco sectors, a senior government official with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.

In the age of 'finfluencers' and AI, do financial advisers still matter?

Financial advice becomes more valuable as your life decisions become more complex. But until then, not everyone necessarily needs a financial adviser.

DOJ launches criminal probe into E. Jean Carroll, source says

WASHINGTON, May 27 - The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Italy busts money-laundering ring tied to mafia boss Messina Denaro

ROME, May 28 - Italy's finance police on Thursday said they had seized assets and companies worth more than €200 million ($232 million) in an investigation into the laundering of drug trafficking proceeds linked to late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro.

Zelenskiy: Little progress in talks with U.S. on missile defences

May 25 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukraine had made little progress in talks with the United States on expanding production of missile defences and was working with Europe to solve the matter.

Protein powders and pre-workout supplements – are you getting what you paid for?

Find out how to separate evidence-based supplements from marketing gimmicks, and why checking labels matters more than viral social media recommendations.

In closed-door talks, US demands a major role in Greenland

The US has pushed the talks beyond military matters.