Gianni Infantino’s leadership of Fifa has been publicly questioned by football’s governing bodies in Europe, North and Central America and the Caribbean. Uefa and Concacaf both released statements on Saturday criticising the leadership at the world governing body after Infantino said Fifa would no longer proceed with the proposal to sell stakes in their competitions…
There was desperation in the voice of the young Ethiopian man when he managed to get through to the BBC from a phone in his prison cell on death row in Saudi Arabia. Habtom, whose name – like the other prisoner featured in this article – has been changed to protect his identity, has been…
Spurred on by the threat of unmanned boats and small drones in contested waters such as the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon has set out to quickly find a cheap countermeasure. The Defense Department has put out a solicitation for robot boats that are capable of launching small attack drones — with technology mature enough to…
Vimian Group said second-quarter revenue rose 17% from a year earlier to EUR 121.6 million, with organic growth of 12% and adjusted EBITA up 17% to EUR 29.7 million. The company posted earnings per share of $0.02, below the $0.0266 forecast, while the stock traded at $32.10, down 1.38% from the previous close of $32.55…
AddLife said second-quarter profit margins improved and cash generation remained strong, helping drive a sharp rise in its shares. The Swedish healthcare group reported an EBITA margin of 12.6% in Q2, up from 11.9% a year earlier, while organic growth reached 4% and total revenue growth was 6%. The stock was last up 40.84% at…
Every so often, a statement emerges from the African Union that makes one pause and wonder whether the institution has finally found its voice. The recent call by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for governments to move beyond anti-corruption laws and focus instead on implementation was one such moment. It sounded refreshingly candid….
Two members of Congress have called on federal officials to address what they described as “a growing and preventable public health crisis” of families refusing the long-standard vitamin K shot for their newborns, which has led to some of those babies suffering uncontrollable bleeding and even dying. “We write to urge the Centers for Disease…
So what exactly did happen in that dramatic finale? Snicko is associated with cricket, but in recent years, football has adopted similar technology. The Trionda match ball, made by Adidas for this year’s World Cup, has a microchip in it that can detect when the ball has been touched. It allows precise data, such as…
(RNS) — The largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States voted Tuesday evening (June 30) to recognize Israel’s war in Gaza as a genocide, two days after the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) unanimously voted to divest from Palantir Technologies and General Electric Aerospace over technologies used in the war. Tuesday’s vote at the denomination’s General Assembly…
Reuters Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and other dignitaries attend a wreath-laying event at the Christiansborg Castle, a former slave post, during a high-level consultative conference on the next steps to the landmark United Nations resolution on the trafficking of enslaved Africans, in Accra, Ghana, June 19, 2026 Source:…
