New ambassador replaces Wang Yi, who has been China’s top diplomat for the past decade.China has appointed its Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang as its new foreign minister, according to state media. Qin, 56, replaces Wang Yi, who has been China’s top diplomat for the past decade. Wang, 69, was elected to the politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in October and is expected to play a bigger role in foreign policy. Wang Yi has served as foreign minister since 2012 [Lukas Coch/EPA-EFE] A rising star in the foreign ministry, Qin rose through various positions, including as the…
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Pant is in a stable condition after his car collided with a divider and caught fire, according to police.Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant has suffered multiple injuries in a car crash near the town of Roorkee in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, but is now in a stable condition, police have said. Pant, considered India’s best ever wicketkeeper-batsman by many experts, was alone in the car, which collided with a road divider and caught fire in the early hours of Friday in his home state. “He was taken to a nearby Saksham Hospital where he received primary treatment and was later shifted to…
A Reporters Without Borders report says the last two decades have been ‘especially deadly’ for journalists.Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were “especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform”, said the Paris-based media rights campaigners. “Behind the figures, there are the faces, personalities, talent and commitment of those who have paid with their lives for their information gathering, their search for the truth…
Obituary: Brazil legend Pele dies aged 82″King” Pele “changed everything”, says Brazil forward Neymar as tributes pour in for the late footballing legend.Arguably the greatest player ever, Pele died at the age of 82 on Thursday and current and former players took to social media to pay their respects.”Before Pele, football was only a sport,” Neymar wrote on Instagram.external-link”Pele changed everything. He turned football into art, into entertainment. He gave a voice to the poor, to black people.”Neymar added: “Mainly: he gave visibility to Brazil. Football and Brazil raised their status thanks to the King! He is gone, but his…
Video of incident shows a Chinese J-11 jet flying dangerously close to a US surveillance plane over the South China Sea.A Chinese fighter jet flew within six metres (20 feet) of a United States Air Force surveillance plane over the hotly contested South China Sea earlier this month, the US military said on Thursday. On December 21, a Chinese J-11 fighter pilot performed an “unsafe” manoeuvre during an intercept of a US Air Force RC-135 aircraft, according to the US Indo-Pacific Command, which also released a video clip of the incident. Footage of the encounter shows the Chinese jet fighter…
Vivienne Westwood, the radical, influential – and often controversial – fashion designer-turned-outspoken activist has died. She was 81. Westwood’s death was announced on Friday by her fashion house which bears her name. The company said the British fashion icon died “peacefully and surrounded by her family” in South London. “Vivienne continued to do the things she loved, up until the last moment, designing, working on her art, writing her book, and changing the world for the better,” the fashion brand said in a statement. “She led an amazing life. Her innovation and impact over the last 60 years has been…
Ex-president Pedro Castillo has denounced his arrest as ‘political revenge’, while deadly protests continue to rock Peru.Peru’s highest court has upheld a decision to hold former President Pedro Castillo in pre-trial detention for 18 months as he is investigated on charges of rebellion. The appeals chamber of Peru’s Supreme Court announced the decision on Thursday as the country continues to face unrest over the impeachment and removal of the former president who attempted to illegally dissolve Congress earlier this month. Castillo denied committing the crimes of rebellion and conspiracy in a hearing on Wednesday, stating that his pre-trial detention had…
Prosecutors in Bolivia are seeking six months of pre-trial detention in the case of Luis Fernando Camacho, the governor of Santa Cruz and prominent right-wing leader whose sudden arrest on Wednesday sparked allegations of kidnapping. Camacho is being held in the political capital of La Paz on charges of “terrorism”, prosecutor Omar Mejillones confirmed in a statement on Thursday. The Santa Cruz governor also faces ongoing investigations into his role during Bolivia’s 2019 political crisis, which led to the departure of then-President Evo Morales. Among the charges being considered are breach of duty, misuse of influence and attacking the president…
Blania described a futuristic world awash in Orbs of varying shapes and sizes, where each person would be assigned a unique and anonymized code linked to their iris that they could use to log in to a host of web and blockchain-based applications.Blania did not rule out the possibility that Worldcoin would charge a fee for providing this service, but the startup primarily plans to make money through the appreciation of its currency. “You distribute a token to as many people as you can,” Blania said. Because of that, the “utility of the token increases dramatically” and the “price of…
Wycombe say forward Tjay De Barr “is in a good condition” after he collapsed on the pitch at the end of their 1-0 defeat at Plymouth.A club statement read: “Tjay De Barr has been treated on-site by medics and is in a good condition, but will go to hospital for further tests.”Thank you to everyone for their well wishes, and to the medical staff for their swift and expert assistance.”More to follow…This is a breaking news story that is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh this page for the latest updates.Sky Sports brings you live…