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Berlin expects a transparent investigation into the kickback affair allegedly involving a close Zelensky associate Germany has demanded that Kiev conduct a thorough investigation into the major corruption scandal involving the inner circle of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. On Monday, Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies said they had uncovered an embezzlement and kickback scheme in the energy sector worth around $100 million. …

Beatrice Mok* and her husband have mixed feelings about moving out of their crumbling old tenement building in To Kwa Wan, a Hong Kong district they have lived in for around four decades. The couple, both in their sixties, are finding the thought of bidding farewell to their quiet waterfront neighbourhood, dubbed the “five streets”, hard but the trek up …

Dr. Phyllis Pobee, M.D., is a triple board-certified physician and the Founder & CEO of GeneLean360°, a science-based weight loss company helping women transform their health through genetics and cellular insight. Based in Toronto, Canada, she is certified in Family Medicine, Aesthetic Medicine, and Obesity Medicine, and is the author of Lean Genes. Her journey began not in a lab, …

For catering and food businesses, packaging shapes the entire experience – how well the food travels, how customers consume it and what they say about it afterwards. Yet the story doesn’t end with the meal itself. What happens to those cups and containers once they’ve served their purpose is becoming just as much a part of how our industry is …

Japanese executives are sitting on a potential liquidity source worth hundreds of billions of dollars at precisely the moment when traditional financing channels are tightening. One study found that direct ownership in listed firms averages approximately 4% across the market, which would represent substantial total equity in companies capitalized at a total of $6.3 trillion as of February 2025. Yet …

Paul Arrendell is a seasoned quality and engineering executive with more than 30 years of experience shaping the medical device and manufacturing industries. His career has spanned leadership roles at Abbott Diagnostics, Wright Medical, KCI Medical, and Becton Dickinson, where he developed global quality systems and regulatory strategies that improved product safety and efficiency across markets. A graduate of the …

When former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt, someone from the audience asked him if HBO’s hit satire “Silicon Valley” would be revived. Costolo, who was a writer for the show, essentially answered no (at timestamp 38:17). While the writers talk about that regularly, he said, they don’t pursue it because today’s actual Silicon Valley is so bizarre, …

In Dubai’s rapidly evolving property market, legal documentation plays a vital role in ensuring the safety and legitimacy of real estate investments. Among the most important documents issued by the Dubai Land Department (DLD) is the title deed certificate — the formal, government-backed proof of ownership. This certificate not only confirms a person’s or company’s legal rights over a property …

The US House Oversight Committee has published roughly 20,000 pages of documents from the sex offender’s estate US Democrats have released an email in which convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein claimed that President Donald Trump was aware of women procured for sex trafficking. The email is part of some 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate published by the US …

Tobruk has become the major route for migrants looking to enter Europe from Africa. The port city on Libya’s Mediterranean coast is chock-a-block with young men from North Africa looking to escape war torn countries and crippling poverty. Many are living rough on the streets of the city, waiting for a call from smugglers to board small boats heading across …

European countries are rushing to pull out of the EU’s refugee relocation programme. The continent has seen an upsurge in migrants heading to its borders in recent years, as wars and economic crises ravage many parts of the world. Under the EU’s Solidarity Pool, member states are obliged to share the burden of accommodating refugees. Countries must accept a quota …

The year began with promise for US-India relations. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington reinforced both countries’ intent to sustain the partnership’s momentum. Their personal rapport, forged during US President Donald Trump’s first term, appeared to offer political capital for a results-driven agenda. India entered 2025 buoyed by a bipartisan consensus in Washington that New Delhi was central …