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Bayern Munich have been crowned Bundesliga champions again, overcoming the odds to win the title on goal difference — dashing Dortmund’s hopes of lifting the Meisterschale for the first time since 2012 on a final day of extraordinary drama. Bayern secured it following Jamal Musiala’s late strike as Dortmund could only draw 2-2 with Mainz. Thomas Tuchel’s side were already celebrating with their fans in Cologne as Dortmund threw everything at Mainz to get a late winner that never materialized in a Bundesliga finale that will live long in the memory.Dortmund’s players are left heartbroken after throwing away the Bundesliga. Image: Leon…

Russia on Thursday vetoed the extension of a UN panel tasked with overseeing sanctions against North Korea, amid allegation of its arms exchanges with Pyongyang to sustain the war in Ukraine. Before the vote, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the Council that Western countries are attempting to “strangle” North Korea, arguing that sanctions are becoming irrelevant and ineffective in curbing the country’s nuclear weapons proliferation. North Korea has been under Security Council sanctions over its nuclear program since 2006. The UN monitoring panel had been a key instrument in monitoring sanctions compliance and identifying violations. Without the extension its mandate is…

Friday marks one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges. Last year, upon his arrest while on a reporting trip to the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia’s FSB security agency said he was accused of gathering information on “the activities of one of the enterprises of the military-defense complex” in Russia “for the American side.” Russian authorities did not reveal any details of the charges or provide evidence. Gershkovich, the WSJ and the US government all deny the allegations. On Tuesday, US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy called the accusations “categorically…

The head of one of Haiti’s most powerful gangs, and the de-facto head of a consortium of gangs that have brought Port-au-Prince to a standstill has told Sky News he would consider a ceasefire and talks on the political future of the country if they were included.But Jimmy Cherizier, known universally as “Barbecue”, has predicted that more violence is imminent, adding that a recent halt in the fighting is purely a technical pause. “There is nothing calm, but when you’re fighting you have to know when to advance and when to retreat,” he said.”I think every day that passes we…

Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s Aleppo killed 36 people, including members of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, sources said on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said “at least 36 soldiers were killed and dozens wounded” in the Israeli air raid targeting an area near Hezbollah’s rockets storage facilities. The targeted area is located close to Aleppo’s international airport. Earlier, the Syrian Defense Ministry said the Israeli airstrikes and militant attacks around Aleppo resulted in the death of civilians and military personnel. The ministry reported that the Israeli airstrikes coincided with drone attacks launched from Idlib and western…

A bus carrying about 60 passengers crashed on the A44 highway in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, injuring more than 20 people, police said on Thursday night. The bus veered off the road and overturned on its side near the town of Werl, 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Düsseldorf. A 20-kilometer stretch of the A44 autobahn from the Unna Ost exit to Werl in the direction of Kassel was completely closed. Firefighters and a rescue helicopter were dispatched to the scene. What do we know about the crash? Police initially said 21 people were lightly injured and…

It is one year to the day since Evan Gershkovich, a 32-year-old reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was detained by the FSB, dragged out of a restaurant in Ekaterinburg with a bag over his head and brought to Moscow’s Lefortovo jail.He is accused of spying for the US though Russia has produced no evidence. He and the US government vehemently deny the allegations. So far despite a year punctuated by brief and fruitless court appearances which have seen his detention extended and his lawyers’ appeals against those extensions thrown out, there has been no hint of his case coming…

Polish authorities said on Thursday that they had carried out searches in connection with a suspected Russian spy network in Poland, following intelligence provided by the Czech Republic. “Actions aimed at organizing pro-Russian initiatives and media campaigns in EU countries have been documented,” Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) said in a statement. The operation was carried out with support and coordination from other European partners, especially the Czech Republic which said on Wednesday it had busted a Moscow-financed network. What was the goal of the Russian spy network? ABW spokesperson Jack Dobzynski said that the network’s “goal was to implement the Kremlin’s…

The United Nations’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Thursday ordered Israel to take all measures to address Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, including opening more land crossings to allow desperately needed aid into the Palestinian territory. “Palestinians in Gaza are no longer facing only a risk of famine, but…famine is setting in,” the Hague-based court said. The new measures were requested as part of an ongoing case brought by South Africa, which asked the ICJ to consider whether Israel is committing genocide in its military campaign launched in Gaza after the October 7 terror attacks by Hamas militants. The…

When technology entrepreneur Artur Sychov’s father was diagnosed with cancer, he was forced to accept a day may soon come when he wouldn’t be able to speak to him again.The 38-year-old knew he would give anything to have another father-son conversation after his dad’s death. So, using artificial intelligence, he got to work on a way that could make it happen for others in his position.Artur has created a virtual reality tool called “live forever mode”. It features digital avatars who can simulate a person’s voice, mannerisms and movements after just 30 minutes of the user being observed.The goal is…