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The British government will ban the resale of tickets for music concerts, shows and sports events at inflated prices, targeting ticket touts using modern technologies to turn a profit, a government minister said on Tuesday.  “We are committed to ending the scandal of ticket touts,” Housing Minister Steven Reed told BBC News, saying that ministers would set out the plans in more detail in the coming days.  He said the government was targeting modern ticket touting that often forced fans to pay “through the nose” to attend popular events. The government first voiced concern about so-called “dynamic pricing” practices last year.…

Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced three soldiers and a federal police officer to prison for planning to kill President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva before his inauguration. The plan was to assassinate Lula before he could assume office after his 2022 presidential election win, in which he beat far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. The plot was meant to keep Bolsonaro in power despite his election loss. The four were sentenced to terms of between 21 and 24 years in prison, which will not start serving until all possible options to appeal have been exhausted. 70-year-old Bolsonaro himself was sentenced to 27 years in prison…

The southern Japanesecity of Oita saw a fire that resulted in more than 170 buildings being evacuated, with one person in his 70s being missing. Some 175 residents moved to emergency accommodation after the fire started, local authorities said on Wednesday, with the cause for blaze still under investigation. One Oita resident told the Japanese broadcaster NHK that the flames turned the city’s skies red. “The wind was strong. I never thought it would spread so much,” he said.Residents of Oita reported seeing the sky turn red as the blaze swelledImage: JIJI Press/AFP What do we know about the fire?…

In the US alone, 12% of the population have reported using injectable weight loss drugs, such as Wegovy/Ozempic, Zepbound and Saxenda, over the past year. That’s more than double the number recorded in early 2024. In European countries, demand is also on the rise: In the UK, for example, a survey found that 21% of the public had accessed an online or in-person pharmacy in the past year to obtain weight loss medication. Germans, for example, have also been keen to adopt the drugs, even if they have to pay for them themselves, according to a report by Reuters. Amid…

The future’s so bright for Elon Musk, even industrial-grade shades won’t block the glare from his $1 trillion (€862 billion) pay deal. That is, of course, if he manages to hit some truly mind-boggling goals for Tesla, the electric-vehicle company he founded and transformed into a tech juggernaut. To unlock the full value of his compensation package, Musk must hit milestones that sound more like science fiction than corporate strategy. These include deploying one million robotaxis — autonomous vehicles that generate revenue without human drivers — and producing a million Optimus humanoid robots annually, powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Musk will only become the world’s first trillionaire,…

“All roads lead to Rome!” Roads were the lifeline of the Roman Empire, stretching from Britannia to North Africa — people settled along those roads; armies, travelers, goods, knowledge and power passed along them — into the furthest corners of the empire. To this day, the Roman road network continues to shape large parts of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Now, an enormous new digital research project is fundamentally changing the way we look at that antique infrastructure. The international academic team behind the Itiner-e project has created the first high-resolution open-data set mapping the entirety of the Roman Empire’s…

Perhaps keen to exact some revenge for the shock loss in Bratislava or just distinctly aware that a win in Leipzig would make for a more manageable World Cup group when the draw is made in early December, Germany played their final game of 2025 like they were already at the tournament in the USA. Fluid and ferocious from the start, Germany delivered their best performance of the campaign. Such was their dominance that their 4-0 lead at the break could have been even bigger, and the final score of 6-0 was in no way flattering. “We were creative, active. I…

11/17/2025November 17, 2025Von der Leyen says EU states can fund Ukraine if they balk on using Russian assetsEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday sought to tamp down fears among EU member states when it comes to the possibility of seizing Russian assets frozen by the bloc to finance Ukraine’s reconstruction. Several nations, especially Belgium, fear that by seizing Russian assets they may open themselves up to massive legal and financial penalties. Von der Leyen also detailed how Russian funds held by commercial banks in other EU states could be used, estimating they added up to some €25…

Gunmen kidnapped 25 female students and killed the vice principal of a secondary school in Kebbi state in northwestern Nigeria Monday, police said. Nigeria’s northwest has seen repeated kidnappings from schools in recent years by armed gangs seeking ransom. What do we know about the raid at the school in Kebbi state? Police said that the attackers had “sophisticated weapons” and were “shooting sporadically” during the raid. They “stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School” at around 4 a.m. local time (0300 UTC), according to the statement. Police officers were deployed to the scene, but the statement stressed: “Unfortunately, the suspected…

Superheroes don’t have it easy. In their never-ending fight against evildoers, they’re forced to contend with supervillains while selflessly putting their own needs on the backburner. At least they make it out of all their battles safe and sound — thanks to superpowers. They can fly, are ultra-strong, or may have a few other fantastic tricks up their sleeves. Their special abilities have all kinds of different explanations. For his part, Superman comes from the planet Krypton, meaning he’s actually an extraterrestrial who happens to look like a human. A spaceship brought him to Earth as an infant, and he…