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The record-breaker was vintage Caitlin Clark: a 3-point shot from such a long-distance that it’s known as a “logo shot” because she is beyond even the extended mid-court logo of the arena at the University of Iowa. The shot was slightly off-balance, but swished through and sent all of those recording the moment on their mobile phones into a state of delirium. “I don’t know if you could script it any better,” Clark said. “Just to do it in this fashion, I’m very grateful and thankful to be surrounded by so many people who have been my foundation in everything I’ve done…

Since the beginning of February, the people of Kosovo are no longer supposed to use the Serbian dinar to make payments. Instead, the government wants all citizens — including those in predominantly Serb communities — to use the euro. Kosovo, which has been an independent state since declaring its independence from Serbia in 2008, adopted the euro as its currency in 2002. In the north of the country, where 95% of the population belongs to the Serb minority and Serbian flags are everywhere, all transactions are conducted in Serbian dinars.Milos Vucinic, a Kosovo Serb who lives in the village of…

On Sunday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is launching a two-day meeting in Doha bringing together special envoys from UN member states and Afghan civil society representatives in an attempt to chart a course forward for international engagement with Afghanistan. Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the regime has cracked down violently on civil society, dissent to their rule, and women’s rights. International donors have also pulled crucial funding used for development projects compounding an ongoing economic crisis. In November 2023, UN Special Coordinator for Afghanistan Feridun Sinirlioglu submitted a report to the UN Security Council after engaging…

World leaders and critics of Vladimir Putin are in uproar after Alexei Navalny’s death.The 47-year-old lawyer and opposition leader died after falling unwell during a walk at the “Polar Wolf” penal colony on Friday, Russia’s prison service has said. Follow latest:Putin blamed for Navalny’s deathWe asked Sky’s experts about what Mr Navalny’s death means for Russia, and how likely it was that he was assassinated.Here’s what they had to say… Image: Alexei Navalny makes a heart to his wife Yulia during a hearing in Moscow in 2021. Pic: AP ‘Sudden death won’t play well for Putin’Diana Magnay, Sky News’s Moscow…

Calls to ban Israel from international sport because of the Israel-Hamas war have grown ever louder in recent weeks, with a new petition gathering significant backing, a letter in the European Parliament and a row between Israeli and Irish basketballers posing serious questions for major sporting events and organizations. The petition, by ‘The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025’, calls on Israel to be suspended from sports and has gained over 70,000 signatures, as of February 16. And, with the Paris Olympics starting in July and Israel’s male footballers facing playoffs in March to qualify for June’s European Championship in Germany, sporting administrators…

Skip next section Germany and Ukraine sign bilateral security agreement02/16/2024February 16, 2024Germany and Ukraine sign bilateral security agreementGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday signed a bilateral security agreement worth €1.13 billion ($1.22 billion) in Berlin. Germany’s defense ministry said the so-called “Munich Package” focuses on air defense and artillery and includes provisions of 120,000 rounds of 122-millimeter caliber ammunition and an additional 100 IRIS-T SLS missiles this year.  Scholz called the agreement an “historic” step. “Germany will continue to support Ukraine in the face of the Russian war of aggression,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. German…

A court in Cambodia on Friday sentenced two Taiwanese men to two years imprisonment for staging a kidnapping from a seaside resort and posting video of it online. Chen Neng-chuan, who goes by the handle “Goodnight Chicken” and Lu Tsu-hsien known as “Anow,” were arrested after posting fake videos on Facebook of themselves being beaten and detained by security guards, according to the Preah Sihanouk provincial court. Streaming from a ‘scam park’ Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported that the coastal city of Sihanoukville — in southwestern Cambodia — gained notoriety for harboring numerous scam compounds that enticed people — including some…

Alexei Navalny lived and died fighting against Vladimir Putin’s regime and the corruption at its heart.Barred in 2018 from running in elections, he remained Mr Putin’s most powerful political opponent. He was the one man capable of bringing tens of thousands on to the streets calling for a Russia without Mr Putin – and the one man Russia’s president famously refused to mention by name.Follow live: Putin critic ‘felt unwell after walk’He was stubborn, sarcastic and exceptionally charismatic – a born populist with a sense of humour which appealed especially to the young. His YouTube investigations into Mr Putin’s cronies,…

Should cannabis be legal? Several governments, such as those of Canada and South Africa and several US state governments, have greenlighted recreational use of the substance in recent years. Now, Germany’s Bundestag is set to vote on a new cannabis law. If it passes, which is almost assured considering that the representatives of all three government parties are in favor of it, the growth and consumption of limited amounts of the drug will become legal for adults as of April 1.  Still, in many parts of the world, the possession and consumption of cannabis is prohibited and often severely punished. For years,…

Prabowo Subianto, a former-general-turned-defense minister, is set to become Indonesia’s next president after taking a huge lead in unofficial results and declaring victory in Wednesday’s general election. This is the third attempt for 72-year-old Subianto at the presidency, having lost to current President Joko Widodo twice, in 2014 and 2019. Widodo, popularly known as “Jokowi,” is leaving office as a hugely popular leader with an 80% approval rating after serving the maximum two terms. Subianto joined Jokowi’s government as defense minister in 2019 and has since tried to emphasize that any bitter rivalry with the president is a thing of the past. He…