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FRANKFURT :France’s Thales said on Thursday that the work to form a European satellite alliance with Aircraft maker Airbus and Italy’s Leonardo was ongoing, responding to a media report that an agreement in principle had been found.German newspaper Boersen-Zeitung reported on Thursday that the three aerospace groups had come to an understanding but added that the signing of an outline deal would take place over the next few days, citing unspecified sources familiar with the matter.The project, dubbed “Bromo”, is designed to help the prospective partners to compete more effectively with Elon Musk’s Starlink. Airbus was not immediately available for…

[PARIS/LONDON] There are “significant gaps” in countries’ attempts to regulate fast-growing cryptocurrency markets, which could potentially harm financial stability, the G20’s risk watchdog warned on Thursday (Oct 16).The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a body founded in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, made a series of recommendations on rules for crypto in 2023, to try to bring it in line with the mainstream financial sector.In Thursday’s review, it said while some progress had been made, international implementation and coordination of rules remained too “fragmented, inconsistent and insufficient to address the global nature of crypto-asset markets”.Financial stability risks remain “limited…

BERLIN — BERLIN (AP) — A German museum has been unexpectedly overrun by Taylor Swift fans because one of its paintings bears a striking resemblance to the opening scene of Swift’s current number one hit video, “The Fate of Ophelia.”Hundreds of additional visitors came to the Hessische Landesmuseum in central Germany over the weekend to admire the painting, with one family traveling from the northern city of Hamburg especially for the occasion, museum spokesperson Susanne Hirschmann told German news agency dpa on Wednesday.The Swifties’ goal: an Art Nouveau painting by Friedrich Heyser featuring Ophelia, Hamlet’s beloved in William Shakespeare’s play…

The head of MI5 says he will “never back off” from confronting threats from China as he revealed his officers disrupted a case linked to Beijing in just the past week.More broadly, Sir Ken McCallum said the number of people in the UK under investigation for “state threat activity” – also including from Russia and Iran – has jumped by 35% in the past year compared with the previous 12 months. He admitted he felt frustration at the collapse last month of a trial against two British men accused of spying for China, but he stressed that the Security Service…

GDS is aiming to build up DayOne into an independently run and separately listed unit in the mid to long term[HONG KONG/SINGAPORE] GDS Holdings, one of China’s largest data centre operators, is seeking to raise over US$1 billion in a new funding round for its international unit DayOne’s expansion, four people with knowledge of the matter said.GDS Holdings has tapped new and existing shareholders for the series C fundraise, which will support the unit’s growth plans in South-east Asia and Europe, said the people, who declined to be named as the information was confidential.GDS and DayOne did not immediately respond…

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions. The Young Republican National Federation, the GOP’s political organization for Republicans between 18 and 40, called for those involved to step down from the organization. The group described the exchanges, first reported by Politico, as “unbecoming of any Republican.”Republican Vice President JD Vance, however, has weighed in several times to speak out against what he characterized as “pearl clutching” over the leaked messages. Politico…

KYIV, Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia battered Ukraine’s energy facilities with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in its latest heavy bombardment of the country’s power grid, authorities said Thursday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to ask President Donald Trump at a White House meeting for more American-made air defenses and long-range missiles.Eight Ukrainian regions experienced blackouts after the barrage, Ukraine’s national energy operator, Ukrenergo, said. DTEK, the country’s largest private energy company, reported outages in the capital, Kyiv, and said it had to stop its natural gas extraction in the central Poltava region due to…

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ANKARA :Turkey’s 5G spectrum tender drew a total of $2.95 billion in winning bids on Thursday, with the country’s major operators Turkcell, Vodafone and Turk Telekom securing key blocks across the 700 MHz and 3.5 GHz frequency ranges.Turkcell placed the highest bid of $429 million for the A1 package in the 700 MHz band and won four blocks in the 3.5 GHz range. Its winning bids totalled $1.22 billion.Turk Telekom secured the A3 package for $425 million and two blocks in the 3.5 GHz range. Its winning bids amounted to $1.1 billion.Vodafone won the A2 package for $426 million and…

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves further restricted access to abortion Wednesday, limiting it to situations when the mother’s life is in danger.The country’s previous regulations also allowed abortions if a pregnancy posed a threat to the mother’s health. No legislative approval was required for the change.In making the rule change through the Health Ministry, Chaves made good on a promise he had given religious conservatives at the Evangelical Alliance earlier this month.“Today the only reason for which an abortion can be done without penalty is when there are only…