The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) have expressed their concern over the decision by World Athletics to introduce prize money for Olympic gold medallists, and said on Friday that they were not consulted.On April 10, athletics became the first sport to offer prize money for Olympic champions, beginning…
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TOKYO : The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again in 2024, according to two-thirds of economists polled by Reuters, but there was no clear consensus on when exactly the move would come.Last month the central bank ended negative rates in a landmark shift away from its super-easy monetary policy, raising rates for the first time in 17 years to a 0.0-0.1 per cent range.The prevailing view among traders that the BOJ will refrain…
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SINGAPORE: There were more than 70 reports of victims receiving extortion letters with manipulated obscene photos of themselves since March, police said on Friday (Apr 19). The letters, which were sent by post to the victims’ workplaces, contained pictures of the victims’ faces superimposed onto obscene photographs of a man…
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GENEVA: The H5N1 bird flu virus strain has been detected in very high concentrations in raw milk from infected animals, the WHO said on Friday (Apr 19), though how long the virus can survive in milk is unknown. Avian influenza A (H5N1) first emerged in 1996 but since 2020, the…
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ABUJA : A Nigerian court on Friday adjourned a tax evasion trial against cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its executives to May 17 after the matter was stalled because the exchange has not been formally served with the charges.Binance and its executives Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and head…
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