City minister Tulip Siddiq named in second Bangladesh corruption probe

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s City minister Tulip Siddiq has been named in a second probe by authorities in Bangladesh as she battles calls from charities to resign her anti-corruption brief. The Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission has alleged that … Read more

Beautifully Detailed Webb Image Shows ‘Shelled’ Star on the Verge of Death

The Webb Space Telescope just captured a transfixing image of Wolf-Rayet 140, a binary star system in our galaxy surrounded by concentric rings of dust. The stars’ dust rings give the system the appearance of a tree’s cross-section, but on a stellar scale. The system, located roughly 5,000 light-years from Earth, was captured in a … Read more

9 Sydney beaches closed after mysterious ball-shaped debris washes up ashore

Where plastic pollution ends up Planet struggling to keep up with growing plastic pollution 02:57 Nine beaches in Sydney, Australia, have been closed after mysterious gray debris shaped like small balls washed up ashore. The discovery of the marble-sized balls comes just months after a similar incident in October of last year, where thousands of … Read more

DirecTV launches a sports streaming package

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Bayern Munich respond to Christopher Nkunku interest as Chelsea set asking price

Bayern Munich sporting director Christoph Freund has played down reports of interest in Chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku. Having been forced to accept a reserve role under Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca, Nkunku has been tipped to leave Stamford Bridge this month and reports from Germany have named the 27-year-old as Bayern’s top target for the January … Read more

Israel maintains furious rate of attacks on Gaza amid hopes for ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

At least 32 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds of others injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Tuesday, the enclave’s health authorities said, even as ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining momentum. Civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said the attacks primarily targeted the cities of Deir … Read more