Tuesday, August 26
Ex-US ambassador Manuel Rocha accused of being Cuban spy
US

Ex-US ambassador Manuel Rocha accused of being Cuban spy

A former US ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with secretly performing as a Cuban agent for "more than 40 years".Manuel Rocha, who was arrested at his Miami dwelling on Friday, served as the highest US diplomat to Bolivia between 2000 and 2002. Prosecutors from the US Justice Department accuse him of selling the Cuban authorities's pursuits, Sky's US companion NBC News reported.This shouldn't be a criminal offense until it's completed on US soil with out registering with the division as a international lobbyist, the broadcaster added.Rocha, 73, appeared in courtroom on Monday and is alleged to have begun his "clandestine activity" on Cuba's behalf in 1981 or earlier. It was one of many highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the US authorities by a internat...
Traders had been informed of Hamas assault on Israel prematurely and ‘profited from tragic occasions’, researchers declare
Business

Traders had been informed of Hamas assault on Israel prematurely and ‘profited from tragic occasions’, researchers declare

Israeli authorities are investigating claims some buyers could have recognized prematurely in regards to the Hamas plan to assault Israel on 7 October and used that info to make lots of of tens of millions of kilos.Research by US legislation professors Robert Jackson Jr and Joshua Mitts, from New York University and Columbia University respectively, discovered important short-selling of shares main as much as the bloodbath, which triggered a conflict that has raged for almost two months. "Days before the attack, traders appeared to anticipate the events to come," the authors wrote, citing quick curiosity within the MSCI Israel Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) they are saying "suddenly, and significantly, spiked" on 2 October."And just before the attack, short selling of Israeli sec...
Spotify to chop almost 20% of its workforce regardless of turning £55m revenue in newest report
Technology

Spotify to chop almost 20% of its workforce regardless of turning £55m revenue in newest report

Popular music-streaming app Spotify will lower virtually a fifth of its workforce regardless of turning a revenue of €65m (£55.7m), based on its newest figures.The agency's newest spherical of job cuts will have an effect on round 1,500 folks - which is 17% of its present complete of 9,300 workers. It's the third spherical of job losses on the streaming agency this yr, with 200 staff let go in June and one other 600 in January.It's not clear what number of roles can be affected within the UK, however 881 persons are employed by Spotify within the nation, which might recommend round 150 jobs could also be in danger.This comes after the corporate posted a revenue within the three months to September - its first quarterly revenue in a yr - after bumping up costs and reporting a ...
Sky wins broadcast rights to point out file variety of Premier League matches – growing protection by 70%
Entertainment

Sky wins broadcast rights to point out file variety of Premier League matches – growing protection by 70%

Sky has gained broadcast rights to point out a file variety of Premier League matches in a brand new four-year deal ranging from 2025/26.Sky Sports has retained the rights to 4 out of 5 packages - with the opposite being retained by TNT Sports - and implies that unique reside protection will improve by 70%. Sky Sports will retain its flagship Super Sunday programme, and for the primary time, all closing video games within the season will likely be reside in a single place.The new four-year deal will cowl not less than 215 Premier League matches every season from 2025/26 to 2028/29.Read extra:Premier League to carry contemporary New Deal summit amid tensions with golf equipmentVAR: No adjustments to that might trigger extra delays in matches, IFAB says And in one other first, ...