The Czech Republic has launched a tender for frequencies for next-generation 5G networks, its telecoms regulator CTU said on Friday, sparking criticism from potential bidders. The auction of frequencies in the 700 MHz and 3.4-3.5 GHz bands is aimed at boosting competition in a market where high prices have long been a gripe of customers… Read More Czech launches auction for 5G frequencies
At least 17 people were killed and dozens injured when an Air India Express passenger plane repatriating Indians stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic overshot the runway in heavy rain near the southern city of Kozhikode, officials said. The Boeing-737 flight from Dubai to Calicut airport was carrying 190 passengers and crew, the civil aviation ministry… Read More Seventeen dead, dozens injured as Air India plane overshoots runway and breaks into two in Kerala
Brent Scowcroft, a pragmatic three-star general who served as national security adviser to Republican U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush and later criticized President George W. Bush’s Iraq war policies, died on Thursday. He was 95. Scowcroft, a member of the presidential commission that investigated the biggest scandal of Ronald Reagan’s presidency and… Read More Former U.S. national security adviser Brent Scowcroft dies at 95
A Brussels court ruled on Friday that a European arrest warrant issued against former Catalan minister Lluis Puig, a Belgian resident since 2017, should not be carried out. The Brussels prosecutor said the court considered that the Spanish authority that issued the warrant was not competent to do so. The prosecutor may appeal the decision.… Read More Brussels court rules against extradition of former Catalan minister Lluis Puig to Spain
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the territory’s current and former police chiefs and eight other officials for their role in curtailing political freedoms in the territory. The sanctions were imposed under an executive order U.S. President Donald Trump signed last month to punish China for its… Read More U.S. imposes sanctions on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, other officials
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