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Zoom founder Eric Yuan has transferred about 18 million of his shares worth more than $6bn (£4.4bn), according to a regulatory filing. Mr Yuan, who is also chief executive of the video-conferencing platform, moved roughly 40% of his stake in the company last week. The shares were shown as gifts to unspecified beneficiaries last week. Mr Yuan has seen his ...

Professional golf legend Tiger Woods was involved in a single-car crash Tuesday morning in a residential area south of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to a hospital via ambulance with multiple leg injuries after being extricated from the car by the Jaws of Life. According to the sheriff’s department, Woods was ...

Tiger Woods “hopes” to play in the Masters at Augusta National in April after undergoing fifth back surgery. The 45-year-old American had a microdiscectomy to relieve a pressurized disc fragment in January. “I’m feeling fine – I’m a little stiff,” Woods told CBS Television. “I have one more MRI scheduled so we’ll see then if I can start doing more ...

The man portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide, Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina has appeared in court for the start of his trial. He is facing terrorism charges with 20 others and his lawyers have in the past denied the charges. Mr Rusesabagina, a critic of President Paul Kagame, is accused of supporting the activities ...

The daughter of Dubai’s ruler who tried to flee the country in 2018 later sent secret video messages to friends accusing her father of holding her “hostage” as she feared for her life. In footage shared with BBC Panorama, Princess Latifa Al Maktoum says commandos drugged her as she fled by boat and flew her back to detention. The secret ...

A South African judge says he wants ex-President Jacob Zuma to be given a jail sentence for failing to appear before him to answer corruption allegations. Mr Zuma, 79, ignored a summons to appear before a commission of inquiry being chaired by Justice Ray Zondo. The judge said Mr Zuma’s defiance could lead to lawlessness, and he would ask South ...

WTO members made history when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. Her term, renewable, will expire on 31 August 2025. “This is a very significant moment ...

Former world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks has died aged 67. The American achieved a famous upset win over Muhammad Ali in 1978, in just his eighth professional fight. The former US marine died on Friday evening in Henderson, Nevada, with his wife Brenda Glur Spinks by his side. “Leon fought his battle with numerous illnesses resiliently, never losing his trademark ...

Rapper Silento has been arrested and charged with the murder of his cousin. DeKalb County Police Department confirmed that Silento, real name Ricky Hawk, was arrested on 1 February after his cousin, Frederick Rooks, was found shot dead on 21 January. The 23-year-old had a hit with his single Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) in 2015, which reached No.3 in America ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has cautioned the world against creating a situation whereby there would be ‘Vaccine Haves’ and ‘Have Nots’ as the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is his video message to the high-level webinar on the African COVID-19 Vaccine Financing and Deployment Strategy a few days ago: I welcome your invitation to join you as you come ...