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An Indian woman has accused a manager at one of the country’s largest banks of defrauding her by siphoning off 160m rupees ($1.9m; £1.5m) from her account. Shveta Sharma says she had transferred money to the ICICI Bank from her US account, expecting it to be invested in fixed deposits. But she alleges that a bank official created “fake accounts, forged her signature, took out debit cards and cheque books in her name” to withdraw money from her accounts. “He gave me fake statements, created a fake email ID in my name and manipulated my mobile number in the bank…

Australian police have been searching a remote property for the bodies of a TV presenter and his boyfriend, after their suspected murders last week. Detectives allege Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were killed by a serving police officer in a Sydney house last Monday. Senior constable Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, who once dated Mr Baird, has been charged with two counts of murder. He has not commented on the charges. Police divers are combing waterholes about 185km (115 miles) from Sydney. They say Mr Lamarre-Condon, 28, may have left the pair’s bodies on the remote Bungonia property, after moving them in a…

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he has been a victim of political persecution since leaving office just over a year ago. He told tens of thousands of supporters in São Paulo that coup allegations against him were a “lie”. He also called for an amnesty for hundreds of his supporters convicted for attacks on public buildings. Police are investigating whether Mr Bolsonaro incited a failed coup after losing the 2022 election. Addressing Sunday’s rally in Brazil’s largest city, the 68-year-old former president dismissed the allegations against him as politically-motivated. He said it was time to forget the past…

Plov – a medley of rice, vegetables, meat and spices – is popular throughout the countries of the Silk Road, but it’s most closely associated with Uzbekistan. Widely consumed at least once a week, it’s the country’s national dish and is considered an indispensable part of family celebrations, served at births, weddings and funerals and to honour Muslims returning from Hajj. According to legend, plov was first invented for Alexander the Great, who ordered the creation of a satisfying meal to sustain his army during their campaigns in Central Asia. “We don’t have historical records to prove that, but what we do…

Mauricio Pochettino’s first season at Chelsea has been challenging. Not only has he taken charge of a new club with ambitious new owners, but he has had to contend with a young side that has been consistently hampered by injuries. When Chelsea beat Middlesbrough in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final, the Blues boss said it was a big achievement as he had to build the team from “nearly zero”. There have been times this season when it seemed like the Pochettino project would not work and he has been under pressure from fans and the weight of…

Joe Root returned to form when England needed him most with a masterful century on the first day of the fourth Test against India in Ranchi. Short of runs and at the centre of a debate around his approach to batting, Root played a classical Test innings to keep the tourists in the series. In a breathless morning, England were reduced to 112-5 by some superb India bowling in highly testing conditions. Akash Deep bowled with venom for three wickets on debut and Ben Stokes was helpless to a delivery that Ravindra Jadeja got to scuttle along the ground. But…

Tom Holland once said that he thinks he has no “rizz,” shorthand for “charisma,” whatsoever. But it just so happens his girlfriend Zendaya disagrees. “I think someone who has beautiful charisma… is Mr. Tom Holland,” she said in an interview with Buzzfeed published Thursday, issuing a rare comment on her partner. Taking it a step further, the “Dune” star went on to say that Holland possesses more “rizz” than she does because, believe it or not, she’s actually kind of “shy and kind of quiet.” Because of that, Zendaya said, “it takes a little bit more to pull me out of my…

In his darkest moments, Jason Hall felt worthless. During his childhood and early adulthood, he said, there were times when he would drink too much alcohol, pop pills at nightclubs and, inevitably, do something or say something that would hurt people he loved. Hall, 41, would never have thought that his life journey would take him from those dark experiences to potentially saving lives with his work refilling naloxone vending machines across Oklahoma. Over-the-counter naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan, is an inhaled medication used to reverse an opioid overdose while it’s happening. Naloxone vending machines – which provide the medications for…

Nvidia has named Huawei a top competitor in a number of areas, including in the crucial production of processors that power artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The Santa Clara-based company said Wednesday in its annual report that Huawei was a competitor in four out of five major categories of its business, including supplying software and hardware for graphic processing units (GPUs), which are widely used in generative AI. Other companies also listed as its rivals in some areas include AMD (AMD), Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Broadcom (AVGO). The naming of Huawei came just two months after Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia (NVDA), told reporters in…

A Chinese cyber security firm claimed it had the ability to hack the UK’s Foreign Office, leaked documents suggest. UK government agencies, think tanks, businesses and charities also appear in the leaked i-Soon data. Other documents hint at successful hacks of public bodies and businesses across Asia and Europe, but it is not yet clear if any were compromised. The identity of the leaker is unknown. China’s UK embassy said it was unaware of the leak, and said China “firmly opposes and combats all forms of cyberattacks in accordance with the law”. But Chinese police and i-Soon are reportedly investigating…