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Germany snapped its five-game winless streak with a shock 2-1 victory against France on Tuesay. Versatile veteran Thomas Müller opened the scoring for Germany inside the opening five minutes of the match in front of a lively Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. As the game was nearing its conclusion, Leroy Sané latched on to a Kai Havertz pass to make it 2-0 before Antoine Griezmann’s late penalty gave the France fans something to cheer about. The 2-1 win was much needed. Germany has been lackluster of late and will need to shake off this malaise before hosting next summer’s European Championships. Germany’s woes Coming into the…

Aaron Rodgers’ arrival in the MetLife Stadium on Monday night signaled that change and hope were on the way for the New York Jets, but it turns out that this season’s long-awaited new era has suffered a significant setback. The 39-year-old made his Jets debut against the Buffalo Bills after arriving from the Green Bay Packers, with whom he had spent the previous 17 seasons, via a trade during the offseason. Armed with a four-time MVP at quarterback and having reworked their roster in order to ‘win-now,’ there was a sense of optimism amongst Jets supporters as the team seeks its first playoff…

Taylor Swift made the whole place shimmer at the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday night, when she won the award for video of the year for the second time in a row. Swift was on hand to accept her moon-man trophy for her “Anti-Hero” music video at the event in New Jersey, appearing at the show during a break in her “Eras” tour schedule. Last year, Swift won the same award for her “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)” music video. The “Bejeweled” singer won at least three more awards Tuesday night, including song of the year, best pop and best direction for “Anti-Hero.”…

*NSYNC, one of the leading boy bands of the 90s, reunited in full – yes, that means Justin Timberlake was there – during Tuesday’s MTV Video Music Awards. Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez and Timberlake appeared on the VMA stage to present the award for best pop to Taylor Swift, who took home the first trophy of the night for her hit 2022 song “Anti-Hero.” Swift jumped out of her seat when they first appeared on stage, and cheered along with the boisterous crowd at the sight of all five members of the iconic boy band back together. Upon accepting…

A co-founder of the fraudulent OneCoin cryptocurrency has been sentenced to serve 20 years in a US prison. Sebastian Karl Greenwood colluded with others, including the so-called “Cryptoqueen” who is now on the FBI’s top 10 Most Wanted list, officials say. They are accused of scamming more than $4bn (£3.2bn) from investors. Greenwood, 46, a citizen of the UK and Sweden, was arrested in Thailand in July 2018. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in December. Officials say OneCoin, which was founded in 2014 in Bulgaria, functioned as a global pyramid scheme. Greenwood started and ran the…

A Russian airliner carrying 170 people was forced to crash-land in a field after a hydraulics failure. No one was injured in the emergency, which left the Ural Airlines Airbus A320 stranded next to a forest in the Novosibirsk region of Siberia. Ural said the pilot “selected” the landing site after the jet’s hydraulic systems failed while approaching Omsk. The incident sparked denials from the airline that it was unable to service its planes due to sanctions on Russia. Pictures showed the plane stranded in an open field, its emergency doors open and ramps down, and people milling around. Russia’s…

Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea. Morgues are full in hospitals that remain out of service despite the desperate need to treat survivors of a disaster that has far so killed at least 5,000 people, according to hospital staff and officials from Libya’s eastern parliament-backed government. Around 10,000 more are missing, potentially either swept out to sea or buried beneath rubble that’s strewn throughout the city once home to over 100,000…

France has ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12 for emitting too much electromagnetic radiation. On Tuesday, the French watchdog which governs radio frequencies also told the tech giant to fix existing phones. The ANFR has advised Apple that if it cannot resolve the issue via a software update, it must recall every iPhone 12 ever sold in the country. But the World Health Organization has previously sought to allay fears about radiation emitted by mobile phones. It says on its website there is no evidence to conclude that exposure to low level electromagnetic fields is harmful to humans.…

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has met Vladimir Putin in Russia in a highly scrutinised visit which was expected to yield an arms deal. After talks ended at the Vostochny space center, Mr Kim began his long journey home on his private armoured train, Russian state media reported. Moscow has indicated it will help Pyongyang develop its satellites. Both sides deny the US’ claim that the talks are aimed at buying weapons to support Russia’s war on Ukraine. Besides advanced space technology, Mr Kim is also thought to have asked for food aid in return. The meeting between the two…

China hasn’t issued any laws or rules to ban the use of iPhones or any other foreign phone brand, a Chinese government spokesperson said on Wednesday. “We have always been open to foreign companies and welcome them to seize the opportunities and share the fruits of China’s economic development,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press conference in Beijing. She added that China has noticed “many media reports on the security incidents of Apple’s iPhone,” and that the country “attaches great importance to information and cyber security.” Mao did not elaborate. She also urged foreign cellphone companies…