Web Stories Wednesday, April 24

LONDON : A soccer agent sent a threatening email to a senior director at Premier League club Chelsea FC, demanding a six-figure commission over the transfer of French defender Kurt Zouma, prosecutors told a London court on Tuesday.Saif Rubie sent an email to Marina Granovskaia, Chelsea’s director of football under former owner Roman Abramovich, in May 2022 after Zouma’s transfer to West Ham from Chelsea the previous year.The 45-year-old has pleaded not guilty to one…

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PARIS: A French court this week handed an Iran-born man a suspended 10-month sentence for entering the Iranian consulate in Paris with fake grenades in what he said was “revenge” for a crackdown at home that targeted his family. The 61-year-old, a long-time resident of France who regularly attends Iranian…

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TOKYO: Japan Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday last week’s trilateral meeting with his US and South Korean counterparts likely laid the groundwork for Tokyo to take appropriate action in the foreign exchange market. “I voiced strong concern on how a weak yen pushes up import costs. Our view…

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