The head of global ports operator DP World, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, resigned from his position after mounting pressure over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the company announced Friday. The exit of the chairman and chief executive comes after newly-released files showed the Emirati mogul exchanged hundreds of emails with Epstein over a decade, according to BBC Business.
The resignation was effective immediately, with Essa Kazim named as chairman and Yuvraj Narayan as chief executive, DP World stated. Being mentioned in the files does not indicate any wrongdoing, and the BBC approached Sulayem for comment.
In other news, the UK and its European allies have accused Russia of killing opposition leader Alexei Navalny using a poison developed from a dart frog toxin, BBC World reported. The accusation comes two years after Navalny's death in a Siberian penal colony. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper stated that "only the Russian government had the means, motive and opportunity" to use the poison while Navalny was imprisoned in Russia, according to BBC World. Moscow has dismissed the finding as an "information campaign," according to Tass news agency.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured European leaders that the US does not plan to abandon the transatlantic alliance, BBC World reported. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Rubio said the US's destiny "will always be intertwined" with Europe's. He criticized European immigration, trade, and climate policies, but his speech was markedly different from Vice-President JD Vance's at the same event last year, according to BBC World.
In family matters, Prince William and Kate Middleton have prioritized their children over royal duties, according to a royal author, Russell Myers, royal editor of The Mirror and author of "William & Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story," as reported by Fox News. Myers said William felt like "the rug had been pulled from under him" after the Princess of Wales' cancer treatments, according to Fox News.
Finally, a new "at home" device is being trialed to help stroke survivors regain hand and arm movement, BBC Technology reported. Amanda James-Hammett, who had a stroke six years ago, is participating in the nationwide NHS trial. "It's about freedom," she said. "It's given me my freedom back," according to BBC Technology. The technology is being tested at 19 NHS sites.
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