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(Reuters) - Flutter, the world's largest online betting firm, named Rob Coldrake as its new group CFO on Friday and said current group finance head Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson would be stepping down from his role as group CFO and executive director.

Earlier this month, the Irish-founded company moved its operational headquarters to New York, saying it reflected the importance of the U.S. market.

Separately, Flutter also said it completed... (continue reading...)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Russia was not bluffing when it spoke of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine and that its conflict with the West could escalate into an all-out war.

In a post on his official Telegram channel, Medvedev said Moscow's conflict with the West was developing according to the worst case scenario and that "no one can rule out it escalating to... (continue reading...)

By Xinghui Kok, Fanny Potkin and Idrees Ali

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore this weekend, six sources said, as Ukraine faces a renewed assault two years after Russian forces invaded.

Security assistance for Ukraine is expected to be one of the key issues discussed at this year's dialogue, Asia's premier security conference. U.S.... (continue reading...)

By Tim Cocks

BOTLENG, South Africa (Reuters) - With South Africa's ruling party on track to get about 42% of the vote in the national election, the anger in its heartland coal-mining belt gives a hint as to why it faces its worst result ever - and the prospect of sharing power with its rivals.

In the township of Botleng - once a source of cheap farm labour for the country's hated white minority ex-rulers - roads are riddled with potholes,... (continue reading...)

KYIV (Reuters) - Missiles fired by the Ukrainian navy struck an oil terminal at the Russian port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar region on Friday, the Ukrainian military said via the Telegram messaging app.

The military reported explosions at the site as it worked to verify the damage from the attack carried out with Ukrainian-made Neptune missiles.

Ukrainian drones also struck another oil depot in the Krasnodar region, the statement said.