"Shape of You" from the British artist's third album ÷ ("divide") reached the 3 billion listens milestone on Spotify on 22 December.

International Chess Federation (FIDE) president Arkady Dvorkovich said he would not draw far-reaching conclusions from world champion Magnus Carlsen's statement about his possible refusal to defend the chess crown.

The European Commission has received a complaint from Ukraine's Naftohaz over "abuse of Russia's Gazprom's dominant position on the European market".

The Russian side will not tolerate any preconditions imposed by the United States to further formalise the security guarantees offered by Russia.

Analysts and fund managers believe there will be attractive investment opportunities in a wide range of sectors in 2022.

Showtime has posted the trailer for the anthology series Super Pumped on its YouTube channel.

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu is making history with his quadruple axel performance.

Adele and Ed Sheeran lead in the number of nominations.

Russia will seek to have the issue of banning the German channel RT considered by authorized European bodies, including the OSCE and the Council of Europe.

Gas futures prices in Europe fell by more than 8% by the close of trading on Wednesday, below $2,000 per thousand cubic metres.