The former German striker takes on his fifth coaching role and his first since a chaotic spell at Hertha Berlin. He is set to lead South Korea at the next World Cup in 2026. South Korea's football association on Monday appointed Jürgen Klinsmann as it's new national team head coach. Klinsmann, 58, will arrive in Seoul next week and be in charge when South Korea faces Colombia on March 24. It will be the third national team appointment for the former German striker, who won the World Cup as a player in 1990. After retiring as a player in 1998, he coached Germany from 2004 to 2006 and the United States from 2011 to 2016.  He also coached one season at Bayern Munich during the 2008-09 season, a stint that lasted only 10 months. His last coaching job was on an interim basis at Hertha Berlin, a disastrous 76-day tenure from November 2019 to January 2020 that ended in chaos. The Korea Football Association said Monday that Klinsmann has signed a contract until the 2026 World Cup, set to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico. He replaces Paulo Bento, who stepped down after South Korea's defeat to Brazil in last year's World Cup in Qatar. 

The Chiefs defeated the Eagles 38-35 in Glendale, Arizona to secure their third Super Bowl in franchise history. Harrison Butker finally edged the Chiefs ahead with a 27-yard field goal with just eight seconds to go. The Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 to win the Super Bowl. The Chiefs claimed their second Super Bowl in four years in the dying moments of the game thanks to a 27-yard field goal from Harrison Butker. Patrick Mahomes won the MVP trophy after a scintillating display that included 182 yards passing and three touchdowns. Off to a flier The game got off to an explosive start with the Eagles scoring a touchdown on the opening drive, Jalen Hurts crossing with a quarterback sneak at the end of an impressive an 11-play, 75 yard drive. But the Chiefs struck back as Mahomes connected with Travis Kelce and Isiah Pacheco as he led the team down the field before crowning the drive with a perfectly floated pass to Kelce in the end-zone. Injury struck Mahomes In the opening half, the Chief's hopes appear bleak when Mahomes appeared to re-injure his right ankle.  However, Mahomes proved why he is the NFL's most valuable player as he put pain aside to lead his team to a dramatic win.  With his team trailing, Mahomes threw two fourth-quarter touchdowns which engineered a final drive to set up the dramatic finish. Half-time show features Rihanna The halftime show included Rihanna, who was making a long-awaited return to the stage. She took the stage with a 13 minute career-spanning medley of performances. However, it was her baby bump that dominated the conversation. Representatives of the singer confirmed the speculation that the pop star is pregnant with her second child. 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday (January 4)  said the next election will be held as per country’s constitution while four MPs of the British All-Party Parliamentary Group called on her. `The next election will be held as per the constitution,' Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted the premier as saying while briefing reporters after the call on at Prime Minister's Office (PMO).  Four British MPs are - Rushanara Ali, Jonathan Reynolds, Mohammed Yasin and Tom Hunt. According to the press secretary, the prime minister said the Election Commission of Bangladesh is very much independent. `We follow your Westminster type of democracy. We don't have any problem if election observer comes,' she told the British MPs. Sheikh Hasina mentioned that Awami League (AL), as a political party, has a long tradition of fighting for the restoration of the democracy from the military rulers in the past. She said the military rulers used to grab the state power using guns and then descended to politics after forming political parties. Sheikh Hasina urged the British MPs to take initiative to stop Russia-Ukraine war, saying that as a result of sanction and counter sanction, countries like Bangladesh are suffering in many ways. She said that foodgrains, essentials and edible oils used to come from Ukraine. `But due to the war, importing of those items are being hindered resulting in its price hike,' she added. The prime minister urged the UK entrepreneurs to come up with the investment in the 100 economic zones in Bangladesh. `We will welcome the UK investment there,' she said. The British MPs expressed their satisfaction over the unprecedented infrastructural development of Bangladesh as they praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for this development. `Especially, they highly appreciated the development of the connectivity including construction of Metro Rail, Padma Bridge and Bangabandhu Tunnel,' the press secretary said. The British parliament members think that these infrastructures will be very helpful for the development of Bangladesh. Terming Britain as the development partner of Bangladesh, they said Britain wanted to work with Bangladesh for its development. They mentioned that Bangladeshi diaspora in the UK is very much hard-working, and they are contributing to the British economy. The British lawmakers also said that the UK will work with Bangladesh on climate change issue. They also discussed the next general elections in Bangladesh, Ihsanul Karim added. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appreciated British support to Bangladesh in climate change issue. She said the government is serious about the climate change issue and it has started taking adaptation and mitigation programmes with its own resources. She, in this regard, said that Bangabandhu had started the process initially by tree plantation in the coastal belt areas and construction of multipurpose cyclone shelter with providing training to 75,000 volunteers. Sheikh Hasina expressed her gratitude to the Queen Elizabeth II saying that she always gave special attention to Bangladesh as a guardian of the commonwealth nations. She also conveyed her regards to the British prime minister. Ambassador-at-Large M Ziauddin, PM's Principal Secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson were present.

Even though the relations between Pakistan and Russia are said to be on an upswing, Islamabad is reported to be supplying weapons and ammunition to Kyiv, according to Geo-Politik citing the report published in the Russian web portal, Riafan. Islamabad seems to make money off the Russia-Ukraine war by supplying much-needed ammunition to Ukraine. Pakistani companies are also exploiting the ongoing conflict in maximizing their profit and expanding their operations in countries bordering Ukraine. Notably, CEO of Kestral, Liaqat Ali Beg, travelled to Poland, Romania, and Slovakia in May and June 2022. The report claimed that Islamabad is supposedly part of an air bridge for supplying weapons to Ukraine. It is apparently using defence suppliers and contractors operating in foreign countries to channel these shipments to Ukraine. The report revealed further that the UK is using Pakistan's Noor Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi as a key base for the transportation of military equipment for the Ukrainian Army. This report came at a time when Pakistan-Russia relations are the upswing. On one hand, Russia has agreed to provide at least 100,000 barrels per day of crude oil to Pakistan at discounted rates while on other hand, Islamabad is supplying arms and ammunition to Ukraine, reported Geo-Politik. Islamabad-based arms supplier M/s DMI Associates was in contact with Bulgaria-based firm M/s Defense Industry Group to facilitate the supply of manufactured defence stores to the Ukrainian government. Meanwhile, the Slovakia-based defence firm M/s Chemica had purportedly contacted Pak Ordinance Factories' ammunition supplier M/s Kestral, on behalf of Ukraine's Defence Ministry, the report said citing credible sources. Surprisingly, Ukrainian business M/s FORMAG had contacted M/s Bluelines Cargo Pvt Ltd in Pakistan to send gloves for their army, Geo-Politik reported. Pakistan's shipping and brokering firm 'Project Shipping' is also expected to send a consignment of arms and ammunition including mortars, rocket launchers and artillery rounds from Karachi to Poland. Although this is not a single-sided transaction as in the return for the arms supplement to Ukraine. Pakistan has asked for Ukraine's help to service and repair "TV3-117VM Engines" used in Mi-17 helicopters from the Ukrainian Joint Stock Company (JSC) 'Motor Sich,' headquartered in Zaporizhzhia. As it has been an enterprise of the Ukrainian government which it took control deeming "military necessity". This company has been involved with the production of aircraft engines as well as industrial marine gas turbines, according to Geo-Politik. Pakistan and Ukraine's military ties go back nearly three decades. According to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Ukraine has supplied weapons worth nearly USD 1.6 billion to Pakistan till 2020. In the 1990s, Ukraine supplied 320 T-84UD tanks to Pakistan for a deal worth USD 600 million. 

First time, in the legislative history of India, pronouns such as 'her' and 'she' have been used to denote all genders in a draft law. The draft Digital Personal Protection Bill, 2022, which has been put up for public consultation on Friday, finds mention of the two pronouns. "With the philosophy Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government works, we have attempted to use the word 'she' and 'her' in the entire Bill instead of 'him' and 'his'. This is an innovative thing attempted in the bill," Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday. The focus of the Bill is to protect internet users from online harm and create a safe and trusted digital ecosystem as India is a digital economy powerhouse today. For the record, three months after the withdrawal of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill from the lower house of the Parliament, the central government today came up with a new draft Bill seeking views from the public. The central government during the recent Monsoon session of Parliament withdrew the Bill from the Lok Sabha several months after it was introduced. Vaishnaw had earlier said that the Bill was withdrawn because the Joint Parliamentary Committee recommended 81 amendments in a bill of 99 sections. "Above that it made 12 major recommendations. Therefore, the bill has been withdrawn and a new bill will be presented for public consultation," he had said. The reintroduced draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, has proposed six types of penalties on non-companies to companies. To prevent a personal data breach, a penalty of up to Rs 250 core is being proposed in the draft bill which has been put out for public comments earlier today. Besides, failure to notify the Board and affected Data Principals in the event of a personal data breach and non-fulfilment of additional obligations in relation to Children may attract Rs penalty up to Rs 200 crore. Non-fulfilment of additional obligations of Significant Data Fiduciary under the sections 11 and 16 of the Act may attract Rs 150 crore and Rs 10 crore fines, respectively. Lastly, non-compliance with provisions of this Act other than those listed in (1) to (5) and any rule made thereunder will attract penalties up to Rs 50 crore. Regarding the transfer of personal data outside India, the Bill said the Central Government may, after an assessment of such factors as it may consider necessary, notify such countries or territories outside India to which a Data Fiduciary may transfer personal data, in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be specified. In major exemption, the Central Government may, by notification, exempt from the application of provisions of this Act, the processing of personal data by any instrumentality of the State in the interests of sovereignty and integrity of India, security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, maintenance of public order or preventing incitement to any cognizable offence. The government said during the drafting of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 the entire gamut of principles was widely debated and discussed. These include rights of individuals, duties of entities processing personal data and regulatory framework, among others.