Fri 27 December 2024: Russian companies have started using Bitcoin and other digital assets in international payments, the Russian finance minister said on Wednesday. In a statement to the Russian state channel Rossiya-24, Anton Siluanov said that Bitcoins mined in Russia can be used in the experimental process for international payments, and such payments have […]
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Fri 27 December 2024: At least 10,457 people perished while trying to reach Spain’s coasts irregularly in 2024, migration NGO Caminando Fronteras said Thursday. This makes 2024 the deadliest year in Spain’s modern migration history, according to the group. It also reaffirms Spain as having one of the world’s deadliest migration routes. Each day, an […]
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Thu 26 December 2024: Senior Azerbaijani officials on Thursday confirmed to Anadolu the validity of earlier media reports suggesting that an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday was caused by a Russian missile system. This came after Azerbaijani media, citing government sources, reported that the preliminary results of the […]
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Thu 26 December 2024: In Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film Dr Strangelove, the world teeters on the edge of nuclear annihilation, not because of some grand strategic masterstroke by a villain, but due to paranoia, hubris and the failure to interrogate our own assumptions. The war room is filled with men so consumed by ideology and self-interest […]
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Thu 26 December 2024: More than 200,000 homes across Bosnia and Herzegovina were without electricity for a second day on Wednesday, authorities said, after a snowstorm the day before caused widespread disruption across several Balkan countries. Mainly in northwestern and central Bosnia, towns and villages suffered ongoing power outages, the country’s two power utilities said. The snowfall had stopped on Wednesday, […]
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Thu 26 December 2024: US President Joe Biden vowed Wednesday to bolster Ukraine militarily against Russia after its overnight aerial attacks. “I have directed the Department of Defense to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine, and the United States will continue to work tirelessly to strengthen Ukraine’s position in its defense against Russian […]
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Wed 25 December 2024: United States President-elect Donald Trump has promised to step up the use of the death penalty during his second term in office, saying he will go after “rapists, murderers, and monsters”. Trump’s announcement on Tuesday came after outgoing President Joe Biden used his presidential pardon powers to reduce the sentences of nearly […]
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Wed 25 December 2024: UK car production dropped 30.1% in November, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on Friday. A total of 64,216 cars were produced during the month, 27,711 fewer than in November 2023. This marks the ninth consecutive month of falling output and the sector’s […]
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Wed 25 December 2024: Residents in Adelaide’s north, South Australia have been forced to evacuate their homes during Christmas lunch as a grassfire threatened property there. The fire started in a rail corridor and spread south amid hot, dry and windy conditions in the suburb of Smithfield, according to ABC News. The Metropolitan Fire Service […]
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Tue 24 December 2024: Messaging application Telegram’s revenues surpassed $1 billion in 2024, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the firm said on Monday. “We are closing the year with more than $500 million in cash reserves, not including crypto assets,” Pavel Durov said on Telegram. “As I predicted, 2024 turned out to be a […]
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