Sun 17 December 2023: The Russian president has dismissed the United States’s claims that Moscow could attack a NATO country in the future as “complete nonsense”, saying such a conflict would run counter to his country’s interests. Vladimir Putin made the statement in an interview with Russian state TV on Sunday, weeks after US President […]
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Sun 17 December 2023: In a survey of 5,000 European consumers across Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain, Adevinta found that half (50%) of all respondents plan to spend less this Christmas due to the high cost-of-living. As a result, a majority of people (64%) are considering purchasing second-hand items over the festive period […]
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Sat 16 December 2023: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday promised “harsh” punishment for foreign interference in next year’s election, where he will seek to extend his decades-long grip on power into the 2030s. “Any interference in Russia’s internal affairs will be punished, and punished harshly, according to Russian laws,” Putin said during a meeting […]
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Sat 16 December 2023: Italy’s archaeologists uncovered a bakery prison in Pompeii that held slaves and used them as laborers to produce bread. In an article published on Friday, December 8, the news agency Reuters stated that the bakery was found while conducting excavations at the Pompeii ruins. In a statement, Italy’s culture ministry said […]
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Sat 16 December 2023: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday a set of rules and the establishment of infrastructure are required to avoid the risks of cryptocurrencies. “Crypto assets are not going away. Bitcoin is trading at its highest value since April 2022. The crypto market cap doubled over the last […]
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Sat 16 December 2023: Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps’ push notifications, a U.S. senator warned on Wednesday. In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden said foreign officials were demanding the data from Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Apple (AAPL.O). Although details were sparse, the letter lays out yet another path by […]
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Fri 15 December 2023: The Duke of Sussex has been awarded £140,600 ($154,146) after bringing a phone hacking claim against a tabloid newspaper publisher at the High Court. Justice Fancourt says directors “turned a blind eye and positively concealed” unlawful information gathering. He has concluded there was “extensive” phone hacking, generally by Mirror Group Newspapers […]
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Water from the subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus sprays from huge fissures out into space. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which captured this image in 2010, sampled icy particles and scientists are continuing to make new discoveries from the data. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Fri 15 December 2023: NASA announced on Thursday that they have found […]
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Thu 14 December 2023: Australia became the first country to ban the engineered stone following reports of a surge in lung disease silicosis among workers developing the stones, local media reported on Wednesday. The decision was made during a meeting of the Commonwealth, state, and territory workplace ministers, according to ABC News. The ban will […]
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Thu 14 December 2023: Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a lavish Roman villa near the Colosseum with a “unparalleled” mosaic of shells, marble, and precious glass, the cultural ministry announced on Tuesday. Not far from the famous Colosseum in Rome, archaeologists have discovered some rooms of an ancient Roman town house with special mosaics. Researchers […]
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