ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER A SLAVE BAKERY IN POMPEII

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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RULES, INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO AVOID RISKS OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES: IMF CHIEF

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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GOVERNMENTS SPYING ON APPLE, GOOGLE USERS THROUGH PUSH NOTIFICATIONS – US SENATOR

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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PRINCE HARRY AWARDED £140,600 IN PHONE HACKING CLAIM AGAINST DAILY MIRROR

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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NASA STUDY DISCOVERS ‘LIFE-SPARKING ENERGY SOURCE’ AT SATURN’S ICY MOON

  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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AUSTRALIA 1ST COUNTRY TO BAN ENGINEERED STONE DUE TO SURGE IN LUNG DISEASE

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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LUXURIOUS ANCIENT ROMAN HOUSE FOUND IN ITALY WITH MAGNIFICENT MOSAIC WALL

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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CENTRAL BANKS OF SERBIA, CHINA SIGN MOU TO FACILITATE YUAN TRANSACTIONS

Wed 13 December 2023: The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently on establishing a clearing arrangement and designating a clearing bank in Serbia for Chinese yuan transactions, the NBS said in a press release on Monday. At the signing ceremony, NBS Governor […]

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CYBER ATTACK ON UKRAINE’S LARGEST MOBILE OPERATOR DISRUPTS BANKING SERVICES AND AIR RAID SIRENS

Wed 13 December 2023: A major cyberattack on Ukraine’s largest mobile operator on Tuesday disrupted a regional air raid warning service and some banking services for Ukrainians, according to the operator and local authorities. The Security Service of Ukraine said in a statement that it has opened criminal proceedings into the attack. Russia’s special services might […]

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