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: Thousands of Mozambicans have fled ongoing violence in their country to neighboring Malawi after months of unrest over disputed presidential election results, government officials told Anadolu on Thursday. Dominic Mwandira, a senior civil official in Malawi’s Nsanje district, which borders Mozambique, said some 2,000 households have entered the territory since Monday. […]
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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: 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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Thu 26 December 2024: Israeli army forces staged an incursion into a strategic area in southern Lebanon on Thursday, in the latest violation of a cease-fire agreement, Lebanese media said. Israeli forces moved into the Wadi al-Hujeir area, firing heavy-caliber machineguns during their advance in the region, the state news agency NNA reported. The Lebanese […]
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Wed 27 December 2024: The UAE has emerged as Africa’s largest backer of new business projects, with Emirati companies committing $110bn (£88bn) to projects between 2019 and 2023, including $72bn in renewable energy, The Guardian reports citing FT Locations. These pledges outpace investments by the UK, France, and China, as traditional investors scale back. African leaders have […]
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Wed 25 December 2024: An Azerbaijan Airlines flight with 67 people on board, traveling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia’s Chechnya region, crashed near the Kazakh Caspian city of Aktau on Wednesday, the Kazakh Emergency Ministry said, adding that there were 25 survivors. According to the ministry, 62 passengers and five crew […]
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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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