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"Bad Time To Troll": Binance Co-Founder Calls Out Musk Over Crypto Heist Jabs
Investigators suspect the attack may have been carried out by TraderTraitor, a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group.
Prompt From Earth, AI Reply From Space And Google's Big 'Haiku' Success
Google said it subsequently tested the system with space-themed limericks and prompts asking it to report the technical status of the satellite's systems.
"Parents Are Still Crying": Iranian Diplomat Recalls Minab School Attack
Iranian diplomat Abdul Majid Hakeem Elahi said the school was attacked twice on February 28, killing 168 innocent children. He said some of their bodies have still not been found and parents do not have a grave where they can go and mourn their children.
Missing for 62 Days, Indian-Origin Woman Found Dead in California Canal
Officers went to the scene and confirmed that the remains were human. They were sent to the Stanislaus County Coroner's Office (SCCO), which identified the body on October 27.
Snails With "Mission Kill": Limpet Mines Hit Tanker With Indians Aboard
Limpet mines are attached to the ship's hull and can be easily placed by a swimmer, diver or frogman.
France and Germany braced for unrest with hundreds of demonstrations planned – Europe live
French interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, warned earlier this week of a ‘very high risk of public disorder’Here are some of the latest images from around France:In Paris, two separate marches planned by unions and gilets jaunes through the city centre have been banned. Instead, police have authorised a single march in the far south-east. An appeal by organisers against the decision to exclude them from the centre was rejected late on Friday night. Continue reading...
Trump beware: US voters are concerned about government corruption
Alleged self-dealing by the president and his allies doesn’t look so good as corruption emerges as a key issue for midterm votersGovernment corruption a top issue for US midterm voters, exclusive poll findsVoters under 50 probably won’t remember the “welfare queen”. But she once embodied Republicans’ claim of the underlying reason for US societal decay: the poor are a bunch of fraudsters.Ronald Reagan introduced Linda Taylor to US voters at a rally during the Republican presidential primary season in 1976. A resident of Chicago’s South Side, Taylor had been arrested for welfare fraud. “She used 80 names, 30 addresses, five phone numbers to collect food stamps, social security, veteran’s benefits for four non-existing deceased veteran husbands,” Reagan said. “Her tax-free cash income alone has been running $150,000 a year.”The Qatari government gifted him a luxury jet, potentially violating the emoluments clause of the constitution.The UAE gained access to some tightly guarded, high-end American AI chips soon after an investment firm linked to its ruling family secretly bought a $500m stake in World Liberty Financial, the crypto company funded by the families of Trump and his chum Steve Witkoff.Rich people facing criminal charges have taken to donating to Trump’s political operations and then seeking pardons or clemency. Most recently, Wanda Vázquez Garced, the former governor of Puerto Rico, and the banker who paid her bribes, Julio Herrera Velutini, were pardoned after Velutini’s family gave a $50m deal to Alina Habba, Trump’s former personal lawyer, and donated $3.5m to Trump’s Maga Inc Super Pac.The first family is also making a killing from the government. The Pentagon lent more than $600m to Vulcan Elements, a rare earths startup, just three months after Donald Jr’s venture capital firm 1789 Capital bought a stake in the outfit.Powerus, a drone maker backed by Eric and Donald Jr is selling drone interceptors to Persian Gulf allies of the US that are under attack by Iran, enriching the kids from a misbegotten war launched by the dad without consulting Congress. Continue reading...
Cost of living protests to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Halloween
Activists call for people to make their anger known over poor public services including education and housingStreet protests sweeping Europe are expected to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Saturday, with police mobilised to stop potential looting and rioting on the fringes of what organisers hope will be peaceful rallies.Weeks of, at times violent, student demonstrations have rocked Italy, Spain, Portugal, Albania and France, where activists on Halloween have again called for people to make their anger over the cost of living and deficient public services felt across the country. Continue reading...
US Approves Patriot Missile Sale To Ukraine, But Delivery Could Take Years
Patriot missiles are among the most important weapons Ukraine has to intercept Russian drones and missiles.
In Poland, Judge Suspends Her Court's President. Protests, Coup Claim Follow
Polish President Karol Nawrocki was on his way to Senegal when the news broke. He turned his flight back and explained why on X. "At a moment like this, the President must be in Poland. I am cutting short my flight to Senegal. I am returning," he wrote.
Florid language and long silences: five things we learned from week three of Russell Brand’s rape trial
The former comedian and his wife gave evidence in the case in which he denies all charges against himRussell Brand’s trial at Southwark crown court began with widespread media coverage on 12 October. The former comedian and presenter faces three charges of rape, three of sexual assault and one of attempted indecent assault against six women, in allegations spanning 10 years from 1999. He denies all the charges. Here are five things we learned in the third week of his trial. Continue reading...
‘The last fortress’: historic Athens cafe closes as countercultural area gentrifies
Mouria coffeehouse unable to renew lease in Exarchia, known for leftwing solidarity, resistance and radicalismIt has been the hangout of writers, artists, poets and politicians, doctors and lawyers, radicals and revolutionaries for as long as anyone can remember. And for 44 years, Christos Vanas, the proprietor of Mouria, has let them all in.Every day at 7am, the taciturn former waiter has been the first man to step inside the historic cafe in Exarchia, the heart of leftwing Athens. It is a ritual he has kept punctiliously, opening up the famous gathering place before he himself has had his first coffee. Continue reading...
