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Italy’s navy to assist Gaza aid flotilla
Italy’s navy will assist the Gaza international aid flotilla with just one ship and not two as was previously understood, the defence ministry said on Thursday, adding that the vessel would not have any escort duties.The ministry said a frigate that was dispatched on Wednesday hours after the convoy known as the Global Sumud Flotilla
Bitfarms Ltd. tanks by 15%
In simple words, Bitcoin mining is the process in which miners use high computing power to solve complex cryptographic functions to verify and add Bitcoin transactions to the blockchain network. For each successful block addition, the miner is rewarded with Bitcoin. The stock of the Bitcoin mining company, Bitfarms Ltd. (Nasdaq: BITF), fell more than
iPhone Support for Third-Party Smartwatches
Apple may be working on improving iPhone support for third-party smartwatches,the latest code mentions a new feature called Notification Forwarding. It can be used to forward notifications from your iPhone to a third-party device or accessory and needs to be enabled from Settings. A string in the code says notifications can only be forwarded to
Russia Doubles on Hybrid war
The war in Ukraine has been costly for Russia. By some estimates over 250,000 Russian troops have died with a total of one million casualties. Despite these staggering losses, Russia has gained an additional 12% of Ukrainian territory since 2022 (or an additional 29,000 square miles). But this territorial gain has come at an enormous
Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for making Prime Subscriptions tough to cancel
A lawsuit leftover from the Biden administration is kicking off this week with the Federal Trade Commission suing Amazon over the tech giant’s Prime subscription program. The trial is supposed to take place over the next month.Once subscribed, the FTC argues that Amazon deliberately made it harder to unsubscribe because clearer language would lead to
YouTube to reinstate closed channels over Covid-19 misinformation
Google, like Meta before it, has made what appears to be a strategic decision to bend the knee to the Trump administration and Republican leadership. In a letter addressed to the US House Judiciary Committee and released by Chairman Jim Jordan, the company claimed that the Biden administration attempted to pressure it to remove content
MiG-31 airspace incursion over Estonia
NATO has formally condemned a recent 12min incursion into Estonian airspace by a trio of armed Russian air force RAC MiG-31 interceptors, describing the incident as “part of a wider pattern of increasingly irresponsible behaviour” by Moscow. After monitoring the Russian assets, “Allied aircraft were scrambled to intercept and escort them from Estonian airspace,” the
Israel to close Allenby Crossing
Israel will close the Allenby Crossing, the sole gateway between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan, starting on Wednesday until further notice, the Palestinian General Authority for Borders and Crossings said on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear why Israel was closing the crossing.Israel Airports Authority said on Monday that the crossing had reopened for
Hungary’s bid to lift immunity for its lawmaker rejected by the European Union
Orbán’s government had requested that Magyar’s immunity be lifted so he could face charges for alleged offenses that include theft of a mobile phone in a Budapest nightclub and defamation against a member of Orbán’s Fidesz party. A European Parliament committee rejected on Tuesday a bid by the Hungarian prime minister that would lift the
Eswatini repatriated US deportee to Jamaica
A Jamaican man deported from the US to Eswatini under President Donald Trump’s tough new immigration rules has been sent on to Jamaica, the Eswatini government has said. Orville Isaac Etoria, 62, was voluntarily repatriated at the weekend, and was “warmly welcomed by members of his family”, it added.Etoria and four other individuals – from