Iran fires back at Israel after onslaught targets nuclear facilities
Air raids sirens and explosions rang out across Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the airwaves to warn...
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Nuclear states spent $100 billion on atomic arsenals in 2024, say ICAN
ICAN said Britain, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia and the United States together spent nearly $10 billion...
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Football transfer values hit 5-year low in 2021: FIFA
A total of 18,068 transfers were registered, against 17,190 in 2020, a rise of 5 percent. The top 10 transfers...
- Spending on transfer fees was $4.86 billion, down 13.6 percent from 2020 and 33.8 percent from the record levels of 2019
- Players from France accounted for the highest amount of spending, with $643 million, displacing Brazil from the top spot
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Bitcoin mining for all
Block is building a system to mine bitcoin.
- Block changed its name from Square late last year to denote a broader mission that includes blockchain and economic empowerment
- Hardware and software teams at Block will openly collaborate with the cryptocurrency community outside the San Francisco-based company
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Last nine years all among 10 hottest-ever: US agency
The nine years spanning 2013-2021 all rank among the 10 hottest on record, according to an annual report by the...
- A separate analysis of global temperature released by NASA had 2021 tying with 2018 as the sixth-warmest on record
- Last year also saw nearly 700 people die in the contiguous United States due to extreme weather events, such as Hurricane Ida
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Morocco backs UN talks on Western Sahara as new envoy visits
Staffan de Mistura, a former UN envoy to Syria, met the North African kingdom's top diplomat Nasser Bourita in Rabat,...
- Staffan de Mistura, a former UN envoy to Syria, met the North African kingdom's top diplomat Nasser Bourita in Rabat, the foreign ministry said
- De Mistura is later expected to visit Morocco's arch-rival Algeria, which backs the Polisario Front seeking independence in Western Sahara
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US says only ‘a few weeks left’ to save Iran nuclear deal
Talks to restore the 2015 accord between Tehran and world powers -- United States, France, Britain, Russia, China, and Germany...
- According to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Tehran has made nuclear advances that "will become increasingly hard to reverse
- The 2015 deal offered Iran much-needed relief from sanctions that have crippled its economy, in return for curbs on its nuclear program
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Climate change worsening toll on outdoor workers: Study
Researchers in the United States, who estimated the current cost at $2.1 trillion every year, said the effects of stifling...
- The researchers looked at data on humid heat — particularly dangerous because the body is less able to cool down by sweating
- The study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, said around 677 billion work hours are lost a year to humid heat
Science
WHO approves two new Covid-19 treatments
The WHO's Covid-19 treatment recommendations are updated regularly based on new data from clinical trials.
- Arthritis drug baricitinib, used with corticosteroids to treat severe or critical Covid-19 patients, led to better survival rates
- Also recommended was synthetic antibody treatment Sotrovimab, for people with non-serious Covid-19 at the highest risk of hospitalization
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Inflation second on external concern list, worry global CEOs
As prices have surged, inflation has soared as a worry for global executives, overtaking concerns about Covid-19 disruptions in some...
- More than half, or 55 percent, of the group expect to see price pressures through mid-2023 or beyond, said the survey by the Conference Board of some 1,600 global CEOs.
- Inflation ranked as the top concern among European CEOs, but fourth in China and outside the top 10 in Japan.
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Iranian teachers demonstrate in several cities against pension reforms
Hundreds of teachers on Thursday rallied in several Iranian cities to denounce the slow implementation of salary and pension reforms,...
- In Gilan province on the Caspian Sea coast, around 150 teachers marched in the city of Rasht, while another 70 did so in Lahijan, the state broadcaster reported.
- The protesters are demanding that the government move more quickly on a planned grading system for teachers based on experience and performance.
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Tunisia’s Ennahdha urges Friday protests, defying Covid ban
Tunisia's Ennahdha party has reiterated calls for demonstrations on Friday marking the anniversary of the country's revolution, defying tightened coronavirus...
- Ennahdha is the biggest party in a parliament that was suspended by President Kais Saied in July 2021, and has staged a string of protests against the premier.
- The party had last week called for rallies on Friday to mark the 2011 fall of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in a revolt that sparked copycat uprisings in several Arab countries.
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Iran fires back at Israel after onslaught targets nuclear facilities
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US targets Houthi and Iranian drones in fresh strikes
CENTCOM earlier announced that the USS Carney had shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by the Houthis, and then...
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Egypt grapples with dollar crunch as debt explodes
With inflation up at 35 percent, and amid a severe foreign currency crunch, the Egyptian pound is plunging and the...
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Hamas head due in Cairo for truce discussions
As Qatari and Egyptian-led mediation efforts intensified, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was due in Cairo on Thursday to discuss a...
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Houthi rebels target commercial vessel with a missile
Maritime security firm Ambrey said that a merchant ship had been targeted with a missile in southwest of Aden, Yemen....
- The rebels have carried out some 30 attacks on commercial shipping and naval vessels
- US forces on Wednesday destroyed a missile belonging to the Houthi rebels
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UN says Israel-Hamas war leaves Gaza ‘uninhabitable’
Since the relentless Israeli aerial and ground assault, triggered by Hamas's deadly October 7 attacks inside Israel, the United Nations...
- UNCTAD said Gaza was in a dire state before the war erupted, with a 17-year blockade and repeated military operations leaving around 80% of the population dependent on aid.
- It would take seven decades for the territory to return to just its 2022 GDP level even the reconstruction was started immediately.
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Saudi football chief brands Mancini penalty walkout ‘unacceptable’
Doha, Qatar - The president of Saudi Arabian football said Roberto Mancini's disappearing act before the end of the penalty shootout...
- The Italian did not stick around to see South Korea's Hwang Hee-chan eliminate his Saudi side in the last 16 in Doha with the decisive spot-kick
- Roberto Mancini, 59, apologized afterwards for walking down the tunnel before their fate was sealed, saying: "I thought it was finished."