Accumulating bitcoin a risky digital rush by companies?
London, United Kingdom - US President Donald Trump's media group and Tesla, the electric carmaker owned by tech billionaire Elon...
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Norway sovereign fund drops investments in 11 Israeli companies
Oslo, Norway -- Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said Monday that it was selling its investments in 11...
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Iran detains journalist as protests against Mahsa Amini’s death continue
Tehran, Iran - Iranian authorities have detained a journalist at a reformist publication, local media reported Sunday, as her sister,...
- Elnaz Mohammadi, a reporter for reformist newspaper Hammihan, was detained at the Evin prosecutor's office in Tehran.
- Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests since the September 16 death in custody of Amini, a 22-year-old ethnic Kurd.
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Israel intercepts ‘small aircraft’ over Gaza: army
The army stressed it was not rocket or other fire that posed a threat to Israelis. "It was not a...
- The army stressed it was not rocket or other fire that posed a threat to Israelis
- The Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, has been under Israeli blockade since Hamas ousted forces loyal to Abbas in 2007
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Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm
The monarch was added last year to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened species.
- Volunteers counted more than 330,000 "western monarch" butterflies at the end of November, according to the Xerces Society conservation group.
- That number came as a relief compared to the 2,000 butterflies counted at the end of 2020, and an encouraging step up from the 250,000 or so butterflies tallied in 2021.
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Iran castigates IAEA chief after centrifuge report
The Iranian criticism of Grossi comes after the International Atomic Energy Agency director-general said he plans to visit Tehran in...
- IAEA said in a report that Iran had modified an interconnection between two centrifuge clusters enriching uranium to up to 60 percent at FFEP
- Iran said an inspector had "inadvertently" reported the changes, and that Grossi had issued the report despite the matter being resolved
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US shoots down Chinese spy balloon, drawing Beijing’s ire
The Chinese craft spent several days flying over North America before it was targeted off the coast of the southeastern...
- US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called the operation a "deliberate and lawful action" that came in response to China's "unacceptable violation of our sovereignty"
- China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs blasted the US action in a statement Sunday morning, saying the downing of the civilian aircraft was "serious violation of international peace"
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Passion for football catapults housebound Jordanian to stardom
Abu Nawas grew up spending much of his time watching football matches, analysing the teams and playing football video games.
- Abu Nawas's videos usually feature him wearing a football jersey, excitedly commenting on matches and news from the world of football
- He lamented that in Jordan "nobody cares" about people with diseases like his, and said he wished he had had the opportunity to attend school
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Former Egypt Prime Minister Sherif Ismail dies at 67
Ismail was sworn in as prime minister in 2015 before resigning in 2018 as Sisi began his second presidential term,...
- Ismail was sworn in as prime minister in 2015 before resigning in 2018 as Sisi began his second presidential term
- He oversaw a period of tough economic reforms that in late 2016 saw a steep currency devaluation
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Israelis rally for fifth week against govt reform plan
Carrying signs reading "Save Israel's democracy from Netanyahu", thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against controversial legal...
- The protests have become a weekly fixture on Saturday evenings since Netanyahu's new government took office in late December
- The judicial reforms would allow Israel's parliament to overrule any Supreme Court decision with a simple majority of 61 lawmakers in the 120-seat body
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US, western allies slam Iran’s response to UN nuclear watchdog report
Washington, United States--The United States issued a joint statement with France, the United Kingdom and Germany on Friday criticizing Iran's "inadequate"...
- The UN nuclear watchdog issued a warning to Tehran on Wednesday after it found that changes had been made without prior notification at the Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant
- Iran said that an IAEA inspector had accidentally flagged the changes as being undeclared, and that the matter was later resolved
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Ronaldo scores first goal for Al Nassr to earn draw for club
Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia--Cristiano Ronaldo got off the mark for his new Saudi paymasters Al Nassr on Friday with a stoppage-time penalty that...
- Ronaldo buried the spot-kick in the 93rd minute for a point that left the Riyadh club joint top of the Saudi Pro League with a game in hand over Al Shabab
- The large sum includes 200 million euros for promoting Saudi Arabia's expected joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup
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Saudi taekwondo star edged out in historic Olympic women’s medal pursuit
Abu Taleb had qualified for the Games by bagging gold at the 2020 Arab Taekwondo Championship and bronze medals at...
Turkey joins South Africa’s Israel ‘genocide’ case at ICJ
A Turkish parliamentary delegation accompanied by the Turkish ambassador to the Netherlands filed a "declaration of intervention" at the ICJ's...
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After AI, quantum computing eyes its ‘Sputnik’ moment
Cambridge, United Kingdom - Quantum computing promises society-changing breakthroughs in drug development and tackling climate change, and on an unassuming English...
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Bangaldesh Nobel winner Yunus ready to lead after Hasina flees
Dhaka, Bangladesh -- Bangladesh Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus said Tuesday he is ready to head a caretaker government, a day after...
- Microfinance pioneer Yunus, 84, is credited with lifting millions out of poverty -- earning the enmity of ousted Hasina and the wide respect of millions of Bangladeshis.
- Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced Monday the military would form an interim government, saying it was "time to stop the violence".
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Palestinian officials say 12 dead in Israel West Bank raids
Aqaba residents said Israeli troops arrived at dawn and surrounded the house of Amid Ghanam, leading to clashes between troops...
- Five people were killed in the Jenin area and four in Aqaba town in Tubas district
- The Israeli army said three people were killed and two arrested in another raid
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US in ‘around-the-clock’ push against Mideast war
Biden called King Abdullah II of Jordan, which helped down Iranian drones and missiles in an earlier showdown in April,...
- Biden and Blinken engaged in diplomacy to try to ease tensions sparked by a suspected Israeli attack that killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh
- Biden had been hoping in his final months in office to end the Gaza war and work on clinching a landmark deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia