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18.08 / 16:07
Technology
Adoption
Digital Currency
Ukraine has shown the value cryptocurrency offers to real people
The world is still struggling to comprehend the geopolitical and human impact of the Ukraine war. With more than 10 million people fleeing their homes and 6 million seeking refuge in foreign countries, it's been a time to support a sovereign country under attack.
18.08 / 15:05
Forest fires have burned a record 700,000 hectares in the EU this year
Forest fires have burned a record 700,000 hectares in the EU so far this year - the biggest amount since records began.
18.08 / 15:05
Sanna Marin: Finland's prime minister hits back over party video criticism
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has had to defend her private life after a video emerged of her enjoying a party with friends.
18.08 / 15:05
Alexey Alchin: Brussels must stop EU-based Russians being extradited home, says MEP
Brussels should urge EU countries to suspend any extraditions of Russians back home.
18.08 / 09:37
Law
Kabul mosque bombing at evening prayers kills 10, including prominent cleric
A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said.
18.08 / 09:37
Law
Serbia and Kosovo hold rare talks to de-escalate Balkan tensions
Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are holding high-level crisis talks on Thursday which European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has tried to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine.
18.08 / 07:41
Government
Bitcoin
Aid for Ukraine's $54M crypto fund buys vests, scopes, and UAVs
The crypto community has poured in an impressive $54 million worth of crypto funds through “Aid For Ukraine," aimed at supporting the country's military efforts against Russia, the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister has revealed.
18.08 / 01:33
Climate change
'Imbeciles': Surfers fined for speeding down Venice's Grand Canal
Two foreign tourists who sped down Venice's Grand Canal on motorised surfboards were fined on Wednesday, after a hunt by city authorities.
17.08 / 23:15
17.08 / 20:13
Health
Spain wildfires: Firefighters and train passengers hurt as blaze rips through Valencia countryside
"Run, run, run, run!" The cry rang out across the hillside as a wall of flame fed by high winds swept down towards four Spanish firefighters.
17.08 / 19:27
Health
Climate change
Prison
Saudi student sentenced to 34 years in prison over Twitter posts
A Saudi Arabian student has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting activists on Twitter.
17.08 / 19:27
Health
Climate change
Germany's Scholz slams Abbas' '50 Holocausts' remark
Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed Mahmoud Abbas after the Palestinian president accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts”.
17.08 / 18:05
Sport
Health
Threat
Ukraine war: 'Likely Kyiv counterattack' in Crimea, Kerch Bridge threat, Zaporizhzhia conditions
Explosions at key Russian positions in occupied Crimea on Tuesday were "likely part of a coherent Ukrainian counteroffensive to regain control of the west bank of the Dnipro River," according to the US think-tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
17.08 / 18:05
Sport
Health
New Polish school textbook provokes anger over section on fertility
Poland's conservative government has been criticised over a new school textbook that appears to disparage in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment.
17.08 / 14:51
Health
Climate change
European Union
Brexit: UK starts legal action over exclusion from EU science programmes
The UK has launched a formal appeal against its exclusion from EU scientific research programmes, using a provision in the post-Brexit agreement, the British government has confirmed.
17.08 / 13:55
Sport
European Union
Floods in Paris as city hit by 'near-monthly rainfall in 90 minutes'
There are warnings of thunderstorms in many parts of France on Wednesday, in an abrupt interruption to the heatwave the country has been experiencing for weeks.
17.08 / 13:29
Sport
European Union
Why the sale of guns on Facebook in Iraq is so 'rife'
Facebook users in Iraq are exploiting the platform's lack of Arabic and Kurdish-language moderation policies in order to purchase guns online, according to a report.
17.08 / 13:05
European Union
Migrants
Forest fires
Spain marks five years since terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils
Spain has held several ceremonies to mark the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Catalonia in 2017.
17.08 / 13:05
UPS
Target
Continental
Record eurozone inflation: Which countries in Europe are being worst hit as energy prices soar?
The UK’s inflation rate has surged to a 40-year-high of 10.1 per cent in July, the Organisaton of National Statistics (ONS) reported on August 17.
17.08 / 12:35
Blockchain
Bitcoin
Crypto Scam Revenue Has Dropped by 65% in 2022: Chainalysis
Illicit crypto volumes have been diminishing year-over-year, with scams making the largest drop, accordingto a report by blockchain analytic firm Chainalysis.
17.08 / 12:27
UPS
Provident
Santos Approves $2.6 Billion Oil-Field Development in Alaska
SYDNEY—One of Australia’s largest energy companies said it would proceed with the $2.6 billion development of a large oil field in Alaska, illustrating how the Ukraine war is providing impetus to alternative sources of supply to Russian crude.
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