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Prominent Russian newspaper shuts down under pressure from authorities
At the editorial offices of Novaya Gazeta, they are packing up and shutting down.Everywhere I look there are cardboard boxes and plastic bags. Everything must go.For thirty years this has been Russia's most prominent independent newspaper, featuring investigative journalism...
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Residents evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky during U.S.-brokered ceasefire
Kyiv - Ukrainian and Russian humanitarian delegations began evacuating residents from Russian-occupied Oleshky on Friday, with plans to move the evacuees through Russia and Belarus before arriving back in Ukraine on Saturday. Oleshky, a city in...
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Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea
Binance, which was founded in China in 2017, allows users to trade digital assets and is estimated to have more than 300 million registered users worldwide.The company said in 2024 that it had more than $160bn in assets under...
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G20 ‘family photo’ cancelled after protests over presence of Russian minister
Relations between Ukraine and the US have been particularly tense this month, with a diplomatic standoff between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump over Kyiv's strikes on oil infrastructure within Russia.British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is...
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Canada stops using ‘avalanche dogs’ for rescues in Rocky Mountains, stirring outrage
For 55 years, the government used rescue dogs in the Canadian Rocky Mountains who were trained to trace "everything", Ward said, from a small paper clip to shell casings to a human body. After avalanches, a common winter hazard...
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Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s last independent newspaper, “no longer exists,” as Putin erases the free press
Novaya Gazeta, Russia's last independent newspaper, announced Friday that it will cease operations from Nov. 9, marking a major milestone for President Vladimir Putin's years-long effort to silence the country's free press.Novaya Gazeta said it...
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US tech stocks see sharp falls over AI cost fears
US stocks have continued to slide as concerns continue to intensify over the increasing costs of the artificial intelligence (AI) build out.Shares in Intel continued their overnight slide into early trading on Friday, falling as much as 30% after...
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Democratic senator blames Egypt press crackdown on US military aid decision
A top Democratic senator has blamed a crackdown on independent journalism in Egypt on a decision by the Trump administration to waive human rights conditions on US military funding to the country.Chris Murphy, who sits on the Senate Foreign...
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Israeli opposition accuses Netanyahu of trying to ‘delegitimise’ election
The main Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot and Arab-led party leaders have denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleging foreign interference following the election which saw his coalition lose its majority.Netanyahu's Likud accused Israel's Arab-led parties of "stealing" the...
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$6.3 billion Binance hack was likely work of North Korea, blockchain intel firms say
A U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm said a North Korean cyber unit was likely behind an attack that stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange.Binance said on Friday that deposits were unaffected, while withdrawals...
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Pope Leo begins 12-day South America trip following cancer surgery
Pope Leo's first stop on his 12-day visit to South America is Uruguay, just weeks after undergoing lung cancer...