Gisèle Pelicot, the Frenchwoman at the center of the mass rape trial that shocked France, has become a feminist hero for refusing to be ashamed and standing up to her aggressors in court. The verdict in the trial is expected next week. Source link
Unidentified drones have been sighted flying over the US military’s Ramstein Air Base in Germany and facilities belonging to German arms maker Rheinmetall, German magazine Der Speigel reported on Friday, citing security services. Source link
This week, experts gathered around Gavin LEE discuss the ongoing process of regime change in Syria; the replacement of French Prime Minister after his government was overthrown by Parliament; and the election of Donald Trump as the Person of the year by TIME magazine. Source link
Fartcoin is a meme token from the Solana network. Giants like Bit Digital, Herbalife and RE/MAX Holdings are “less valuable” than Fartcoin. A couple of years ago, it would have been unthinkable that a “tokenized fart” would be more valuable than hundreds of companies globally. However, the rise of memecoins created by artificial intelligence (AI) … Read more
German authorities said on Friday that unidentified drones had been spotted flying over sensitive military and industrial sites. Among the sites was the US air base at Ramstein in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate. What do we know about the sightings? The sightings were first reported by Germany’s The mirror magazine. It cited a report … Read more
Riot Platforms, an American company dedicated to Bitcoin mining, now has a total treasure of more than 16,700 bitcoin (BTC), as reported this Friday in an X post. According to the data of the company, bought 5,117 bitcoin at a price of $99,669, for an investment of just over $510 million. With this acquisition, Riot … Read more
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was on Monday diagnosed with a hemorrhage between his brain and the dura mater membrane that protects it, prompting doctors to carry out a trepanation, involving drilling through his skull to relieve pressure. On Friday Lula posted a video of himself walking unassisted. Source link
Solana (SOL) ends 2024 as the network with the largest number of new developers working on it. It thus becomes the first network to surpass the main network of Ethereum (ETH) in this statistic since 2016. Despite the data, Ethereum continues to be the network that hosts the most developers in total, according to data … Read more
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Friday that Iran has agreed to allow increased monitoring by the IAEA of its nuclear enrichment plant at its Fordo site. Iran had sparked concerns last month when it announced it was planning to ramp up production of highly enriched uranium at the site. Source link
The fall of Bashar al-Assad has created a historic opportunity to gather direct evidence of the crimes committed by the Syrian regime, which investigators have been unable to do until now. After 50 years of witnessing massive human rights violations, many Syrians are now demanding truth and justice. Source link