Two attacks along Niger’s border with Burkina Faso have killed 39 people, Niamey’s defense ministry said Saturday, accusing “criminals” of massacring civilian populations. The borderlands between Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have long been home to armed insurgents linked to the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda. Source link
FRANCE 24’s Andrew Hilliar talks from Syria’s Aleppo about the frantic final moments before president Bashar al-Assad’s flight from Damascus and the arduous task facing the country’s new rulers. Source link
One week on from the abrupt collapse of president Bashar al-Assad’s regime at the hands of a lightning offensive launched by Islamist-led rebels, Syrians are struggling to rebuild a nation crippled by years of war and economic hardship. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments in Syria. Source link
As soon as winter starts in America, the clocks are turned back one hour. So that people can make maximum use of daylight. As soon as winter ends, the clocks are turned back. This system of daylight saving time will now be abolished. This announcement was made by Donald Trump, who was elected President of … Read more
Thousands of Israelis staged a protest on Saturday to demand that the remaining hostages still being held in Gaza be released. There has been guarded optimism in recent days that a ceasefire and hostage release deal for Gaza might finally be within reach after more than 14 months of war between Israel and Hamas in … Read more
On December 9, Google launched Willow, its quantum chip with a power of 105 qubits. Other analysts, in agreement with Adam Back, understand that this risk would be distant. The debate over advances in quantum computing and its potential impact on cryptography continues to generate reflections. Recently, CriptoNoticias reported that analysts have dismissed the theoretical … Read more
Parties from 196 countries and the European Union failed on Saturday to reach an agreement on how to respond to drought at UN talks in Saudi Arabia. Source link
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Saturday that Russia has started deploying North Korean soldiers in its operations in the Kursk region. Zelensky added that he had heard North Korean soldiers may be being “used in other parts of the front line”, and that they had already experienced significant losses. Source … Read more
Satoshis (sats) are today called the smallest indivisible unit of bitcoin (BTC). The motivation is to simplify user understanding and reduce confusion when doing calculations. A new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) created by John Carvallo, a currency maximalist, is underway with the goal of redefining the primary unit of account of bitcoin (BTC). This initiative … Read more
Akasa Air (Akasa Air) A section of pilots have raised concerns over alleged training and safety issues at the airline and sought intervention from the Civil Aviation Ministry. However, the airline has denied these allegations. Akasa Air, which is more than two years old, had faced problems with pilots earlier also and this time a … Read more