Author: News Desk

United States: US President Joe Biden has ordered a Chinese-owned bitcoin miner and its partners to sell land they hold close to a US nuclear missile station citing fears about espionage. MineOne Partners, which is said to be mostly owned by Chinese nationals by the White House, has been given 120 days to sell the land on which it operates a cryptocurrency mining business. The area is situated 1.6 km (less than a mile) from an air force base in Wyoming that houses intercontinental ballistic missiles. “The proximity of the foreign-owned Real Estate to a strategic missile base… and the…

Indonesia: Search and rescue officials reported that heavy rains on the Indonesian island of Sumatra resulted in flash flooding and a cold lava flow from an active volcano, killing at least 37 people and injuring over a dozen more. When rainy weather descends a volcano’s slopes, a mixture of volcanic debris, including ash, sand, and stones, is released as cold lava, or lahar. Near the base of Mount Marapi, an active volcano in western Sumatra, thick muck and ash partially covered roads and mountainside settlements, according to images released by Indonesia’s disaster response agency. More flooding was recorded in four…

United States: The federal court has declined to prolong an injunction against Elon Musk’s platform X over 65 tweets that included a video of a stabbing attack at a Sydney church before the case’s last hearing. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed last month while conducting a live-streamed service at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in the Sydney suburb of Wakeley. X was told to conceal the posts of the incident. Only after X blocked the tweets from Australian users did the eSafety commissioner get an injunction from a federal court, threatening legal action against the notification. Unless…

Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to replace Sergei Shoigu as defence minister with the position of secretary of the Security Council as part of a cabinet reorganization. The Kremlin announced on Sunday that Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister with expertise in finance, will take over as the new defence minister. The transition occurs as Putin takes office for a fifth time. Following Putin’s inauguration at the Kremlin on Tuesday, the whole government resigned by Russian law. The Federation Council, Russia’s upper body of parliament, must accept Belousov’s candidacy. Two years before Russia’s invasion and annexation of the…

Indonesia: Rescue officials have reported that over 14 individuals, including multiple children, lost their lives in western Indonesia due to flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano. Numerous others are also missing. Following hours of intense rain, the tragedy struck the West Sumatra province’s Agam and Tanah Datar districts at approximately 10:30 p.m. (15:30 GMT) on Saturday, causing a flash flood and a frigid lava flow from Mount Marapi, according to a statement released on Sunday by the Basarnas search and rescue agency. Volcanic debris such as ash, sand, and stones that are swept down a volcano’s slopes…

According to a series of recent studies, a 10-minute bike exercise may seem doable before the timer goes off, but once your body starts working, those seconds are likely to feel longer than usual. The study was designed by psychologists in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to be uniform and regulated. Regardless of how demanding or competitive the setting, the authors assert that they are the first to “conclusively demonstrate that the perception of time slows down during exercise”. Under the direction of Andrew Mark Edwards from Canterbury Christ Church University in the UK, the group tested 33 active…

Sweden: Thousands of people have rallied against Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmo with Israel’s war on Gaza casting a shadow over the glamorous contest’s finale. Marching towards the contest venue on Saturday, a sizable gathering of demonstrators gathered on the centre square of the Swedish host city. They waved Palestinian flags and sang “Eurovision united by genocide,” a play on the official slogan of the competition, which is “united by music.” Between 6,000 and 8,000 individuals, according to police estimates, participated in the protests on Saturday in Malmo. Meanwhile, French musician Slimane…

Kuwait: State media in Kuwait announced that the emir had dissolved the legislature and assumed certain of its responsibilities a few weeks after the Gulf nation held elections. In a speech shown on state television on Friday, Emir Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Sabah declared that the royally appointed government will take on certain of the National Assembly’s 50 members’ functions. In addition, he withheld further details regarding the suspension of certain vague articles of the constitution for “a period of no more than four years.” “The unhealthy atmosphere experienced by Kuwait in previous years has encouraged the spread of corruption to…

United States: The UN general assembly overwhelmingly agreed to support the Palestinian bid for full UN membership in a decision that marked Israel’s increasing isolation on the international scene amid widespread concern over the Gaza War and the severity of the humanitarian catastrophe in the region. By a vote of 143 to 9, with 25 abstentions, the assembly approved a resolution urging the UN Security Council to grant the state of Palestine full membership and expand its current mandate to include several new rights and privileges beyond those permitted by its current observer status. Israel quickly chastised the extremely inflammatory…

France: French Footballer Kylian Mbappe has announced that he will be leaving Paris Saint-Germain after an “adventure” with the team ends in a few weeks. “This is my last year at Paris Saint-Germain. … I will play my last match at the Parc des Princes this Sunday,” the 25-year-old said in a video posted on the social media platform X on Friday. After Sunday’s match, which will be their final home game of the season against Toulouse, PSG will collect the Ligue 1 title, their tenth in the previous twelve seasons. Borussia Dortmund knocked Luis Enrique’s team from the Champions…