NIAMEY: Several hundred armed men, many on motor-bikes, attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers dead and 14 wounded, the Defence Ministry said. The attackers – described as “mercenaries” by the ministry – used eight vehicles and more than 200 motor-bikes in the raid on the base…
LONDON: Pro-Palestinian activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in central England on Friday, damaging and spraying red paint over two planes used for refuelling and transportation. Palestine Action said two members had entered the Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire, putting paint into the engines of the Voyager aircraft and further damaging them with…
LONDON: U.S. singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Friday to attacking a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub two years ago. Brown is charged with attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm in what prosecutors said was an “unprovoked attack” with a tequila bottle on Abraham Diaw in a London nightclub in…
Arizona’s Senate has moved to revive a bill that will create the state’s crypto reserve fund. This growing attention to the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency further adds interest to related new cryptos, such as BTC Bull Token ($BTCBULL) and secure crypto wallets like Best Wallet. Arizona’s House Bill 2324 is now under reconsideration after the…
Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) Jupiter has announced that it will pause DAO votes until the end of 2025, stating that the structure is not “working as intended.” Jupiter executive Kash Dhanda explained in an X post that the protocol is in a “critical period” and that the “window to define the future of DeFi is…
Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in shooting incidents near aid sites Israeli forces have killed 23 Palestinians after opening fire on crowds who had gathered near an aid distribution site, witnesses and medics say. Tanks and drones fired at thousands of people near an aid distribution centre in central Gaza run by the US-…
China criticises UK warship’s patrol in Taiwan Strait HMS Spey is one of two British warships permanently on patrol in the Indo-Pacific China’s military has called a British warship’s recent passage through the Taiwan Strait a disruptive act of “intentional provocation” that “undermines peace and stability”. The British Royal Navy says HMS Spey’s patrol on…
India to decide on overseas analysis of Air India crash flight recorders Air India’s London-bound 787-8 Dreamliner crashed last Thursday, killing at least 270 people India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is yet to decide whether flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the Air India flight that crashed last Thursday will be sent overseas…
Cardano price is up 0.5% over the past 24 hours, trading around $0.60. The technical picture has ADA trading within a broadening wedge, with a potential retest of the lower trendline. Technical indicators like the MACD and RSI indicate sustained bearish momentum. Cardano (ADA) is just in the green on the day, up about 0.5%…
Arizona moved closer to establishing a bitcoin BTC reserve fund after the state’s Senate voted in favor of the bill at its third reading. Arizona’s Senate passed House Bill 2324 (HB2324) in a 16-14 vote on Thursday, sending it back to House for a final decision. The legislation would update Arizona’s laws on forfeiture, allowing…
