Iran claims to have thwarted what it terms a US attempt to "steal" an oil tanker in the strategic Sea of Oman, amid heightening tensions between the two countries. A US military vessel reportedly confiscated an Iranian oil tanker and diverted the oil to another tanker headed to an undisclosed location, state media said ... .
Melbourne. A 4-year-old girl who vanished while camping with her family in a remote area of Western Australia was found "alive and well" 18 days later in a locked house, authorities said Wednesday. The girl, CleoSmith, was freed after the police broke into the empty house in Carnarvon, the same town where she and her family lived ... About 1 a.m ... .
The Taliban has banned the use of foreign currencies in Afghanistan, a move that could further disrupt an economy on the brink of collapse. "The economic situation and national interests in the country require that all Afghans use Afghan currency in their every trade," the Taliban said ... Assets frozen, funds stopped ... Related Topics. .
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Rescuers on Wednesday suspended their hunt for three French climbers missing in the Himalayas after an avalanche, with little hope of finding the men alive when the search resumes later this week ... "As we could not make any progress in tracing the missing climbers, we have decided to stop the search operation," he told AFP on Tuesday ... ....
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Sunak will appear alongside former Bank of England chief Mark Carney, and announce two things ...There are a couple of important caveats, though. The first is that, as so often in politics, when you see the words “up to” right before a sum of money, you can safely substitute in “less than”. The second is what happens on the other side of the ledger ... .
A Republican candidate has been elected the governor of the US state of Virginia, in a setback for Democrats ahead of next year’s nationwide congressional elections. US media outlets CNN and NBC projected late on Tuesday that Glenn Youngkin had won the gubernatorial race ... Youngkin will succeed outgoing GovernorRalph Northam, a Democrat ... .
Michelle Wu addresses supporters at her election night party, in Boston, Nov. 2. Wu defeated fellow City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George in the race for Boston mayor. AP-Yonhap ... Boston voters tapped City Councilor Michelle Wu, 36, on Tuesday to serve in the city's top political office ... Congress, in this Nov. 4, 2018, file photo. AP-Yonhap ... Americas ... 2 ... .
Peter HUTCHISON and Andréa BAMBINO. Ex-cop Eric Adams, who fought racial discrimination within the police, was elected New York's next mayor on Tuesday and will become just the second African American to lead the United States's largest city ... Being New York's mayor is often described as the most difficult job in the United States after president.
KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb struck a Taliban patrol in a stronghold of Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding three, witnesses said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the attack bore the hallmarks of previous ISIS strikes against the Taliban ... 15 takeover of Kabul ... .
GENEVA/ADDIS ABABA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia published on Wednesday ... It was released the day after Ethiopia declared a state of emergency ... YEAR OF CONFLICT ... ....
Bitcoin (BTC) mining is getting difficult by the time. The latest report published by Glassnode highlights a sharp increase in BTC mining difficultly. According to the numbers, the BTC mining difficulty level has reached its highest level since June 2021. Every Bitcoin block requires 930k Exahashes to solve at an average block time of 10 mins ... ....
A collection of gems that belonged to the last dynasty of tsars, the Romanovs, will go under the hammer at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva, as seen on Tuesday ...The Grand Duchess was one of the last Romanov to flee Russia ... .