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The industry has faced a regulatory crackdown since the collapse of FTX US authorities are waging war against cryptocurrencies and want to control Bitcoin, Sam Altman, chief executive of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, warned during an appearance on the ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast. “There are many things that I’m disappointed that the US government has done recently, but the war on crypto – which I think is a, like, we can’t give this up, like, we’re going to control this and all that – that’s the thing that makes me quite sad about the country,” Altman said. Earlier this year, the US…

The country has agreed to switch to trading in local currencies with its major partners, the Malaysian prime minister says Malaysia is set to increase settlements in local currencies to reduce reliance on the US dollar, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday. “To entirely stop the reliance on the US dollar will be difficult, but Malaysia will be more active and aggressive in the use of ringgit (in trade),” Anwar told the parliament. The process of de-dollarization is gaining momentum in Southeast Asia. The Malaysian prime minister noted that his country had agreements with Indonesia, Thailand, and China, its largest…

Finland is reportedly considering requesting help from NATO in the investigation A probe into leakage from Balticconnector, an undersea gas pipe connecting Finland and Estonia, has been launched based on suspicions that the route was deliberately damaged, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. According the statement, released by the Finnish government earlier on Tuesday, the authorities located the damaged area of the gas pipe and detected a flaw in a communication cable to Estonia. Finland is due to hold a news conference at 5.30pm on Tuesday to discuss the gas pipeline leak. The Balticconnector pipeline was…

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in phone calls the military escalation in Gaza and its surroundings and the worsening situation threatening the lives of civilians and the security and stability of the region. It was agreed during the calls on the need to intensify international and regional efforts to stop the escalation in Gaza and its surroundings and prevent its expansion in the region, the Saudi Press Agency said on Monday. The Crown Prince affirmed that the Kingdom stands by the Palestinian people to achieve their…

A Palestinian journalist and her family were the latest victims in the ongoing barbaric and indiscriminate Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip, reported WAFA correspondent. He said the journalist Salam Meimah, her husband and three children, Hady, Ali, and Sham, were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed their house in Jabalya refugee camp, north of the besieged Gaza Strip. Three other journalists were killed earlier today in the Israeli bombardment that has so far claimed the lives of more than 770 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them civilians, including children, women and elderly, and more than 4000 wounded. Source: WAFA

During the meeting, the sides plan to discuss the development of multi-faceted Russian-Iraqi cooperation, as well as current issues on the international agenda . Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks in the Kremlin with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani, who is arriving in Moscow on an official visit. During the meeting, the sides plan to discuss the development of multi-faceted Russian-Iraqi cooperation, as well as current issues on the international agenda, first of all the situation in the Middle East. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported earlier that in addition to the talks, Putin and Al Sudani are…

Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Iraqi prime minister are expected to take place later on Tuesday Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani has arrived on a visit to Russia, a TASS correspondent reported. His plane landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport. Russian Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian Ambassador to Baghdad Elbrus Kutrashev and Iraqi Ambassador to Moscow Kahtan Taha Khalaf Al-Janabi met Al-Sudani at the airport. Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Iraqi prime minister are expected to take place later on Tuesday. According to the Kremlin press service, the…

Maha Hussaini, strategy director at Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, says Gaza residents have nowhere to go to escape Israeli bombardment. “Last night, many residential neighbourhoods were targeted. The southern part of the Strip bore the brunt of the attacks,” Hussaini told Al Jazeera from Gaza. “Entire neighbourhoods have been evacuated. Around 50,00 people have been evacuated from their homes so that the Israeli forces can bombard whole squares and wipe out entire neighbourhoods. People have nowhere to go. They have no shelter,” she said. “People are going from a targeted area to an area that will be targeted.” Source: Aljazeera

Source: Aljazeera

Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hussein al-Sheikh said Tuesday that the Palestinian leadership is working with world leaders to stop the war immediately. He said in a post published on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the leadership also called for food and medical supplies to be taken to the Gaza Strip. “The Palestinian leadership, headed by Mr. President Abu Mazen, has conducted and is continuing intensive contacts with all world leaders to stop this devastating war immediately, and to stop the cascade of bloodshed, astonishing destruction, and forced displacement. The leadership called for…