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Der Spiegel said the deceased man was a 35-year-old secretary who had worked at the embassy. The magazine said the man appeared to have fallen from an upper floor of the building. His body had been discovered on October 19. Russia’s embassy in Germany released a short statement in response …

In the midst of the chaos in Afghanistan as the United States withdrew, failed intelligence on the ISIS-K group led to an American drone strike which killed a number of innocent people in Kabul. Several months on, an ‘independent Pentagon review’ into the incident found that there was no misconduct …

Alphabet has been “aggressively pursuing” the Defense Department’s (DoD) Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract, the New York Times reported earlier this week, noting that the organization viewed it as a priority. The initiative – a successor to the Pentagon’s failed ‘war cloud’ project – apparently aims to use “artificial …

“Today the Supreme Court quashed the appeal court’s final judgement as well as the court’s preceding judgement,” the Supreme Court said in a statement on Friday, noting that the case would be referred to the Amsterdam Court of Appeal for “renewed judgement.” The judges contended that Russia had acceptable grounds …

On Friday morning, India’s Air Quality Index surged, reaching 459 on a scale of 500, indicating “severe” air pollution – the highest figure recorded this year. Online resource Waqi.info reported that contamination in the capital on Friday was at least 10 times higher than in London.   The concentration of poisonous …

“In New York we always go big, so I’m going to take my first THREE paychecks in bitcoin when I become mayor,” Adams posted on his Twitter account.  “NYC is going to be the center of the cryptocurrency industry and other fast-growing, innovative industries! Just wait!” The tweet, which comes …

On Saturday, October 30, Israel changed strategy and attacked Syria in broad daylight. The attacks usually come in the early hours of the morning under cover of darkness, but this time Israel launched at 11.15am. The target was the Syrian air defense base to the West of Damascus. The base …

Whitehaven, located on the Cumbria coast, is not exactly a flourishing place. Once a booming port and a major centre of the coal and chemical industries, the town has been in decline, with its streets dotted by long-since boarded-up businesses. However, Whitehaven has been selected by the West Cumbria Mining …

McGinniss, who works for online publication the Daily Caller, was among the group of people who drove Joseph Rosenbaum to hospital when he was shot by Rittenhouse during a night of violent protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020. Speaking from the witness stand on Thursday, McGinniss gave his …

During her show on Thursday night, MSNBC’s Joy Reid insisted Republicans should not tout Sears’ historic election as Virginia’s lieutenant governor this week as a sign of declining racism in the country, or “demand credit any time any of them ever voted for anybody black.” Her guest, sociologist and political …