The family of late entrepreneur John McAfee is still trying to get his body released from a Spanish prison more than seven months after his death, according to a MarketWatch report. After speaking to several people involved in the case, senior reporter Jon Swartz wrote on Wednesday that McAfee’s body …
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A giant, invisible wall has been constructed around Apple CEO Tim Cook’s four-bedroom Palo Alto home after he was granted a temporary restraining order against a woman who claimed to be his wife and threatened him. A campaign of tweets sent by the woman included messages calling Cook her “husband” …
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Two cancer patients treated with an innovative gene therapy were confirmed to be in remission after more than 10 years, according to a new study, prompting its lead researcher to declare that a “cure” for some forms of the disease could be on the horizon. A study published in Nature …
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About 2,000 US soldiers will be sent to Poland and Germany this week, while another 1,000 from Germany will be deployed to Romania, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. They will not be under NATO command and are not expected to fight in Ukraine. Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division will …
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Shares of Facebook’s parent company Meta went into a nosedive after the markets closed on Wednesday, following an underwhelming quarterly report, the first since CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the name change. The stock stood strong at $323 a share when the markets closed at 4 pm EST, but collapsed to …
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State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters that the US and NATO’s written response to Russia’s security demands, leaked to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, are genuine. Both the State Department and the Pentagon denied being behind the leaks, but stood by them. Originally intended to remain classified, documents published …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin heralded a “new era” of strategic partnership with China, in both trade and global relations, in an article for the Chinese state news agency Xinhua published ahead of his visit to Beijing for the XXIV winter Olympics. Russian-Chinese relations of “comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation” have …
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Kiev has conducted military exercises using the Uragan system, a Soviet-designed self-propelled multiple rocket launcher, near the country’s southern border with Crimea, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Wednesday. According to the army’s press service, troops practiced deployment of the system to firing positions, while targeting missiles at a …
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As Russia continues its drive for a great reboot of its lopsided relationship with the West, the US and its allies are still waiting to see what Moscow’s next move will be. On the surface, unsophisticated intransigence dominates. In essence, the Western general line goes, we are ready to talk but …
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US Army commanders are to initiate “involuntary administrative separation proceedings” against any soldier refusing to get a Covid-19 vaccine, the Army said in a statement on Wednesday, citing a fresh directive by Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth. The order applies to regular army soldiers, active-duty army reservists, and cadets. …
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