Posts by Amelia Frost
Bybit Hack: How The $1.4B Exploit Happened, Funds Recovered, And Who’s Responsible
[ad_1] KEY POINTS Bybit’s CEO said the hackers breached multisig cold wallet and moved all the $ETH Ethereum was the hardest-hit crypto asset in the exploit as per Nansen data Bybit has launched a recovery campaign in hopes of getting back the stolen funds Tether has frozen 181,000 $USDT linked to the Bybit exploit ZachXBT…
Read MoreCritically-ill Pope Had A Good Night, Vatican Says
[ad_1] Pope Francis, hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, spent a peaceful night and was “resting” Monday, the Vatican said amidst global concern over the pontiff’s health. The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church was admitted to the Gemelli hospital in Rome on February 14 with breathing difficulties and his condition has…
Read MorePaedophile French Surgeon On Trial For Abusing Almost 300 Patients
[ad_1] A former surgeon is to go on trial in France on Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 former patients, most of them children. Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, is already in jail after a court in 2020 found him guilty of abusing four children, including two of his nieces. In the latest…
Read MoreIn Ukraine, Anticipating The ‘Next’ War With Russia
[ad_1] The Russian invasion of Ukraine is still raging, but Vladyslav Chumachenko, a frontline medic, is already anticipating the next war. The 39-year-old said it was clear that if talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin lead to a halt in fighting, the terms would likely be unacceptable for Ukraine. That…
Read MoreZelensky Hails Ukraine’s ‘Heroism’ On Third Annniversary Of Russia’s Invasion
[ad_1] Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky hailed his country’s “resistance” and “heroism” on Monday on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion as EU leaders arrived in Kyiv in a show of solidarity. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch what he called a “special military operation” set off the biggest conflict in Europe since World War…
Read MoreChina’s Alibaba To Invest $50 Bn In AI, Cloud Computing
[ad_1] Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma was seen meeting President Xi Jinping. Investors have piled into Chinese technology stocks since the start of the year, with Alibaba — which runs…
Read MoreDominant Ducati Unleash Deposed MotoGP Kings Marquez And Bagnaia
[ad_1] As the lights go out to start the MotoGP season in Thailand on Saturday, the road seems clear for one of the sport’s two deposed kings to reclaim their crown – if they do not get in each other’s way. Marc Marquez, six times champion, has joined double champion Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia in the…
Read MoreIndonesia Launches New Multi-billion-dollar Sovereign Wealth Fund
[ad_1] Indonesia on Monday launched a new sovereign wealth fund that will aim to manage state assets worth more than $900 billion as President Prabowo Subianto looks to turbo-charge growth in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The recently inaugurated leader has pledged to take the archipelago’s annual growth from five to eight percent, ordering billions of…
Read MoreIndia’s Modi Uses Mega Hindu Festival To Burnish Credentials
[ad_1] The quest of millions seeking salvation at the world’s largest religious festival has also been a golden opportunity for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to burnish Hindu nationalist credentials. Undeterred by packed trains, sold-out hotels, stomach-churning faecal matter measurements in rivers used for ritual bathing, and two deadly stampedes that killed dozens, the Hindu…
Read MoreDoes Elon Musk Still Care About Selling Cars?
[ad_1] Elon Musk’s role as President Trump’s cost-cutting czar and his immersion in right-wing politics appear to be diverting his attention from Tesla at a perilous moment for the electric car company. Tesla’s car sales fell 1 percent last year even as the global market for electric vehicles grew 25 percent. Mr. Musk has not…
Read MoreThree Years After Russia Invasion, UN Faces Difficult Votes On Ukraine
[ad_1] Defying Kyiv and its European allies, Washington plans on Monday to submit to the UN Security Council and General Assembly a draft text that calls for a “swift end” to the Ukraine conflict but makes no reference to its territorial integrity, in an early test of Donald Trump’s muscular approach to the crisis. Since…
Read MoreTrump Celebrates Conservative Party Win in Germany and Promises ‘Many More Victories to Follow!’
[ad_1] President Donald Trump took to social media to celebrate the victory grasped by Germany’s conservative opposition in the recent federal election. Trump took to his social media app, Truth Social, on Sunday to congratulate the Christian Democratic Union on their win. “LOOKS LIKE THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN GERMANY HAS WON THE VERY BIG AND…
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