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Americans, including many Republicans, remember the bitter lessons of U.S. wars in the Middle East after September 11. Trump may have shifted attention from other issues, but as days pass, the Iran war is proving far more complex and could easily spiral out of control

• Iran says building housing Assembly of Experts, tasked with electing new supreme leader, was ‘not in use’ • Death toll rises to 787 after Tehran rocked by intense bombing; Tel Aviv hit by retaliatory salvos • Khamenei to be laid to rest in Mashhad • Trump shatters Pehlavi’s ambitions, says ‘someone from within’ should take over Iran • Rubio reveals US invasion triggered by fear of imminent Israeli attack • US president contradicts secretary of state, says he may have ‘forced Israel’s hand’ • US lawmakers outraged after Washington empties embassies, orders citizens to flee Middle East without any official help • Gulf states continue to reel from attacks WASHINGTON: Explosions tore through Tel Aviv, Tehran, Qom and Beirut on Tuesday, as financial markets around the world tumbled at the prospect of a prolonged disruption to global energy supplies, on the fourth day of the US-Israeli war against Iran. Israeli and US strikes on Tuesday hit the Assembly of Experts building in Qom, which is tasked with electing Ir...

Duizenden mensen vulden dinsdag de straten van Minab, in het zuiden van Iran, voor de massabegrafenis van de slachtoffers van een raketaanval op een school. Nabestaanden huilden luidkeels. Rouwenden strooiden rozenblaadjes en snoepgoed over de kisten. Kleine kisten, volgens de beelden op kinderformaat, waren gewikkeld in de vlag van de Islamitische Republiek.

Pe 4 martie 1977 atunci când s-a produs unul dintre cele mai devastatoare cutremure de pe teritoriul țării noastre, Nicolae Ceaușescu, se afla într-un tur al țărilor africane. Aflând vestea dezastrului a ajuns în țară în numai 18 ore și a coordonat acțiunile de salvare.

Bitcoin Policy Institute study finds AI systems, including Claude, GPT, Grok, and Gemini, favored Bitcoin over fiat and other digital assets.

Pasajul de pe DJ401, care traversează Autostrada Bucureștiului A0 în zona comunei Berceni și reprezintă singura legătură rutieră a localității cu Capitala, prezintă semne îngrijorătoare de degradare la doar 2 ani de la inaugurare.

Европейский Союз ищет варианты, как избежать задержек в поставках Украине ракет к системам противовоздушной обороны, в частности Patriot, из-за событий на Ближнем Востоке.

Trump has urged banking groups to “make a good deal” with the crypto industry and said undermining the GENIUS Act is “unacceptable.” US President Donald Trump has taken a shot at banks for stalling the crypto market structure bill from advancing in the Senate over stablecoin yield payments. “The Genius Act is being threatened and undermined by the Banks, and that is unacceptable — We are not going to allow it,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, mentioning the GENIUS Act that Congress passed in July to regulate stablecoins. Trump has touted the GENIUS Act as his crowning achievement to attract crypto companies to the US. The law gives stablecoin issuers a path to regulation, but bans them from directly offering yield payments to holders. Read more

Dinsdagavond laat zijn de eerste te repatriëren Nederlanders die in het Midden-Oosten vast zijn komen te zitten door de oorlog in Iran, met een KLM-vlucht vertrokken uit Oman richting Schiphol.

La 49 de ani de la cutremurul din 1977, România este mai puțin pregătită din punct de vedere al infrastructurii pentru un seism de magnitudine mare. O spune Matei Sumbusacu, inginer constructor cu masterat în analiza și structura clădirilor cu risc seismic.

Anthropic’s moral stand on U.S. military use of AI is exposing a growing awareness that maybe chatbots just aren’t capable enough for acts of war.

Colombia's top criminal court cited AI detectors to reject a lawyer's appeal. An attorney then ran the court's ruling through the same software and got a 93% match.

Israël heeft een nieuwe reeks aanvallen uitgevoerd op Iran. Dat meldt het Israëlische leger op Telegram. Vanuit Oman is dinsdagavond het eerste KLM-toestel met in Iran gestrande Nederlanders vertrokken. De verwachte aankomsttijd van vlucht KL9896 op Schiphol is woensdagochtend 08.15 uur. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

Ray Dalio says that gold is a better safe-haven asset in times of conflict compared to Bitcoin, and raised concerns about the cryptocurrency’s lack of privacy. Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has warned against Bitcoin as a long-term store of value and safe-haven asset, arguing that it has little central bank support and has lingering concerns over its privacy limitations and quantum resistance. Dalio dismissed the idea that Bitcoin (BTC) can function as a digital gold, telling the All-In Podcast on Tuesday that “there is only one gold.” "Gold is not a precious metal that's speculated on,” Dalio said, adding it is the “most established money” that is the second-largest reserve currency held by central banks. Read more

Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a Russian agent in Kropyvnytskyi who, on orders from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), was registering Starlink satellite terminals under other people's identities.

Orașul Dnipro ar putea deveni una dintre principalele ținte ale armatei ruse în cazul unei noi ofensive, avertizează oficiali locali și analiști citați de publicația franceză Le Monde.

К вечеру 3 марта в Ростовской области российская ПВО сбила собственный вертолет с экипажем на борту — все его члены погибли.

X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, says creators posting AI-generated war videos without disclosure will lose access to X’s revenue-sharing program.

Wereldwijd zit de markt vast en opschalen lukt nog nauwelijks. Het importeren van waterstof blijkt veel duurder dan eerder werd gedacht.

De AOW-leeftijd koppelen aan de levensverwachting is logisch, maar vergeten we niet iets fundamenteels? Het gaat niet alleen om hoelang we leven, maar om hoe lang we mentaal fit blijven.