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Op de tweede dag van het conclaaf hebben de kardinalen een nieuwe paus gekozen: de relatief onbekende Amerikaan Robert Prevost uit Chicago is vanaf nu paus Leo XIV.

A nurse who volunteers with hostage families says that the fight to return their loved ones from Gaza has exacted a heavy personal price in all aspects of their lives, affecting them emotionally and financially – and leading to chronic illnesses. 'They're in a terrible state,' she says

Xi Jinping și Vladimir Putin au schimbat cuvinte calde la Kremlin, joi, 8 mai 2025, în timpul unei ceremonii grandioase de primire a liderului chinez pentru a 11-a sa vizită în Rusia. Cei doi lideri s-au așezat la masă, și-au turnat ceai, însă niciunul dintre ei nu a băut, moment devenit viral.

Горноспасателем криворожанин Сергей Быцко работает более 20 лет. Сейчас он заместитель командира государственного военизированного горноспасательного Подробнее

Theo Janssen keert met onmiddellijke ingang terug bij Vitesse. Het clubicoon gaat bij de Arnhemse club aan de slag als adviseur op technisch vlak.

Geschreeuw waarmee je wakker wordt. Geschreeuw overdag. Vrouwen als het grote kwaad voor je carrière. Joost van Löben Sels uit Hattem bezocht een tennisschool die nu in het nieuws zou komen met ‘grensoverschrijdend gedrag’. „Zelfs tijdens het eten mocht je niet praten.”

Has Ethereum been too complacent about fees? It no longer has the “luxury of being a peace-time research project,” said one conference panelist. Layer 2s have been a great blockchain success story. They’ve reduced congestion on the Ethereum mainnet, driving down gas fees while preserving security. But maybe they’ve become too successful, drawing chain activity and fee income from the parent that spawned them? At least that’s what some are suggesting lately, most recently at Cornell Tech’s blockchain conference in late April. Indeed, some think Ethereum should be a little greedier, or at least fight harder for a bigger part of the revenue pie, particularly sequencing fees.  Read more

Fostul ambasador al SUA în România, Adrian Zuckerman, care a fost numit în funcție în timpul primului mandat al lui Trump, a lansat un avertisment despre pericolul pe care îl reprezintă alegerea „candidatului extremist” în funcția de președinte al țării.

Если США не справятся с ролью посредника в мирных переговорах между страной-агрессором Россией и Украиной, появятся другие кандидаты. Об этом заявил министр иностранных дел Польши Радослав Сикорский на конференции с вице-президентом Европейской комиссии Каей Каллас 8 мая, которую транслировало Polish presidency of the Council в YouТube.

Liderul mondial în producția de vehicule electrice și hibride plug-in intră oficial pe piața auto din România, ca parte a strategiei sale de extindere europeană.

Missouri will become the first US state to eliminate the levy if Governor Mike Kehoe signs the bill into law. Missouri House Bill 594, a bill that would eliminate capital gains tax in the US state, has passed a vote in the state House of Representatives and now heads to Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe's desk for signature. According to attorney Aaron Brogan, the bill stipulates a 100% income tax deduction for any capital gains income because the Missouri tax code does not explicitly distinguish between capital gains and income tax. Brogan told Cointelegraph that the specific mechanism to exempt capital gains taxes outlined in HB 594 is unique and compared it to a similar income tax deduction in the federal tax code. The attorney explained: Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about the Ukraine-U.S. minerals agreement after it was ratified by the Verkhovna Rada on Thursday, May 8.

В газете The New York Times вышла важная статья авторства семи министров иностранных дел к 80-й годовщине победы над нацизмом и завершения Второй мировой войны в Европе.

Jemele Hill and Kate Fagan return to ESPN’s Around the Horn for one-day appearance ahead of show’s May 23 finale.

De mogelijkheid om snel weer te kunnen groeien, zoals minister Barry Madlener van IenW oppert, is voor bewoners een ‘klap in het gezicht’.

[PRESS RELEASE – San Francisco, CA, May 8th, 2025] BITE is set to become the first protocol to eliminate MEV at the consensus level, ending front-running, sandwich attacks, and other transaction exploits. SKALE Labs, the team behind the gas-free invisible blockchain network SKALE, today announced the launch of BITE Protocol, the industry’s first consensus-level solution […]

Бывшая стюардесса и популярный блогер Барбара Бачилиери предупредила пассажиров о существовании неофициального дресс-кода на авиарейсах. Его нарушение может привести к серьезным последствиям.

'Democracy in our country is being assaulted as never before': Former leaders of major U.S. Jewish advocacy groups castigated the bodies they once headed for failing to condemn the Trump administration's crackdown on free speech

OSINT-исследователь Крис О'Вики проанализировал публикации о том, как российские торговцы людьми продают рабов в военные комиссариаты — для участия в войне против Украины.

Несмотря на замораживание энергетических отношений Европы с Россией, официальные лица из Вашингтона и Москвы обсудили помощь США в восстановлении продаж российского газа в Европу.