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Water cannons were again used early on Wednesday to disperse PTI protesters staging a sit-in near Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, after his family was denied a meeting with the ex-premier. Imran’s sisters, party workers and supporters had staged a sit-in at Factory Naka, demanding their court-mandated meeting with the PTI founder. A court order issued by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on March 24 this year mandated that meetings with Imran would be permitted twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, the PTI maintains that the order is not being honoured. Despite the IHC’s order, Imran’s sisters — Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan and Noreen Khan Niazi — along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, have tried and failed to meet Imran over the past several weeks. Last Tuesday, after being denied a meeting with the PTI chief, his sisters and party supporters staged a sit-in, which was later dispersed with water cannons. Early on Wednesday, water cannons were again used to disperse the protesters, with poli...

В ночь на 17 декабря ударные беспилотники атаковали город Славянск-на-Кубани, расположенный в Краснодарском крае России.

Artists, technologists and other creators formed a new group seeking standards for how AI is trained and used.

Un aliment din ce în ce mai des folosit și în dieta românilor ar trebui consumat cu precauție dacă știm că avem probleme legate de glanda tiroidă. Un medic endocrinolog explică la ce să fim atenți.

Russia is preparing a complete blockade of YouTube, which would mark the next stage of the systematic digital isolation of the Russian population.

Speed, which leverages the Bitcoin Lightning Network to facilitate USDT transfers, has secured $8 million from Tether and Ego Death Capital. Stablecoin giant Tether has led an $8 million investment round in Bitcoin startup Speed to support its mission in enabling more enterprise stablecoin payments on the Bitcoin layer-2 Lightning Network. “Speed’s architecture demonstrates how Lightning and stablecoins can operate together to move money at high scale with low fees, strong compliance, and global reach,” Tether said in a statement on Tuesday. “Speed’s execution and adoption signal that Bitcoin-rooted networks are ready for mainstream commerce,” Tether’s CEO Paolo Ardoino added. Read more

De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft een ‘totale en volledige’ blokkade bevolen van alle gesanctioneerde olietankers die Venezuela binnenvaren of verlaten. Dat heeft hij op Truth Social bekendgemaakt. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in ons liveblog.

Некоторые депутаты городского совета Одессы пришли на последнее заседание в брендовой одежде и с аксессуарами, которые стоят десятки тысяч долларов.

De zoon van regisseur Rob Reiner, Nick, wordt aangeklaagd voor de moord op zijn ouders, meldt het Openbaar Ministerie. De Amerikaanse regisseur (78) en zijn vrouw (70) werden zondag dood aangetroffen in hun huis in de wijk Brentwood in Los Angeles.

The number of crypto exchange-traded products is going to “accelerate forward at ridiculous speed” in 2026, according to Bitwise researcher Ryan Rasmussen. More than 100 crypto exchange-traded products could launch in quick succession in 2026, following recent guidance from the US securities regulator that drastically reduced the processing times for new funds, according to a Bitwise researcher. “From here we are going to accelerate forward at ridiculous speed,” Bitwise researcher Ryan Rasmussen said during an interview with the Bankless podcast on Tuesday. “We think over 100 crypto-linked ETPs will launch next year; those will be spot crypto, index, equities, smart beta, momentum, all kinds of things,” Rasmussen added. Read more

Sărbătorile de iarnă sunt o ocazie de a petrece timp alături de cei dragi, dar, uneori, pot fi și o sursă de presiuni financiare. Creșterile de prețuri din ultimul an au afectat puterea de cumpărare a oamenilor și, implicit bugetele alocate cumpărăturilor.

Marina suedeză a identificat personal militar rus în uniformă la bordul unor petroliere legate de așa-numita flotă din umbră a Rusiei în Marea Baltică, potrivit unui reportaj al SVT, postul public de radio suedez.

The increase in LPG prices in December was driven by delays in fuel supplies and falling temperatures.

Een Nederlandse toerist is in de nacht van dinsdag op woensdag om het leven gekomen na een vechtpartij in een café in de Egyptische havenstad Hurghada, aan de Rode Zee. Dat melden lokale media, waaronder de nieuwssite Cairo24.

Canada’s central bank will approve only fiat-backed, high-quality stablecoins to ensure they are “good money” as part of the country’s plan to modernize its financial system. The Bank of Canada has signaled it will only approve high-quality stablecoins tied to central bank currencies to ensure stablecoins serve as “good money” under the country’s upcoming stablecoin regulations, expected in 2026. “We want stablecoins to be good money, like bank notes or money on deposit at banks,” Governor Tiff Macklem told the Montreal Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Macklem wants the stablecoins to be pegged at a one-to-one ratio to a central bank currency and backed by “high-quality liquid assets” that can be easily converted into cash. Such assets typically include Treasury bills and government bonds. Read more

В ночь на 17 декабря ударные беспилотники атаковали российский Саратов. В городе раздается сирена, а в небе видны вспышки от взрывов.

Unul dintre cele mai impresionante momente ale istoriei celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial a avut loc cu doar patru zile înainte de Crăciun, în timpul unui raid al Aliaților deasupra Germaniei Naziste. Deși erau inimici, doi piloți militari au arătat că nici măcar războiul nu poate șterge umanitatea.

XRP has dropped 4.3% in the last 24 hours, once again slipping below the crucial $2 support level as market-wide pressure intensifies.This breakdown could point to a bearish XRP price prediction, suggesting bulls may be on the verge of capitulation.Adding to the sell-off, long liquidations surged to $584 million, showing just how many traders were […] The post XRP Price Prediction: XRP Hits Weekly Low as Market Tanks – Is the Bear Market Officially Starting? appeared first on Cryptonews.

IN his additional note in Noor Mukadam’s case, Justice Ali Baqar Najafi wrote that the case is “a direct result of a vice spreading in the upper society which we know as living [sic] relationship … The young generation must note its horrible consequences such as in the present case which is also a topic for the social reformist, to discuss in their circles”. The order implies that if a victim conformed to a certain moral or societal expectation, the crime could have been avoided. The reasoning shifts the focus away from the perpetrator’s culpability and onto the victim’s character and choices. It perpetuates a culture in which women are held responsible for the violence inflicted upon them. Victims are expected to predict, prevent, and bear responsibility for the violence committed against them. According to a report by the Sustainable Social Development Organisation, 32,617 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) were reported in 2024 including 2,238 incidents of domestic violence and 547 cases of ‘honour’ kill...