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Former special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) Mirza Shahzad Akbar has said that his house in the United Kingdom (UK) — where he has been living in self-imposed exile — was subjected to a “deliberate and targeted criminal attack with the intent to cause serious harm”. The development comes a little over a week after Akbar said he suffered a fractured nose and other facial injuries after being attacked at his home. In a post on X on Thursday, Akbar said that his home in Cambridgeshire, England came under attack on December 31, 2025, in a “deliberate and targeted criminal attack with the intent to cause serious harm”. He said that the perpetrators “criminally damaged the property and attempted to set it on fire, placing lives at immediate risk”. Akbar maintained it was the second such attack “within one week against my home, myself, and my family, each carried out with clear malicious intent”. He held that the incidents were not isolated. “I was physically assaulted in a targeted attack on Dec 24, leavin...

Laura Cosoi a anunțat chiar de ziua ei că este însărcinată și că va deveni mamă pentru a cincea oară. Vedeta se află în prezent în vacanță în Thailanda, alături de soț și de cele patru fiice ale lor.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that during another attack on Kharkiv, Russian forces used, according to preliminary data, two missiles that struck a residential area.

Experts say the digital euro’s outcome hinges on a political compromise with parties fighting for the limits of privacy and online functionality. Trade-offs between local institutions are expected to shape the digital euro’s final form, as debates continue over holding limits and privacy features. The EU Council recently announced that it is backing the European Central Bank’s digital euro design, which includes both online and offline functions. According to Apostolos Thomadakis, head of the financial markets and institutions unit at the European Policy Studies think tank, "cash-like privacy” with anti-money laundering rules is among the digital euro’s “hardest political tradeoffs.” Read more

Возвращение контроля над Запорожской атомной электростанцией может иметь решающее значение для восстановления энергетической независимости Украины после войны. Однако этот вопрос остается "камнем преткновения" в мирных переговорах.

January 2026 brings a rare slowdown, with a light slate that makes room for smaller games and backlog catch-up ahead of a busier February.

Într-o piață auto chineză în plină expansiune cu vehicule electrice, SAIC-GM-Wuling dezvăluie versiunea 2025 a modelului său Binguo EV, o mașină electrică de oraș care își propune să democratizeze mobilitatea cu emisii zero, cu un preț deosebit de competitiv.

Crypto exchanges are preparing their 2026 playbooks around licenses, stablecoins and tokenized assets, and OKX’s Haider Rafique argues that a tamer, macro‑driven Bitcoin is the backbone of that shift. The cryptocurrency industry is growing under tighter rules, as large exchanges shape their next cycle around licenses and products built to withstand regulatory scrutiny. Instead of chasing explosive growth through speculative listings and high-leverage trading, the focus for 2026 is shifting toward sturdier foundations, such as tighter fiat ramps, compliant derivatives in more jurisdictions and building out stablecoin and tokenization rails. Cointelegraph spoke with Haider Rafique, global managing partner at OKX, to unpack how major exchanges are preparing for the year ahead.  Read more

In ‘Sloppy Science’ laat onderzoeker Stan van Pelt zien hoe ingebakken beloningsmechanismen, falende controles en publicatiedruk leiden tot wankele wetenschap.

Importheffingen maken de Verenigde Staten sterker en rijker, stelt president Donald Trump. Vooralsnog lijken zowel de voor- als de nadelen beperkt.

Bitfarms has signed a purchase agreement with Sympatheia Power Fund managed by Hawksburn Capital, to sell its 70MW Paso Pe site in Paraguay for up to $30M. It has said it expects a Q1 2026 close and up to $21M in milestone payments, as it exits Latin America and focuses on North American HPC and AI. The post Bitfarms to Exit Latin America Selling 70 MW Paraguay Mining Site for Up to $30M appeared first on Cryptonews.

Toyota Land Cruiser 1985 года получил новую жизнь. Внедорожник стал роскошнее и значительно мощнее.

Onchain data from Nansen showed Solana, BNB Chain, Base, Tron and NEAR handled the most transactions in 2025, as users looked for high‑throughput, low‑fee networks. Onchain analytics firm Nansen ranked Solana, BNB Chain, Base, Tron and NEAR Protocol as the busiest blockchains in 2025. Solana led the pack with 23.01 billion transactions, while BNB Chain followed with 3.89 billion. Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 Base handled 3.29 billion for third, as Tron trailed with 3.22 billion and NEAR came in fifth with 1.89 billion. Even as 2025 was marked by institutional adoption, retail-focused use cases continued to dominate transaction volumes, particularly on blockchains with low fees and high throughput. Read more

Глава Службы внешней разведки Олег Иващенко может заменить главу Главного управления разведки Министерва обороны Кирилла Буданова, сообщила журналистка Юлия Забелина. Президент Зеленский пока не подтвердил информацию.

Компания Apple добавила в свой список винтажных моделей iPhone 11 Pro, что может повлиять на возможность обслуживания и ремонта данного устройства.

Большинство альтернатив Google Maps не обеспечивают достаточного количества функций и информации, необходимых для навигации, но CoMaps стал серьезным конкурентом с другим подходом.

O româncă în vârstă de 36 de ani a fost victima unui atac sexual comis de un bărbat de 47 de ani, tot de naționalitate română, în Italia.

Сергей Бескрестнов, специалист и консультант в области военных радиотехнологий, показал фото российского дрона "Шахед" с дополнением, которого раньше он не видел.

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