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Le passage du cyclone tropical intense Gezani continue de laisser une empreinte dramatique sur plusieurs régions de Madagascar. Selon le dernier bilan provisoire communiqué par le Bureau national de gestion des risques et des catastrophes (BNGRC), 43 personnes ont perdu la vie. La région d'Atsinanana paie le plus lourd tribut, notamment dans le district de Toamasina II qui enregistre 32 décès. À Toamasina I, deux morts sont recensés. D'autres victimes sont signalées à Ambatondrazaka (3), (…) - Société

Vandaag in Dagkoers: Clienten die advocaten willen helpen met ChatGPT zijn eerder een last dan een lust, een terugblik op de veiligheidsconferentie in München en aandacht voor de Rotterdamse bijstandsaanpak. 

If an Arab mother whose son was murdered in front of her home can organize and protest against the very system that killed her child, then Jewish Israelis can join her, because the battle for democracy and citizenship needs everyone

• Accumulated losses hit Rs2.07tr by June 2025; half of it piled up in just three years • Outstanding loans stand near Rs3.1tr, debt rising Rs300bn a year • Financing cost reaches Rs210bn in FY25, highest among SOEs ISLAMABAD: Carrying the largest outstanding loan portfolio on its books and a negative return on assets, the National Highway Authority (NHA) — the country’s logistics backbone — is the single largest entity bleeding the federal budget, exposing Pakistan to substantial fiscal risk despite the recent doubling of tolls. The NHA is the “largest loss-maker”, operating on a “structural deficit model and reliant on budgetary support”, the Central Monitoring Unit (CMU) of the Ministry of Finance said in its Annual Aggregate Report on state-owned enterprises (SOEs) for the year ended June 30, 2025. With accumulated losses of Rs2.074 trillion, the entity that owns and operates all the national highways and motorways accrued around Rs1.004tr in the last three years alone — about Rs295 billion each in FY24 a...

Венгрия обратилась к Хорватии с просьбой разрешить транспортировку российской нефти через Адриатический трубопровод, поскольку ключевой маршрут через Украину остается заблокированным.

JOB creation and the ‘future of work’ are now the renewed focus of multilateral organisations trying to make growth inclusive and resilient, and to combat domestic instability fuelled by joblessness. World Bank President Ajay Banga says, “We’re trying to move the bank group as a whole from the idea of projects to the idea of outcomes.” He told Reuters that employment creation will remain “a binding constraint on growth over the long-term”, as such, “Job creation is the North Star”. With the productive economy suffocated, Pakistan is heading towards a severe employment crisis, leaving millions of young people without visible job opportunities, says Chairman of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry Businessmen’s Panel Mian Anjum Nisar; the country is losing its most valuable assets — its workforce. Jobs are created when factories run on full capacity with value-addition, without which job creation will be limited and vulnerable to external shocks, he explained, listing the various factors e...

ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday increased the petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) prices by Rs5 and Rs7.32 per litre, respectively, till the end of February, owing to movement in international market prices. In a late-night announcement, the petroleum division said the revision followed movements in international markets and recommendations from the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra). According to the announcement, the ex-depot price of HSD has been increased by Rs7.32 per litre (2.7pc) to Rs275.70 per litre for the current fortnight from Rs268.38 per litre. Most of the transport sector runs on HSD. Its price is considered inflationary as it is mostly used in heavy transport vehicles, trains and agricultural engines like trucks, buses, tractors, tube-wells and threshers and particularly adds to the prices of vegetables and other eatables. The ex-depot petrol price was increased to Rs258.17 from Rs253.17 per litre, up 2pc. Petrol is primarily used in private transport, small vehicles, rickshaws, and tw...

Studios are escalating pressure on AI developers, as new tools aim to document whether generative models are trained on copyrighted material.

Grayscale joins Bitwise in filing to launch a standalone Aave product in the US, betting that Wall Street has retained its appetite for altcoins. Crypto asset manager Grayscale filed for regulatory approval to convert its trust tracking the token of the decentralized lending protocol Aave into an exchange-traded fund. The company filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, saying it intends to convert the trust and rename it the Grayscale Aave Trust ETF. Grayscale added that it plans to list the fund on NYSE Arca, one of the most popular exchanges for trading ETFs, under the ticker “GAVE.” It will charge a 2.5% fee, and Coinbase will serve as both its custodian and prime broker. Read more

• US diplomat underscores Islamabad’s role in ‘multilateral diplomacy’, ‘stability’ in South Asia • CDF Munir meets Rubio, top defence leaders on sidelines WASHINGTON: After Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir discussed “global and regional security dynamics” with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a senior US diplomat has highlighted Pakistan’s key role in Washington’s global strategy. US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz highlighted Pakistan’s role in Washington’s global and regional diplomacy. “We could walk around the world — Kashmir and India and Pakistan — where we faced a very serious nuclear escalation,” he said during the Munich Security Conference, underlining enduring US concerns about strategic stability in South Asia. Ambassador Waltz also linked Pakistan to multilateral diplomacy. “The United Nations Security Council created the ‘Board of Peace’ — unanimously — with countries such as Pakistan, our friends in the UK, France and other...

The $940 billion asset manager will collaborate on DeFi lending infrastructure and could acquire up to 90 million MORPHO tokens.  Traditional finance giant Apollo Global Management Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with decentralized lending platform Morpho to take a significant stake in the project and help support its blockchain lending infrastructure.  The move was announced on Friday by the Morpho Association, the nonprofit organization behind the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform.  The partnership, or “cooperation agreement,” will see Apollo or its affiliates buy up to 90 million Morpho (MORPHO) governance tokens over the next four years, representing 9% of the total 1 billion-token supply of MORPHO.  Read more

The staged display of shackled Palestinian prisoners glorifies violence and undermines legal norms, exposing a government willing to trade humanity for political theater

В Одесской области на территории Национального природного парка "Тузловские лиманы" зафиксировано красивых птиц с красными глазами — пирникоз черношейных, этот вид больше всего пострадал из-за выброса в Черное море растительного масла, произошедшего из-за удара РФ по порту "Южный" в конце 2025 года.

Blockstream's Adam Back said BIP-110 could be used to freeze user funds, but the proposal’s creator argues there are safeguards in place to prevent it. Blockstream CEO Adam Back has opposed a proposal aimed at reducing Ordinals-like “spam” on Bitcoin, warning that the fix could do more harm than good to the network’s credibility. Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP-110) was proposed by pseudonymous Bitcoin developer Dathon Ohm in December. Nearly 7.5% of Bitcoin nodes — all of which are Bitcoin Knots clients — have signaled readiness for BIP-110, according to data. The proposal seeks to temporarily shrink how much data can be stored in Bitcoin transactions to reduce the amount of images, videos, audios and other “data abuse” flooding the network. Read more

In de Noord-Koreaanse hoofdstad Pyongyang is een nieuwe woonwijk gebouwd voor de families van soldaten die om zijn gekomen terwijl ze meevochten met het Russische leger.

În plin război cu Rusia, una dintre cele mai mari vulnerabilități ale apărării aeriene ucrainene nu este lipsa echipamentelor, ci incompatibilitatea lor.

Agenții AI s-au infiltrat deja în procesul de producție și de suport al multor companii românești, care investesc doar câteva mii de euro în implementarea lor, inclusiv în domenii tehnologice sau financiar-bancare, potrivit datelor analizate de „Adevărul”.

В селе Станиславчик Золочевского района нашли застреленными двух детей в возрасте 13 и 15 лет, а также их 42-летнего отца.

The financial situation of medium and large enterprises in the Russian Federation continued to deteriorate at the end of 2025, with the number of unprofitable companies increasing to 18,200, up 16% year-on-year.

Disputa privind Groenlanda s-a transformat într-un conflict economic global. Premierul danez, Mette Frederiksen, a declarat duminică la Conferința de securitate de la Munchen că Donald Trump este în continuare hotărât să preia controlul asupra insulei arctice Groenlanda.