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With Gaza's wastewater plants still crippled, restored water flow and winter rains are sending raw sewage into the Mediterranean. 'Pollution has no geographical boundaries,' warned one expert, as Israel fears damage to desalination plants, drinking water security and epidemic outbreaks

Исследователи назвали действенные способы борьбы с похмельем. Спойлер: жаренная и жирная еда едва ли поможет.

De Revelion, aproape un milion de locuințe dintr-o metropolă au rămas fără curent electric, iar locuitorii au protestat bătând în oale și tigăi. Pana de curent a durat mai multe ore, afectând gospodării și afaceri în întreaga regiune.

Premier Dick Schoof brengt de jaarwisseling ‘gewoon thuis’ door. „Met oliebollen en een glas champagne.” Op bezoek bij de brandweer zegt hij dat hij geraakt werd door het filmpje van de dochter van een Haagse agent, die hoopt dat papa veilig thuis komt. Schoof wenst dat iedereen zich ‘een beetje normaal gedraagt’.

 In 2025, the amount of international security assistance reached $45 billion – a record figure since 2022.

A divorced investor’s tragic loss reveals how emotional manipulation, combined with AI technology, has weaponized crypto scams into a billion-dollar crime. A recently divorced Bitcoin investor lost his entire retirement fund, one full Bitcoin, to an AI-powered romance scam orchestrated by a sophisticated criminal using deepfakes. Pig butchering scams are relationship-based frauds that rely on emotional manipulation and AI-generated deepfakes to build trust before extracting maximum financial value from victims. The scammer used AI to create synthetic portraits and conduct real-time deepfake video calls, making the fabricated relationship virtually indistinguishable from reality. Read more

Als automobilist moet je dit jaar extra goed opletten, want er gaat veel veranderen. Zo vallen er verschillende fiscale voordelen weg voor mensen met een elektrische auto of plug-in hybride. Boetes worden hoger, brandstof en nieuwe auto’s duurder.

Feyenoord-aanvaller Anis Hadj Moussa heeft woensdag een belangrijk aandeel gehad in de laatste groepswedstrijd van Algerije op de Afrika Cup. De linksbenige rechtsbuiten gaf in het met 3-1 gewonnen duel met Equatoriaal-Guinea de assist bij twee doelpunten.

Frits Moonen (36) begon zeven jaar geleden een eigen bedrijf in vermogensadvies waarmee hij mensen helpt iets robuusts op te bouwen voor de lange termijn. Hij heeft 35 mensen in dienst. „Ik heb een calvinistische opvoeding gehad: hard werken en je best doen.”

Premierul ungar Viktor Orban a criticat dur Uniunea Europeană, acuzând-o că „a respins pacea și a ales războiul” în criza ucraineană, și a declarat că Ungaria va continua să se mențină neutră și să refuze politicile Bruxelles-ului privind migrația și normele de gen.

Roughly 1.3 million tourists visited Israel in 2025. Americans made up the largest share, followed by France and the U.K., while most visitors came to see family or for business rather than leisure. Israel's tourism minister predicts 2026 could bring a full rebound

Anis Hadj Moussa heeft woensdag een belangrijke rol gespeeld voor Algerije op de Afrika Cup in Marokko. De aanvaller van Feyenoord was goed voor twee assists tijdens de laatste groepswedstrijd tegen Equatoriaal-Guinea: 1-3.

В декабре криворожане оставили почти 5 тысяч заявок в контакт-центре 1520. Около 90% из них касались качества коммунальных услуг в жилых домах.Об этом сообщает Подробнее

Tatiana Schlossberg was pas 35 jaar oud toen zij deze week overleed. De kleindochter van president John F. Kennedy schreef vlak voor haar dood een essay in het Amerikaanse blad The New Yorker. Daarin beschreef zij de zeldzame vorm van leukemie die haar trof, kort nadat zij in 2024 was bevallen van haar tweede kind. Ook schreef ze over een familie die al generaties lang wordt achtervolgd door tragedies.

The 2024 US election saw more money and support from the crypto and blockchain industry than ever before, with some experts predicting a repeat in the midterms. Following the 2024 elections, in which an estimated 270 lawmakers with favorable views on digital assets won seats in the US Congress, many cryptocurrency-affiliated organizations and political action committees show no signs of slowing their progress in the next significant election, the 2026 midterms. Likely boosted by advocacy work from organizations — such as the Coinbase-affiliated Stand With Crypto group and whose campaigns were supported by media buys from political action committees (PACs) — a majority of lawmakers in the 119th session of the US Congress took office in January having already expressed views signaling that they would support pro-crypto legislation and policies.  In the last year, some of Congress’s work supported that theory. The US House of Representatives passed three significant bills in July as part of the Republicans’ “Cry...

On Wednesday, December 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned, for separate meetings, the Charge d'Affaires of India in Ukraine and the Charge d'Affaires of Pakistan in Ukraine regarding statements supporting the Russian fake narrative about an alleged "attack on Putin's residence."

O parte dintre români vor plăti rate mai mici la creditele în lei începând din primele luni ale anului 2026, după ce datele publicate de Banca Naţională a României arată o scădere a indicelui IRCC.

Premierul Ilie Bolojan le-a transmis românilor un mesaj de Anul Nou, în care a făcut un bilanț al anului 2025 și a exprimat speranța pentru 2026

Сотни европейских горнолыжных склонов оказались заброшены и превратились в так называемые "курорты-призраки", из-за того, что снега там не видели уже несколько лет.

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on Wednesday completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the issued share capital of Telenor Pakistan and Orion Towers, said a press release. The Pakistan Tele­communication Authority (PTA) approved the merger of Telenor Pak­i­stan with PTCL earlier in December. The regulator, however, imposed strict conditions to prevent abuse of market power and to bind the new entity to invest in upcoming spectrum auctions. “Telenor Pakistan and Orion Towers will operate as 100% owned subsidiaries of PTCL, alongside Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (PTML) commonly known as Ufone 4G, and U Microfinance Bank.” However, Telenor Pakistan will continue to operate as a separate entity during the transition period, said the statement, adding that PTML and Telenor will then be merged as a single entity in “due course of time”, subject to regulatory approvals. Acknowledging the contribution of Telenor to Pakistan’s telecom landscape, PTCL said the telco “played a defining role in elevatin...