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At least 23 people were injured when a fairground attraction in Saudi Arabia snapped mid-ride, sending its full carousel plunging to the ground, local media reported on Thursday. Footage circulating online showed the “360 Degrees” ride breaking in half, with the circular carousel crashing down from a height of several metres. The Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV channel reported 23 injured, four of them seriously, in the accident on Wednesday. The amusement park in Taif, southwest Saudi Arabia, has been closed and an investigation is underway, Al Arabiya added. Saudi Arabia has been building multiple leisure and entertainment attractions as the long-cloistered desert country seeks to diversify its oil-reliant economy. Among its so-called giga-projects is Qiddiya near Riyadh, billed as an “entertainment city” of theme parks and a motorsports racetrack.

De financieel bestuurder van het staalconcern ziet vooruitgang in de gesprekken om tot een intentieverklaring te komen. Maar er blijft nog werk te verrichten, zegt Koushik Chatterjee tegen het FD.

Naoris has launched a $120,000 bounty incentivising researchers to break key cryptographic algorithms underpinning Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. Naoris, a cybersecurity firm focused on safeguarding digital assets from quantum computing threats, is offering bounties to anyone who can break the encryption algorithms that secure major blockchain networks. In an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Thursday, Naoris said it has set a bounty of $120,000 — equivalent to approximately one Bitcoin (BTC) — for successfully compromising key cryptographic algorithms used in the crypto industry. The largest bounty, $50,000, is for anyone who can break secp256k1, the cryptographic standard that underpins Bitcoin, Ethereum and many other protocols. A $30,000 reward is available for breaking Ed25519, which is used by Solana, as well as encrypted messaging services like Signal and WhatsApp. Read more

Возвращение Крыма — не такой простой процесс, как может оказаться, предупреждает блогер Владислав Смирнов. Есть опасность того, что, вырвав его из рук России, Украина столкнется с интересом Турции, и тогда придется очень постараться, чтобы сохранить полуостров в украинском поле притяжения.

Here in America, we still talk of Israel's extreme right-wing takeover as something temporary. But if you can't call this government what it is – Kahanist, extremist, eager to burn down what remains of the state – you're not standing with Israel

Bitcoin’s explosive July rally pushed its market cap to $2.4 trillion, overtaking Amazon, silver and Alphabet, cementing its place among the world’s five most valuable assets. On July 14, 2025, Bitcoin crossed a historic threshold. Its price surged past $122,600, pushing its market capitalization to approximately $2.4 trillion — surpassing Amazon’s estimated $2.3 trillion.  With that, Bitcoin officially joined the ranks of the top five most valuable assets on Earth. Read more

Blockchain infrastructure firm Alchemy has released a punchy upgrade with its new Cortex Engine.

A Romanian logistics company has leased over 5,200 square meters of storage space and 70 sqms of office space in the MLP Bucharest West logistics park.

В Киеве в результате удара по дому в Святошинском районе – уже 11 погибших. Среди них – шестилетний Матвей Марченко.

In Donetsk region, Russian invaders struck the central part of Kramatorsk.

Две американки Кристен Пакетт и Джордан Карлайл решили поселиться в одном из отелей Японии, который известен своим арт-стилем. Когда девушки зашли в номер, то увиденное их рассмешило и шокировало, ведь номер намекал на свою "неординарность".

Crypto analyst Edward says ether could surge to $15K–$16K this cycle, citing bullish technical patterns, ETF inflows and rising institutional demand.

The Palestinian news agency WAFA cited local sources who said that a group of settlers entered the village of Silwad, east of Ramallah, overnight and set fire to 12 vehicles and several homes. Khamis Abdul Latif Ayyad, 45, lost his life while trying to douse the fires

Для обстрелов Украины россияне начали использовать реактивные "Шахеды". Сбивать эти беспилотники может истребительная авиация или наземные комплексы противовоздушной обороны (ПВО) среднего и большего радиуса действия.

[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, 31st July 2025, Chainwire] Pepeto is currently conducting its presale, having raised over $5.77 million and attracted more than 100,000 community members to date. Distinct from meme coins that primarily rely on viral momentum, Pepeto is outlining an ecosystem that includes planned infrastructure such as PepetoSwap, a zero-fee exchange, and […]

Four members of a family were injured when a mortar shell fell on a house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Thursday, according to the police. Bajaur police spokesperson Israr Salarzai told Dawn.com: “The house of a citizen in Gohati Mamond was struck by a mortar shell, due to which four men were injured. “They were taken to the Lar Khalazo Tehsil Headquarters Hospital for medical assistance,” he said, adding that the condition of one of the injured people was critical. Earlier in the week, the Bajaur administration imposed a three-day curfew at 16 places in the district and initiated an operation against militants in the areas. Salarzai added that the curfew was lifted in the district after a two-day operation against the militants. KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur announced on Wednesday that a series of jirgas will be convened from August 2 to decide on future steps on a wide array of concerns among the province’s residents. Bajaur district, previously a hotspot during the peak of the Tehreek-i-...

Indian opposition parties criticised the government on Thursday, describing US President Donald Trump’s threat of a 25 per cent tariff as a diplomatic failure for New Delhi, while the rupee currency tumbled and equity indexes slid in response to the news. The 25pc rate would single out India more harshly than other major trading partners, and threatens to unravel months of talks, undermining one of Washington’s strategic partners in the region, viewed as a counterbalance to China. Trump said the tariff on imports from India would start from Friday, in addition to an unspecified penalty for Russian dealings and involvement in the BRICS grouping of nations. In response, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was studying the implications of Trump’s remarks and was dedicated to securing a fair trade deal. “This development reflects a broader collapse of foreign policy under the Modi government,” a lawmaker of the main opposition Congress party said in a notice to the lower house of parliament, as...

De Amsterdamse afvalcentrale heeft zijn schulden geherfinancierd bij de gemeente. Is het bedrijf daarmee uit de zorgen?

AllUnity’s EURAU stablecoin launches as euro-denominated stablecoins account for just 0.2% of the stablecoin market despite surging 60% since late 2024. EURAU, a new euro stablecoin venture backed by Deutsche Bank’s DWS, Flow Traders and Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy, has debuted on the Ethereum blockchain. AllUnity — a company backed and formed by the three entities — announced the launch of EURAU on Thursday, making the regulated stablecoin publicly available on the last day of July. The new stablecoin is regulated by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and is compliant with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). Read more

На побережье Испании, как Средиземноморском, так и Атлантическом, стремительно распространяется инвазивная буро-зеленая водоросль Rugulopteryx okamurae. Это растение, которое имеет неприятный запах и массово выбрасывается на берег, вызывает серьезные трудности для экологии и санитарии в регионе.