Nostr LONDON — In a semi-secret courtroom in an overheated basement, a three-judge tribunal this week heard testimony about an alleged Russian spy who may have burrowed deep into Britain’s top intelligence agencies, gaining access to secret documents and meeting with prime ministers and British royalty when they traveled… Coffee ☕ Feb 10, 2024, 7:38 PM
Nostr TAIPEI, Taiwan — Governments across East Asia — from China and Taiwan to Japan and South Korea — have been trying to convince women to have more babies. It’s getting existential: China is fast running out of the workers needed to power its manufacturing-focused economy and is forecast to lose as… Coffee ☕ Feb 10, 2024, 5:46 PM
Nostr JAKARTA, Indonesia — As the country’s first president not to come from the political or military elite, Joko Widodo was a testament, said diplomats and political pundits, to the rising strength of democracy in the world’s fourth-most-populous country. Over two terms in office, Widodo’s focus on… Coffee ☕ Feb 10, 2024, 3:29 PM
Nostr The special counsel’s report and President Biden’s performance at a last-minute news conference on Thursday night placed his age, the singularly uncomfortable subject looming over his re-election bid, back at the center of America’s political conversation. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 9, 2024, 4:08 PM
Nostr Tension was building in Pakistan as authorities struggled to explain a delay in announcing the result of the national election, leading to accusations that the authorities were suppressing a tide of votes in favor of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan. Thursday’s election pitched Khan’s passionate support against the… Coffee ☕ Feb 9, 2024, 4:01 PM
Nostr President Vladimir Putin said Russia hasn’t achieved its objectives in Ukraine yet, adding that he would consider negotiations if the US stops supplying weapons to Kyiv. “We haven’t yet achieved our goals,” Putin said in the interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in Moscow. It’s… Coffee ☕ Feb 9, 2024, 3:17 AM
Nostr 🇺🇦 KYIV — Ukraine’s top commander, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, appeared to be officially removed Thursday night — the latest twist in a drawn-out saga between him and President Volodymyr Zelensky, who told the military chief 10 days ago that he was being dismissed. Read more: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 8, 2024, 4:52 PM
Nostr Scientists and engineers in the UK say they've set a nuclear fusion energy record, bringing the clean, futuristic power source another step closer to reality. Widely seen as the holy grail of clean energy, nuclear fusion is the same process that powers the sun and other stars. Experts Coffee ☕ Feb 8, 2024, 4:44 PM
Nostr 🌞 Daily rundown • Pakistan goes to the polls in a widely watched national election • Donald Trump brings his fight to stay on the ballot to the US Supreme Court • Israeli forces intensify strikes on Rafah in southern Gaza ➡️ Read our newsletter: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 8, 2024, 1:56 PM
Nostr Chinese Bitcoin miners have bounced from country to country in search of cheap power and benign regulations since Beijing cast them out. Now, they've arrived in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia — home to Africa's largest dam — has become a hotspot for crypto miners, thanks to it Coffee ☕ Feb 8, 2024, 1:44 PM
Nostr Exclusive: Soon after his country began bombing Yemen in 2015, the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates confidentially reached out to an old friend: retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who also served as the deputy supreme commander of the Emirati military, needed… Coffee ☕ Feb 7, 2024, 8:19 PM
Nostr There will be plenty of festivities and performances for non-football fans to tune into on Super Bowl Sunday beside the big game—including a highly anticipated halftime show by R&B superstar Usher, as well as other dazzling pre-show sets. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 7, 2024, 7:47 PM
Nostr Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday total victory in Gaza was within reach, rejecting the latest offer from Hamas for a ceasefire to ensure the return of hostages still held in the besieged enclave #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 7, 2024, 7:22 PM
Nostr Hamas has presented its response to a proposal for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza by calling for a phased Israeli withdrawal from the enclave during a four-and-a-half-month truce and a plan to permanently end the war. The Palestinian militant group that rules Gaza has… Coffee ☕ Feb 7, 2024, 3:33 PM
Nostr Saudi Arabia has told the US its position stands that there will be no diplomatic relations with Israel unless an independent Palestinian state is recognized on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem, and Israeli ‘aggression’ on the Gaza Strip stops #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 7, 2024, 2:16 AM
Nostr Former two-time Chilean President Sebastián Piñera died in a helicopter crash, the government said Tuesday afternoon. In a national address, Interior Minister Carolina Tohá said Piñera was killed and three people escaped. Read more: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 6, 2024, 8:34 PM
Nostr A federal appeals court ruled that Donald Trump does not have immunity from charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat, bringing the former US president a step closer to a criminal trial #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 6, 2024, 4:11 PM
Nostr 🌞 Daily rundown • Palestinians hope Blinken's visit can deliver a Gaza truce before a Rafah assault • King Charles' cancer 'caught early' • Chinese stocks rebound sharply on renewed talks of official support ➡️ Read our newsletter: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 6, 2024, 2:06 PM
SBLVIII NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell laughed off claims that the league had ‘scripted’ the romance between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift to allow the pop star to use #SBLVIII to bolster support for Joe Biden in the presidential election #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr… Coffee ☕ Feb 6, 2024, 2:04 PM
Nostr MOSCOW — The only remaining antiwar candidate seeking to run in Russia’s presidential election, Boris Nadezhdin, will probably be barred from the ballot, after Russian electoral authorities on Monday alleged irregularities in his attempt to register as a candidate. A working group of Russia’s Central Election Commission rejected more… Coffee ☕ Feb 5, 2024, 11:32 PM