The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has mandated a vetting process for Russian and Belarusian athletes who have qualified successfully for the Paris 2024 Olympics. This decision comes following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 after which the IOC worked on issuing a ban from participating in IOC-affiliated competitions including the upcoming Paris Olympics. However, the IOC later allowed them...

In Ny Tid, Otto Ekman writes on the murder of Refaat Alareer, the Palestinian poet who together with his brother Salah, nephew Mohamed, sister Asmaa and her three children Alaa, Yahia and Mohamed, were killed when an Israeli missile struck Saleh’s house on 6 December. All the signs suggest that the intention was to kill Refaat. Afterwards, Tablet Magazine published...

In a fireside chat today at the Bitcoin Investor Day by Reflexivity Research, Robert Mitchnick, the Head of Digital Assets at BlackRock, shared insights into the asset manager's approach to Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the future of the crypto market.Mitchnick emphasized that Bitcoin remains, overwhelmingly, the top priority for BlackRock's clients, with minimal interest in other cryptocurrencies. He highlighted that the crypto...

Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, released a video sharing she is undergoing chemotherapy after surgery revealed she has cancer. According to the Associated Press, her announcement follows weeks of public speculation about her health and whereabouts after her hospital admission. RELATED: Bye Hussey: Critics Call Out ‘Racist’ Royal Staff Member Resigning After Meghan Markle Already Told Us The Tea Princess...

After being flat for nearly two decades, demand for power in the U.S. is soaring. A recent report by Grid Strategies, a power sector consulting company, estimated that yearly electricity demand is set to grow by 0.9%, while the capacity added to the grid is planned to increase by just 0.5%. What’s the cause of this crunch? First, a boom...

On the evening of 8 November, a welcome event was held at the cultural centre Romantso (Athens) as a part of the artistic programme of Safe Havens Conference 2023. The event featured an artistic intervention titled Dark & Delicious by puppeteer Varun Narain and his partner Shaad Qureshi, who are in exile from India due to the oppression they face...

Posted by Almaz Mingaleev – Software Engineer and Masha Khokhlova – Technical Program Manager It's that time of year again when many of us move our clocks! Oh wait, your Android devices did it automatically, didn’t they? For Android users living in many countries, this may not be surprising. For example, the US, EU and UK governments haven't changed their...