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Iran’s Crypto Economy Hit $7.8 Billion in 2025 as Protests Fueled Bitcoin Use: Chainalysis

Iran’s crypto activity accelerated in 2025, a new report says, driven by civilians and state actors turning to Bitcoin during periods of unrest....

3hDecryptcryptocurrencyImpact

European troops arrive in Greenland as US and Denmark talks fail to resolve dispute

The deployment was announced the same day the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington....

14hEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for Social Media Accounts

Article URL: https://www.afterbabel.com/p/why-every-country-should-set-16 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46621945 Points: 16 # Comments: 1...

1dHacker NewssocietyImpact

Iran set to execute protester days after arrest as Tehran speeds up death sentences

Erfan Soltani, 26, was detained at his home in Fardis on 8 January. Four days later, authorities notified his family a death sentence had been issued and confirmed....

1dEuronewsPolitics

France's Marine Le Pen returns to court as appeal could decide her 2027 presidential fate

A Paris appeal court will decide whether the far-right figurehead can run for president in 2027, as attention increasingly turns to her 30-year-old protégé and MEP Jordan Bardella....

2dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

'Keep protesting, help is on the way,' Trump tells Iranians as death toll surpasses 2,000

Trump's remarks came as the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said over 2,000 people had been killed in anti-government protests....

2dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Protesters say 'unliveable to be a farmer in France today' as they condemn Mercosur deal

French farmers steered some 350 tractors on January 11 toward French Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods. They say thei...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Iran closes airspace to commercial flights for hours as tensions with US remain high over protests

The airspace closure came as some personnel at a key US military base in Qatar were advised to evacuate, including the embassy in Kuwait, which also ordered its personnel to “temporarily halt” going t...

19hEuronewsPolitics

Qatar confirms personnel movement out of key US air base as a precaution amid regional tensions

Qatar has confirmed “the departure of certain personnel from Al Udeid Air Base” due to current regional tensions, after reports that the US military is evacuating a part of its key base as Washington ...

1dEuronewsPolitics

South China Sea: claims of coercion, deception as Beijing and Manila wage new war of words

China and the Philippines have again exchanged barbs over confrontations in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of provocation and escalating tensions. The Chinese embassy in th...

2dSouth China Morning Postworld_newsImpact

Venezuela’s opposition leader gives her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump

María Corina Machado leaves White House meeting without the US president’s backing to be her country’s next leader...

2hFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams accused of $2.5 million crypto ‘rug pull’ as his NYC Token crashes

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams has come under fire after his new cryptocurrency token crashed just hours following its launch on Monday. As reported by CoinDesk , Adams' "NYC Token" hit a $580 million ma...

2dThe VergecryptocurrencyImpact

Germany news: 2 men charged with planning attacks for Russia

Two Ukrainians have been accused of planning sabotage attacks for Russian spy services. Meanwhile, Germany's foreign minister has played down the US threat to Greenland. DW has more....

2dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Turkish Cypriots: The EU's invisible Europeans

The unresolved Cyprus problem leaves Turkish Cypriots in a state of limbo within the European Union, without full EU rights, recognition or political certainty and economically and diplomatically isol...

2dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

The US expected 'significant resistance' from Venezuela's air defenses, Maduro raid planning memo reveals

The US expected resistance from dozens of Venezuelan air defense systems during the Maduro raid. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images The US expected "significant resistance" from...

12hBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Hong Kong activist loses legal fight over prison shorts ban for female inmates

A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...

2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Democratic congressman Ro Khanna wants creators to have their own 'bill of rights'

US House Rep. Ro Khanna. The Washington Post/Getty Images Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a resolution Thursday called the "Creator Bill of Rights." The progressive congressman is...

15hBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

China's much-hyped radars appear to have been of little help when the US launched its massive air assault against Venezuela

China's JY-27A radar didn't appear to be effective during the US raid on Venezuela. US Air Force Photo Venezuela's Chinese air defense radars weren't game-changing during the US raid to capture Maduro...

1dBusiness Insiderworld_newsImpact

Iran's regime crushing protests in bloody crackdown

Protesters are putting their lives on the line in Iran as the state mounts a coordinated and brutal response to the unrest. As death toll grows, hopes of outside help seem faint....

8hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Indonesia hails ‘99.9% successful’ free meals scheme amid food safety, oversight concerns

Indonesia’s ambitious free nutritious meals programme has fed more than 55 million people in its first year, a scale-up President Prabowo Subianto has hailed as a major step in tackling childhood maln...

2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact
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