Trending: * As of today, January 1, 2025, Switzerland’s nationwide ban on wearing face coverings in public, including burqas and niqabs, is officially in effect. The law makes it illegal to cover your face in most public places, but there are exceptions for health, safety, cultural events, and places of
Trending: * Yesterday, December 30th, the U.S. Treasury Department announced a cyberattack by APT31, a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group linked to China’s Ministry of State Security. The attack was discovered on December 8th and involved a vulnerability in third-party software provided by BeyondTrust. The hackers used this vulnerability to
Trending: * Yesterday, December 29, 2024, around 80,000 people gathered in Valencia, Spain, to demand the resignation of Carlos Mazón, President of the Valencian Community, over his handling of the floods caused by DANA two months ago. The disaster left 223 people dead and caused widespread property damage. Protesters criticized
Trending: * Today, Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, a Boeing 737-800, crashed while attempting to land at Muan International Airport in South Korea. The aircraft, arriving from Bangkok, Thailand, was carrying 175 passengers and six crew members. Over 175 people lost their lives, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in
Trending: * Yesterday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton blocked the Biden Administration from auctioning additional border wall materials. This action responds to reports of materials being sold despite a court order requiring allocated funds to be used for border wall construction. Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’
Trending: * Recently, a North Korean soldier has been captured by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, marking an escalation in the international dynamics of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This event, indicates that North Korean troops are actively participating alongside Russian forces, to compensate for the losses and logistical strains Russia has
Trending: * Yesterday, December 25, 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243, an Embraer aircraft carrying 67 people, crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, resulting in 38 fatalities. The flight, originally en route from Baku to Grozny, was diverted due to severe weather conditions and reportedly encountered a bird strike before the crash. * Emergency responders
Trending: * Yesterday, American Airlines briefly grounded all U.S. flights due to a technical issue, causing widespread delays during the busy holiday travel season. The ground stop lasted less than an hour but delayed over 900 flights, accounting for more than a third of the airline’s schedule. Another 200
Trending: * WhatsApp recently achieved a legal victory against NSO Group, an Israeli cybersecurity firm known for its Pegasus spyware. A U.S. federal court ruled that NSO Group was liable for exploiting a vulnerability in WhatsApp’s platform in 2019, allowing Pegasus to infect approximately 1,400 devices. These targeted
Trending: * During U.S. military airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the USS Gettysburg mistakenly shot down a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet operating from the USS Harry S. Truman in what the military later described as a friendly fire incident. The mishap occurred over the Red Sea,
Trending: * The Chinese ship Yi Peng 3, suspected of being involved in the recent damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, has finally resumed its journey after being anchored for over a month under close scrutiny. The damage, which occurred in mid-November, disrupted critical communication lines between Finland, Germany,
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Conflicts: * On December 19, 2024, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out a precision airstrike in Syria’s Dayr az Zawr province, targeting and killing an ISIS leader, Abu Yusif (also