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Jan 01, 2025

US soldier charged with selling stolen confidential phone records

Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs says that Wagenius goes by the name “Kiberphant0m” online and shares claims of multiple hacks

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Reuters
Jan 01, 2025

Romania, Bulgaria become EU’s Schengen zone members

Bulgarian and Romanian interior ministers symbolically raise a barrier on the Friendship Bridge straddling the Danube River

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Reuters
Jan 01, 2025

Putin orders Russian govt, Sberbank to work with China on AI

Russian president Putin asks to ensure further co-operation with China in technological research and development in the field of artificial intelligence”

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Reuters
Jan 01, 2025

China’s Alibaba to sell Sun Art stake to DCP for $1.6 billion

Alibaba pays $3.6 billion for a controlling stake in Sun Art in 2020 in the hope of further leveraging its digital presence

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Reuters
Jan 01, 2025

Another migrant boat sinks, 20 missing, seven rescued

Amongst those saved was an 8-year-old Syrian boy, hoping to join his father who lives in Germany. He was accompanied by his mother on the perilous trip, but she has not been seen since the boat sank on Tuesday.

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Reuters
Jan 01, 2025

Two killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says “Even on New Year’s Eve, Russia was only concerned about how to hurt Ukraine.”

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Reuters
Jan 01, 2025

At least 10 dead after truck crashes into New Orleans crowd

Initial reports show a car may have plowed into a group of people

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Reuters
Jan 01, 2025

Russian gas supply to Europe ends as Ukraine stops transit

Russia’s gas firm Gazprom says it stopped at after Ukraine refused to renew a transit agreement

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Web Desk
Jan 01, 2025

Israeli strikes kill at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza, WAFA reports

The Israeli military had no immediate comment although in a post on X, its Arabic spokesperson warned residents of al-Bureij earlier to evacuate ahead of an imminent strike against militants firing rockets from the area.