JERUSALEM: Israeli troops killed three Palestinian gunmen who attacked a their post in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the army said, adding that a fourth gunman was detained after surrendering. Palestinians had no immediate comment on the incident near the city of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank, among territories where they seek statehood and which has seen a surge in violence in recent months.
LONDON: Buckingham Palace has not taken a decision on whether Camilla, queen consort, will wear the consort crown, which holds the priceless Kohinoor diamond, at her coronation next May. The Queen Mother’s crown was made in 1937 when she was Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI. It holds the 105.6 carat Kohinoor diamond, one […]
WAWONII (INDONESIA): Three women with machetes stood guard at their farm hilltop on Indonesia‘s Wawonii Island, directing their blades towards the nickel miners working in the forest clearing below. “I pointed the machete at their faces. I told them: ‘If you scratch this land, heads will fly, we will defend this land to the death’,” […]
WASHINGTON/LONDON: Crypto giant Binance signed a nonbinding agreement to buy rival FTX‘s non-US unit, FTX.com, to help cover a “liquidity crunch” at the cryptocurrency exchange, in a surprise move that lifted cryptocurrencies on Tuesday. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said in a tweet that FTX, run by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, had “asked for our help” after […]