Start-up for fuel delivery Booster built a reputation for itself by filling up commuters’ automobiles while they were parked at work. Booster CEO Frank Mycroft says that when the Covid outbreak drove so many people to remote work, the company increased its business by recharging commercial vehicle fleets so drivers are ready to go the … Read more
Belgium has become the first country to impose a strict 21-day quarantine for monkeypox patients as the disease, which is generally found in Africa, spreads around the world. Belgium’s health authorities implemented the measures on Friday, after the country reported its third instance of the virus. The country had four local cases as of Monday; … Read more
A boy who stabbed a schoolgirl after a fight over a Snapchat video was convicted guilty of her murder. Ava White, 12, was stabbed to death in Liverpool’s city center after the Christmas lights switch-on on November 25, 2021. The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told Liverpool Crown Court that he stabbed … Read more
Waze has finally added Apple Music support for iPhones, allowing you to manage your music using the navigation app’s built-in audio player. This should make it easy to pause, play, and switch between songs while driving to your destination. You’ll also get immediate access to Apple Music’s extensive playlist library via Waze, which means you … Read more
On Monday evening, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced an impending military incursion into northern Syria to construct a 30-kilometer-deep safe zone along the southern border. Turkey’s effort is expected to concentrate on areas where the country is most vulnerable to cross-border assaults. Erdogan, however, did not go into greater information. The Turkish military has … Read more
Three Turkish soldiers serving in northern Iraq as part of operations against Kurdish militants were killed Tuesday, the defense ministry announced. Another four soldiers were wounded during the fighting, said the ministry statement, which did not say where the clash took place. Turkey’s official news agency Anadolu said the Turkish soldiers had clashed with fighters … Read more
The Justice Department stated Tuesday that an Iraqi national living in Columbus, Ohio, was arrested and faces federal charges in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush. Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab has been charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former US official, as well as an … Read more
Thousands of mourners rushed into Tehran’s streets on Tuesday to pay their respects to a senior Revolutionary Guard colonel killed earlier this week by two gunmen on a motorcycle, hitting the air with their fists and yelling “Death to Israel.” Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei’s death on Sunday bore the markings of previous lethal gun strikes … Read more
Jamal Hassan Al-Musawi, secretary-general of Oman’s National Museum, has received the Star of Italy, the country’s highest civilian award. President Sergio Mattarella bestowed the award via Italy’s Ambassador to Oman Federica Favi at a ceremony in Muscat. Al-Musawi was recognized for his work in enhancing relations between the two countries, having collaborated with Italian experts … Read more
Food prices are projected to increase by another 14 percent in 2022, after hitting historic highs in 2021, said the IMF (International Monetary Fund). In its latest World Economic Outlook, the international agency noted that the commodity markets in the Middle East and North Africa are being impacted by the Russia-Ukraine war inflation, with prices … Read more
Microsoft has finally included restore apps to the Windows 11 Microsoft Store. The software company will soon begin testing a new feature that will allow you to restore applications to a new Windows 11 PC. The existing Microsoft Store does not provide seamless app restoration, forcing Windows users to manually install apps from their library. … Read more
Iran and Oman have agreed to form a committee to jointly develop the Hengam oilfield, which straddles both countries’ sea borders, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported its oil minister Javad Owji as saying on Monday. In 2005, both countries signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop the Hengam oil field but the agreement … Read more
Zola, a prominent wedding planning service renowned for its online gift registries, guest list management, and wedding websites, said Monday that hackers had accessed a number of its users’ accounts and attempted to begin fraudulent cash transactions. Some Zola users reported on social media over the weekend that linked bank accounts were exploited to purchase … Read more
The World Economic Forum in Davos will see the launch of initiatives in collaboration with diverse parties with the goal of meeting climate pledges, according to Egypt’s foreign minister and designated summit president. Egypt’s strategy for COP27, which the country will host in November, according to Sameh Shoukry, is based on the need to focus … Read more
Google Lens, the search engine’s strong image recognition software, is getting easier to use within the Chrome browser on the desktop. Currently, if you use Lens on a webpage image, the browser opens a page of results in a separate tab. In the future, though, the browser will display results in a sidebar to the … Read more
TikTok has announced a program that lets viewers pay to subscribe to specific live streamers they want to support. Dubbed Live Subscription, it gives fans access to perks like a subscriber-only chat, creator-specific emotes, and badges that differentiate them from non-subscribers (via TechCrunch). It’s launching in beta on May 26th, according to an announcement video … Read more
In India, Uber has begun revealing trip destinations to drivers, allowing them to select whether or not to take the ride. The new policy is intended to alleviate passenger fears about driver cancellation after learning the destination of their journey. Earnings for long-distance pick-ups have also been added by the cab aggregator, allowing drivers to … Read more
The Butyrka, Russia’s oldest jail, has emerged as a center for illegal crypto mining activity. A high-ranking jail warden has also been accused of diverting energy from other areas of the facility in order to assist crypto mining within the facility. Butyrka, which was built in downtown Moscow in 1771, is nearly 250 years old … Read more
Former Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb stated during a panel discussion at the Globe Economic Forum on Monday that the Ukraine conflict will have a long-term impact on the economy of Europe and the rest of the world. Stubb predicted that the Russian invasion of Ukraine would have a negative impact on the world economy, … Read more
Yemen’s army has said that the Iran-backed Houthis have violated a UN-brokered truce more than 4,276 times since day one by mobilizing fighters and launching drone and missile attacks on government troops, even as the militia indicated its acceptance of its renewal. The truce, which is the longest since the war began, came into effect … Read more
A senior Israeli lawmaker said on Monday the country risked “religious war” after a court ruled in favor of Jews who had tried to pray at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and as nationalists planned a march near the flashpoint site. Palestinian factions have denounced Israeli moves in Jerusalem’s Old City, the heart of their decades-old … Read more
Long queues snaked around gas stations in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital and its outskirts on Monday even though the island nation’s government was scrambling to deliver fuel supplies and douse any unrest as it battles a devastating economic crisis. Kanchana Wijesekera, Sri Lanka’s minister for power and energy, said supplies of 95-octane gasoline, mostly used … Read more
Greece said on Monday it had prevented around 600 migrants from crossing the Aegean Sea into its territorial waters from neighboring Turkey, in the largest attempted entry this year. A spokesman for the Greek coast guard said five sailboats and four dinghies had set off from the Turkish coast early in the morning. “Greek patrol … Read more
Lebanese authorities on Monday began removing concrete barriers around the country’s parliament building after the election of former protesters as MPs. The security measures had been put in place at the outbreak of massive anti-government protests in 2019. They are to be relaxed following the election of a dozen reformist newcomers to the 128-member legislature, … Read more
A British-Iranian charity worker who was imprisoned in Tehran for over six years says she was forced to sign a falsified confession to spying before being released two months ago. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said that British government personnel was present at Tehran airport when she signed the fraudulent admission to espionage “under duress.” She claimed that … Read more
A sandstorm blanketed parts of the Middle East on Monday, including Iraq, Syria, and Iran, sending people to hospitals and disrupting flights in some places. It was the latest in a series of unprecedented nearly back-to-back sandstorms this year that have bewildered residents and raised alarm among experts and officials, who blame climate change and … Read more
Tunisia’s labor union said on Monday it would hold a national strike over wages and the economy after refusing to take part in a limited dialogue proposed by the president as he rewrites the constitution. With more than a million members, the UGTT is Tunisia’s most powerful political force and its call for a strike … Read more
The emir of Qatar stated on Monday that he is willing to help any international or regional effort to find an expedient peaceful end to the Ukrainian crisis. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, claimed that conflict resolution via aggression is on the rise and that he … Read more
