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Greek authorities announced new plans on Thursday to combat wildfires, which frequently devastate the country. The changes involve increasing staffing in specialized forest firefighting units. The initiative follows extensive wildfires last year that resulted in over 20 fatalities and significant destruction of forests and farmland. Greek authorities presented new plans …
Bob Chapek, chief executive officer of Disney, speaks at the 2022 Disney Legends Awards during Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, Sept. 9, 2022. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters In his first public comments since Disney fired him as CEO in November 2022, Bob Chapek told CNBC he sees no reason …
The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) headquarters in Ankara, Türkiye. — AFP/File In a bid to curb rampant inflation, Turkey’s central bank Thursday raised policy rate by 500 basis points to 50%, a move that stunned the market. As per the statistics, Turkey’s annual inflation swelled to …
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to lead the reform process in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) himself amid the startling revelation that over 80% of bank accounts in Pakistan are not declared to the tax authorities. The prime minister has appointed himself as the chairman of the Steering …
Queen Camilla joked about King Charles Buckingham Palace has delighted fans by sharing Queen Camilla’s latest video as she continued to step up amid her husband King Charles III’s ongoing cancer battle. The royal family’s social media accounts shared the clip of 76-year-old’s visit to Northern Ireland. On second day …
Actor and model Mia Armstrong says that she views Down syndrome as a superpower. She writes in her new children’s book, “I Am a Masterpiece!” that mean words bounce off her “like a super shield.” Mia, 13, details many other life experiences in her new book. She also goes into …
LONDON — A half-eaten bowl of porridge complete with wooden spoon, communal rubbish bins, and a decorative necklace made with amber and glass beads are just a handful of the extraordinarily well-preserved remnants of a late Bronze Age hamlet unearthed in eastern England that’s been dubbed “Britain’s Pompeii” and a …
Coinbase-backed Base has the highest transaction fees among Ethereum layer-2 networks due to the current wave of attention it enjoys among crypto traders. Gasfees data shows that Base is the priciest layer-2 protocol among scaling solutions that have implemented the Dencun Upgrade’s Blobs feature. The feature significantly reduces transaction fees …
Congressional leaders unveiled new federal spending legislation Thursday that would raise military pay, eliminate U.S. funding for the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians and bolster security at the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill to allocate $1.2 trillion, the product of a deal among President Biden, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and …
