Peru confirms the first death in the country due to monkeypox

Peruvian authorities have confirmed the first death in the country due to simian smallpox, a disease that has so far left more than 300 cases in Peruvian territory. The Dos de Mayo National Hospital has indicated in a statement that …

Somali prime minister appoints former Al Shabaab spokesman as minister

The Prime Minister of Somalia, Hamse Abdi Barre, has appointed a new cabinet composed of 25 ministers, including Mujtar Robow, former spokesman and ‘number two’ of the jihadist organization Al Shabaab, who will hold the portfolio of Religion. Robow, 53, …

Kuwait’s emir dissolves parliament after announcement of new government

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nauaf al-Ahmed al-Saba announced Tuesday the dissolution of Parliament a day after appointing a new Executive, paving the way for early elections in two months’ time, KUNA news agency reported. “To rectify the political scenario involving lack …

U.S. sanctions 30 entities and 13 individuals, including former gymnast Alina Kabaeva

Washington puts 893 Russian officials on its travel restrictions list The United States has issued new sanctions against Moscow in response to the war in Ukraine that include more than 30 entities and 13 individuals, including people in the Kremlin’s …

MicroStrategy: Michael Saylor quits everything to focus on Bitcoin!

Michael Saylor is stepping down as CEO of MicroStrategy. Phong Le, the company’s president, will assume the role of CEO. Cloud software company MicroStrategy today announced that Michael Saylor, a bitcoin supporter and the company’s CEO since 1989, is stepping …

White House appoints coordinator for U.S. smallpox response

The White House on Tuesday named Robert Fenton, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official, as the coordinator of the response to simian smallpox. Fenton’s appointment to head the new team comes as the virus spreads in the United States …

Russia, Iran criticize Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

Russia has called the visit of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan “another provocative move” by the Biden Administration to pressure China, while Iran has charged against Washington and pointed out that such a trip violates the Asian giant’s …

You can now use Siri to reject calls in progress. How to do it

Starting with the iOS 16 update, iPhones support new voice commands taken over by the Siri assistant. So you can set timers, alarms, reminders, and even call contacts using nothing more than voice instructions. But just as exciting is the …

Gucci goes all in on Web3: Gucci now accepts ApeCoin in select US stores

Gucci added ApeCoin to its list of accepted crypto-payments today, marking another step in the luxury brand’s exploration of the crypto ecosystem. The news comes just days after another luxury brand, Tiffany & Co, announced that it would be dropping …

Moldova to reduce use of Russian gas in response to energy crisis

Moldovan authorities have announced Tuesday that they will seek to reduce their dependence on Russian gas in anticipation of the reduction of supply by Russian gas company Gazprom. Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu acknowledged that the Moldovan population must “learn …

the surprise documentary that Netflix has released on the ‘consellera’ Alba Vergés

Netflix has released a surprise documentary called ‘Broken Health’.which deals with nothing more and nothing less than how the (ex) ‘consellera’ de Salut of the Generalitat de Catalunya Alba Vergés and her team tried to manage the sanitary crisis caused …

Google tweaks Play Store rules, banning apps that display full-screen ads, or mimic other famous apps

We could say that the measure should have been taken a long time ago, avoiding “polluting” the Play Store with countless apps “cloned” from other popular selections, i.e. apps whose main “function” is to display as many ads as possible, …