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Trump administration fires director of National Security Agency

4 mn readThe Trump administration has fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, the United States’ powerful cyber intelligence bureau, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation, members of the Senate and House intelligence committees and two former officials familiar with the matter. The dismissal of Gen. Timothy Haugh, who […]

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‘This is the information age’: How Microsoft founder Bill Gates mapped out the new internet era back in 1993

5 mn readGates and Paul Allen launched computing giant Microsoft 50 years ago. In 1993, he talked to the BBC about the online innovations that would define the 21st Century. When the BBC first broadcast an interview with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in June 1993, there were thought to be only 130 websites in total. The BBC’s […]

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How will India navigate a world on the brink of a trade war?

3 mn readDonald Trump’s blanket tariffs have put the world on the brink of a possible global trade war. The European Union has vowed a united response, and China has threatened countermeasures. Ratings agencies like Fitch have warned that the mass tariff hikes could result in lower growth, higher inflation and potentially a recession in some parts […]

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Top Gun and Batman actor Val Kilmer dies aged 65

4 mn readActor Val Kilmer, who starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died at the age of 65. He also appeared in 1991’s The Doors – playing the legendary band’s frontman Jim Morrison – plus the Western Tombstone and crime drama Heat. Kilmer died […]

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Golden rescue window closing after quake kills more than 2,000 in Myanmar and Thailand.

5 mn readRescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than three days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and sending tremors through nearby Chinese provinces. The first 72-hours after a quake are widely regarded as the “golden” window to reach victims buried alive under rubble – […]

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Bitcoin in the bush – the crypto mine in remote Zambia

5 mn readThe roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids. But there’s another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush – the unmistakable high-pitched whine of a bitcoin mine. “It’s the sound of money!” says a smiling Philip Walton as he surveys the […]

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