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  President-elect Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., second from left, applauds with Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Richard Hudson, R-N.C., Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) For the world at large, the reelection of Donald J. Trump as U.S. president poses questions. Mr. Trump served as America’s 45th president, was defeated in 2020 by current President Joe Biden, and has now re-emerged as the 47th president. After winning the 2024 presidential election, many on the global stage are wondering what, if anything, will be on the horizon regarding U.S. foreign policy. Several world leaders congratulated Mr. Trump on his victory on social media while others stated they looked forward to working with him. Positive remarks were expressed by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Argentina President Javier Mile...

  A girl scavenges for recyclable materials at a garbage dump in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, where impoverished families are often forced to search for items to sell for minimal income. Photo: UN file photo Up to two million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face the dire prospect of famine, amid a broader economic collapse and worsening humanitarian crisis triggered by the military’s 2021 overthrow of the democratically elected government. In a report released on Nov. 7, the UN Development Program (UNDP) described the situation in the poverty-struck province as an “unprecedented disaster.” “A perfect storm is brewing,” it said, citing a combination of interlinked issues — restrictions on domestic and international flow of goods, hyperinflation, loss of livelihoods, dwindling agricultural production and lack of essential services. Without urgent action nearly the entire population (about 95 percent) “will regress into survival mode,” UNDP warned. Advertisemen...

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has lowered the nation’s nuclear weapons threshold after the United States gave Ukraine the green light recently to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets deep inside the country. Putin on Nov. 19 signed a decree revising Russia’s nuclear doctrine to indicate the Kremlin’s preparedness to respond aggressively to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory with American long-range missiles. On Jan. 18, the Kremlin had censured U.S. President Joe Biden over his decision to allow Ukrainian forces to use American long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia. The Kremlin criticized the outgoing Biden administration, saying it aimed to escalate the West’s proxy war in Ukraine into a direct conflict with Russia. “It is clear that the outgoing administration in Washington intends to take steps to continue to add fuel to the fire and to further inflame tensions around this conflict,” Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told...

  During a recent press briefing, Ethiopian Minister of Government Communication Service (GCS), Legesse Tulu, announced that among Ethiopia’s agricultural achievements in recent years is that the country has become Africa’s leading wheat producer, marking a historic milestone in its agricultural development. The briefing was held Nov. 16.  The Horn of Africa country is the largest wheat producer on the continent, accounting for at least 65 percent of the total wheat production in sub-Saharan Africa, noted CIMMYT, which is Spanish for International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. CIMMYT is a non-profit organization that conducts research and training to improve maize and wheat production. During the summer, a report titled “New heat-tolerant wheat varieties prove fruitful for Ethiopia’s irrigated lowlands” noted that new strains by the “ADAPT-Wheat project will expand Ethiopia’s total farming area and wheat production by opening up lowland farming opportunities.” The Adapti...

  I, personally, am deeply grateful to  Dr. Jaime Maussan It has been a  secret —“above top secret”—in the United States, and in governments around the world.  But more recently, governments have decided to expose to their populace the reality of the existence of these so-called  Unidentified Flying Objects  [“ UFOs ”] Whether those in power think “it’s time” or “not” is  immaterial , or  irrelevant ; because these Wheels are now being seen over the major cities.  And when human beings of intelligence can look up, and see  these phenomenon —or th[ese] phenomena:   How can you keep hiding it in the midst of thousands upon thousands of people now seeing them? And in this modern age of technology, with recording instruments in a telephone—that is now in the hands of millions and billions of people:  Then when they [these Wheels] show up, the people film it!  So now, what can you say now?   You could say it was “swam...

 

Morgan's Razzlekhan persona went viral on social media  when the case emerged. Even as the couple attempted to cover up the hack, she published dozens of expletive-filled music videos and rap songs filmed in locations around New York. In her lyrics she called herself a "bad-ass money maker" and "the crocodile of Wall Street". In articles published in Forbes magazine, Morgan also claimed to be a successful technology businesswoman, calling herself an "economist, serial entrepreneur, software investor and rapper".   A hacker has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts. Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty last year in the case involving the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange being hacked in 2016 and the theft of almost 120,000 bitcoin. He laundered the stolen cryptocurrency with the help of his wife Heather Morgan, who used the alias Razzlekhan to promote her hip hop music. At the...

A husband and wife cyber-crime team have pleaded guilty to trying to launder $4.5bn (£3.5bn) of Bitcoin that he had stolen in a hack in 2016. Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein were arrested last year in New York after police traced their riches back to the crypto heist. While evading police, Morgan masqueraded as a rapper and tech entrepreneur. As part of a plea deal, Lichtenstein admitted he was behind the hack. The couple both pleaded guilty to money laundering, but Morgan pleaded guilty to an additional count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. In spite of attempting to cover up her crimes, Morgan published dozens of expletive-filled music videos and rap songs filmed in locations around New York, under the name Razzlekhan. In her lyrics she called herself a "bad-ass money maker" and "the crocodile of Wall Street". Ilya Lichtenstein kept meticulous records of how the couple were laundering the stolen Bitcoin In articles published in Forbes, Morgan also ...