Palestinian in Israel prison ends 100-plus day hunger strike
A Palestinian prisoner held by Israel has agreed to end more than 100 days of hunger strike, his family and a prisoner rights’ advocate said Friday, claiming he had received assurances from Israeli authorities that his open-ended detention wouldn’t be …
Tigray crisis: Ethiopia carries out airstrikes – Abiy Ahmed
Abiy Ahmed says military positions have been targeted in Tigray as the conflict there intensifies.
Protester killed in southern Iraq as tensions flare again
Iraqi security forces opened fire during clashes with hundreds of protesters in the southern city of Basra on Friday, killing one demonstrator and wounding several others as tensions flared once again, hospital officials said. The clashes erupted afte…
Deal or no deal, Brexit to hit British trade hard: Business
Britain’s business community has long hoped for a post-Brexit free trade deal — but government failures mean there will still be “significant” disruption when it is fully free of the European Union next year, an official watchdog warned Friday.
Global Data Center Security Industry
Global Data Center Security Market to Reach $12 Billion by 2027. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Data Center Security estimated at US$6. 3 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$12 Billion by 2027, growing …
Ethiopia PM orders military response to 'base attack'
Abiy Ahmed accuses the Tigray People’s Liberation Front of launching an attack on an army base.
EXPLAINER: Postal Service, judge at odds over ballot search
The U.S. Postal Service says it can’t meet a federal judge’s order to sweep processing centers for undelivered mail-in ballots. It is arguing that doing so would be disruptive to its Election Day operations and that it had “physical and operational li…
Georgia Republican who supports QAnon wins US House seat
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories in a series of online videos, has won a U.S. House seat representing northwest Georgia. Greene was heavily favored in the conservative district eve…
Officials: To secure election, U.S. conducted cyber operation against Iran
Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of the United States Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, told reporters on Tuesday that he is “very confident in actions” taken against foreign actors “over the past several weeks and the past several months to make sure that they’re not going to interfere in our elections.”Nakasone did not give any details, but U.S. officials told The Washington Post that the U.S. Cyber Command and NSA took action against Iran, after the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sent emails to Democratic voters, posing as members of a far-right group. The messages were threatening, and told the voters they needed to cast their ballots for President Trump.Nakasone said the agencies “had a very good bead on what a number of actors were trying to do” and “we weren’t surprised by their actions.” They have been working since the 2018 midterms to stop foreign election meddling, he added, and the work will keep going until all the votes are certified. “This is just the start,” Nakasone said. “We’ll be ready for the days to come.”U.S. officials told the Post that Nakasone spoke to reporters on Election Day because the government wants to have transparency and ensure voters aren’t worried about the integrity of the election.More stories from theweek.com COVID-19 keeps proving everyone wrong Is this the year the New South turns blue? Democrats’ first priority
EXPLAINER: The unprecedented early voting, and what it means
An unprecedented 103.2 million people cast their ballots early in this year’s presidential election. The early birds represent 74.3 percent of the total turnout in the 2016 election. Many states also have changed regulations to facilitate voting by m…
The Somali man who has a scorpion named after him
Somali environmentalist Ahmed Ibrahim Awale hopes it will inspire African researchers.
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