Refugees trying to reach Italy die after boats sink off coast of Tunisia | Tunisia

[ad_1] At least 29 people from sub-Saharan Africa have died while trying to reach Italy after two boats carrying them across the Mediterranean sank off the coast of Tunisia. The deaths, which occurred early on Sunday, are the latest tragedies involving people departing from the north African country, where the authorities have launched a crackdown […]

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Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage | Human rights

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[ad_1] The UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda would “completely erode” Britain’s standing on the world stage, the new head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. Tirana Hassan, who takes over as HRW’s executive director on Monday, also said other conservative governments in Europe were considering following Britain’s lead and looking at

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Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia | Cryptocurrencies

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[ad_1] The US chip-maker Nvidia has said cryptocurrencies do not “bring anything useful for society” despite the company’s powerful processors selling in huge quantities to the sector. Michael Kagan, its chief technology officer, said other uses of processing power such as the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT were more worthwhile than mining crypto. Nvidia never embraced

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Elon Musk memo suggests Twitter worth less than half of what he paid for it | Twitter

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[ad_1] Twitter is worth less than half of what Elon Musk paid for it six months ago having lost more than $20bn (£16.4bn) in value, according to calculations based on a leaked memo from the billionaire. Musk suggested in memo to the social media company’s staff that it is now valued at less than $20bn.

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US indicts alleged Russian spy who tried to infiltrate ICC in The Hague | Espionage

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[ad_1] US authorities have released new details about an alleged Russian spy who attempted to penetrate the international criminal court in The Hague, using a false identity developed over a decade. An indictment made public on Saturday accuses Sergey Cherkasov, who US intelligence believes is an elite “illegal” operative of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency.

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White House ‘very in favor’ of bill thought to target TikTok | US news

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[ad_1] One of the authors of a Senate bill that would enable the federal commerce department to ban technologies with links to foreign governments has said that the Joe Biden White House is “very in favor” of the measure, but he stopped short of saying whether the president’s administration has discussed possibly prohibiting the Chinese-owned

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Trump says he’s not upset over possible indictment while attacking ‘fake’ case | Donald Trump

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[ad_1] Donald Trump repeatedly insisted Saturday night that he was not upset by expected criminal charges that might arise from the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into his role in paying hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels as he returned from a campaign rally in Waco, Texas. But the manner of Trump’s responses to

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Cambridge claim double first in Boat Race with wins for men and women | The Boat Race

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[ad_1] The Boat Race is Cambridge’s domain once again. Dominant for so much of the event’s recent history, the Light Blues bounced back from a rare defeat in the men’s race last year to return yet another men and women’s double on a blustery Thames. On a grim spring day, with cold gusts of wind

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South Africa chase down West Indies in record-breaking T20 international | Twenty20

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[ad_1] South Africa produced the highest successful Twenty20 international run chase to defeat West Indies in a remarkable contest at Centurion in which Johnson Charles and Quinton de Kock also made history. The Proteas were left needing to break new ground for victory after their opponents stormed to 258 for five, which included Charles posting

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IMF chief warns global financial stability at risk from banking turmoil | Global economy

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[ad_1] The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the global economy faces risks to its financial stability because of the turbulence in the banking sector. Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the Washington-based lender of last resort, said rising interest rates have put pressure on debts, leading to “stresses” in leading economies,

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