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Internal Divisions to Stall ISIS Appointing New Leader

An Egyptian monitor predicted that the ISIS terror group would witness internal divisions after the death of its leader, Abu Ibrahim al Qurashi. The Cairo-based Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Terrorism confirmed that ISIS had always been preoccupied with internal divisions after losing its leaders. The group hopes to reorganize and …

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Europe’s response to Ukraine crisis: More gas, but from elsewhere

Facing the prospect of Putin turning off the gas taps to Europe in tit for tat sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the focus is on finding LNG from “more reliable partners”. EU prime ministers last night adopted the harshest sanctions regime …

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Ukraine-Russia war puts limelight back on bitcoin – and its carbon footprint

Bitcoin prices are climbing once again and while bitcoin mining is likely to come under renewed fire for its energy consumption, this should not prove fatal for the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin prices jumped by 13% on Tuesday on the back of new Western sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. …

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