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October 20, 2024, marked the tenth anniversary of Apple Pay, a digital wallet that fundamentally changed how people around the world make transactions. Since its debut, Apple Pay has grown beyond a contactless payment method to encompass an array of functions, now poised to transform the entire digital wallet landscape in the next decade. Apple […]
Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party has secured an important parliamentary victory, claiming over 54% of the vote, according to the Central Electoral Commission. This result allows Georgian Dream to enter its fourth consecutive term, controlling 89 of  150 parliamentary seats. However, victory is clouded by allegations of electoral fraud, stoking division in a nation caught
Israel launched a wide-ranging airstrike campaign against Iran early Saturday, targeting facilities tied to Tehran’s ballistic missile program and air defense systems. Satellite images and multiple reports confirm extensive damage across several sites, dealing a significant blow to Iran’s missile production capacity and leaving critical energy facilities exposed to future attacks. Disruption of Iran’s Missile
VATICAN CITY, October 27, 2024 — The Vatican’s historic “Synod on Synodality,” a years-long consultative process, wrapped up its final session Saturday without reaching a consensus on several pressing issues affecting the global Catholic Church. Despite hopes among reform-minded Catholics, the synod left questions surrounding women’s ordination, LGBTQ+ outreach, and married priests largely unresolved, choosing
TOKYO, October 27, 2024 — Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is projected to fall short of a single-party majority after a closely contested snap election, raising questions about the future governance of the world’s third-largest economy. Exit polls suggest  LDP will win between 153 and 219 seats in  Diet’s 465-seat lower house, significantly below
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Fahmi, a 24-year-old former student leader at Dhaka University, is now a fugitive. Once a dominant figure within  Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) — the student wing of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League (AL) party — Fahmi is one of thousands now hiding, facing threats of arrest, violence, and social exile
Tbilisi, Georgia – On a humid summer evening in Tbilisi, drag performer and artist Andro Dadiani gave a powerful performance in a ball skirt color of the European Union flag. His aria act at the city’s Drag Ball event, held at a riverside club, was stirring yet melancholic. For Dadiani and the audience—a crowd filled
Tel Aviv, Oct. 26, 2024 — Early Saturday morning, Israel conducted airstrikes on Iranian military sites in what it described as a response to more than a year of Iranian-orchestrated attacks on Israeli assets across the Middle East. This escalation has heightened concerns of a direct conflict between two of the region’s most powerful militaries
Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2024 — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has called for an investigation into allegations that SpaceX founder Elon Musk has been in consistent contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, a report that has raised significant national security concerns. According to a Wall Street Journal article, Musk and Putin have
Gaza City, October 25, 2024 — Israeli military operations have escalated dramatically in northern Gaza, with forces breaching the compound of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya. Over the past 24 hours, Israeli troops have entered the hospital complex, opening fire on parts of the facility, according to  Gaza Health Ministry and hospital director Dr.
