Military coup in Burkina Faso; Army ousted President, suspended constitution, dissolved government, national assembly and closed border.

An announcement signed by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba and read by another officer on state television, declared the takeover by the military and people had been detained in the process. Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, is a former graduate from a military school in Paris. He has a master’s degree in criminology from CNAM…

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[ Engadget ] Crypto.com loses $34 million in hack that affected 483 accounts

In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Crypto.com’s Chief Executive Kris Marszalek has admitted that 400 customer accounts were compromised by hackers. He said his team detected unauthorized transactions made from the accounts, but that they’d fixed the issue immediately and fully reimbursed the affected users. Apparently, 483 accounts were affected and the unauthorized withdrawals totaled 4,836.26 ETH,…

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[ Reuters ] Singapore PM backs continued exclusion of Myanmar junta from ASEAN meetings

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a video call on Friday urged the regional group’s new chair, Cambodia, to engage all sides in Myanmar’s conflict, Singapore’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. Lee told his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen that ASEAN should continue inviting a non-political representative from Myanmar to its meetings and any decision to…

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Venezuela finally got out of the hyperinflationary cycle into extremely high monthly inflation

After 12 months of consecutive inflation that is below 50%, some analyst / media started to declare that Venezuela is finally out of the hyperinflationary cycle. Venezuela came out of the hyperinflationary cycle in which it had been since 2017, accumulating 12 continuous months below 50% inflation, after registering 7.6% in December, the Bank reported…

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[ AP ] Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sentenced to 4 more years in prison

Suu Kyi was convicted last month on two other charges and given a four-year prison sentence, which was then halved by the head of the military-installed government. The cases are among about a dozen brought against the 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate since the army seized power last February, ousting her elected government and arresting…

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[ Arab News Pakistan ] Yemeni government forces retake key district in Al-Bayda as Houthis flee

Yemeni government forces on Saturday recaptured substantial territory from the Houthis in the provinces of Al-Bayda and Shabwa.  Backed by air cover from Coalition warplanes, the loyalist Giants Brigades liberated several villages and mountains before storming the center of the Noaman district in Al-Bayda.  A convoy of armed vehicles and jubilant fighters entered scattered villages…

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