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The country’s National Bitcoin Office said on X each address would hold up to 500 Bitcoin [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS El Salvador, the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, will move its reserves of the popular cryptocurrency to multiple new addresses from the single address it previously used in order to improve security, it said on Friday.The country’s National Bitcoin Office said on X each address would hold up to 500 Bitcoin (around $54 million as of recent prices), and that a public dashboard would make the full balance across these addresses transparent to the public.The Central American…

As someone who typically prefers to travel with just a carry-on bag, I’ve tried pretty much every packing hack to fit as much as possible into my suitcase. A glance inside will uncover shirts wound around hair tools, socks stuffed into shoes, and dresses tightly rolled into every crevice. I’ve become so confident in my ability to stuff a suitcase that I’ve typically been skeptical of packing cubes—that is, until my last Europe trip. You see, when I was recently packing for a near-week-long London trip, my usual methods weren’t cutting it. Despite planning my outfits for every day and…

President Donald Trump said Monday he will award former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, two days after his longtime political ally was seriously injured in a car crash. The decision places the award on a man once lauded for leading New York after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and later sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 election. Giuliani was also criminally charged in two states; he has denied wrongdoing. Trump in a statement on social media called Giuliani the “greatest Mayor in the history…

AR Murugadoss is gearing up for the release of his latest directorial Madharasi, starring Sivakarthikeyan, Rukmini Vasanth, Vidyut Jammwal and Biju Menon in pivotal roles. The film is being touted as one of the biggest projects in Sivakarthikeyan’s career. Interestingly, Siva was not the initial casting choice for Madharasi. During an interview with Galatta Plus, AR Murugadoss addressed rumours that Madharasi was originally conceived with Shah Rukh Khan as the lead during its early scriptwriting stages. Muragadoss confirmed, “Long back, when I had the core idea for Madharasi, roughly 7 or 8 years ago, I got a chance to narrate…

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has urged the people to be on alert against the amoebic meningoencephalitis cases being reported from various parts of the State. Opening a new building for the Government Taluk Hospital at Feroke in Kozhikode district on Sunday (August 31, 2025), he said that everyone should take steps to chlorinate wells and overhead water tanks on their residential premises. The infection-causing amoeba is found in waterbodies. Steps had been taken to chlorinate all wells on August 30 and August 31. Mr. Vijayan said that the development works being initiated in the public healthcare sector were aimed at…

Labour minister and district-in-charge minister for Dharwad on Monday spent the entire day visiting affected villages in his constituency (Kalaghatagi) where crops have been damaged by wild animals and held ‘Jana Spandana’ grievances redressal meeting in Kalaghatagi town.The visit began with visit to Hulakoppa and Galagi villages, where the crops in the farmland of Channabasappa Halyal has been damaged by wild animals. It was followed by visit to the farmlands of Ashok Hubballi, Subhaschandragouda Patil and Irappa Badiger, where crop loss has been reported.Subsequently he held discussion with officials and directed them to come out with permanent solution to the…

If one watched the Indian national football team taking on Iran in the CAFA Cup on Monday, one could almost mistake it for the year 2018. All of the signs were there – a 4-5-1 Indian set- up with all 11 players neatly divided into three lines of resistance, all camped well within their own half. An intensely offensive opposition constantly probing, only for the Indian defence to punt the ball far up the field and ask the near-impossible from the forward line. Any form of control in midfield largely non-existent (23% ball possession through the match, according to the…

In the television show “Battlestar Galactica,” they were called toasters. In the film “Blade Runner,” skinjobs. Now in the culture war against robots and artificial intelligence chatbots, a new slur has emerged. “Get this dirty clanker out of here!” yelled a man in a recent viral video while pointing at a robot on a sidewalk. “Bucket of bolts.” Clanker has become a go-to slur against AI on social media, led by Gen Z and Gen Alpha posters. In recent months, posts about clankers have amassed hundreds of millions of views on TikTok and Instagram and started thousands of conversations on…

A drone view of the city of Sweida, following renewed fighting between Bedouin fighters and Druze gunmen, despite an announced truce, in Syria, on July 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Amnesty International said Tuesday (September 2, 2025) that it had evidence of Syrian government personnel and affiliated forces executing 46 members of the Druze minority during a week of sectarian violence in July, demanding the perpetrators be held to account.The bloodshed erupted on July 13 with clashes between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin but rapidly escalated, drawing in government forces and tribal fighters from other parts of Syria.Syrian authorities…

Nestle CEO Laurent Freixe (left) and Nestle chairman Paul Bulcke (right) attend a general shareholders meeting of Swiss food giant Nestle in Ecublens, near Lausanne, on April 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Swiss food giant Nestle on Monday (September 1, 2025) dismissed Laurent Freixe as chief executive with immediate effect over an “undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate”.The multinational behind Nespresso coffee capsules and KitKat chocolate bars said Mr. Freixe’s dismissal followed an investigation.In a swift move, Nespresso CEO Philipp Navratil was appointed to take over by his fellow board members.”The departure of Laurent Freixe follows an investigation…