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Новости за 13.12.2024

France24.com (en) 

Rightward shift in Europe puts pressure on Green Deal: Will key EU policy survive?

Today, the EU’s Green Deal faces pressure from an atmosphere of economic crisis: car factories in Germany are set to close, farmers protesting about excessive environmental protection measures, soaring energy bills for households. But as the recent floods in Spain have shown, the issue of the climate crisis remains unavoidable for Europe’s leaders. Ursula von der Leyen herself promised in 2019 that the EU would be carbon neutral by 2050. In 2024, the Commission president says the next step of the... Читать дальше...

Top Stories (us) - Google News (com) 

US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from app stores on Jan. 19 - Reuters

  1. US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from app stores on Jan. 19  Reuters
  2. TikTok Ban—Change Your Account Before It’s Too Late  Forbes
  3. TikTok’s Last Stand, Google’s Quantum Breakthrough and the Cult of Claude  The New York Times
  4. What If Free Speech Means Banning TikTok?  The Atlantic
  5. Will TikTok be banned in January? Here’s where things stand as deadline nears  The Hill

The Verge 

Game-like ‘task scams’ stole more than $220 million in six months

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning Americans about “game-like online job scams” that get people to perform tasks with the promise of a continuous income stream — only to be duped into giving money to the scammer. The FTC says in the first six months of this year, these “task scams” have raked in over $220 million from victims, often in the form of cryptocurrency. It’s accounted for about 40 percent of all scam reports in 2024.

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TheSun.co.uk 

West Ham U15s keeper Oscar Fairs dies after brave cancer battle as tributes pour in for boy who had ‘bright future’

WEST HAM youngster Oscar Fairs has passed away aged 15.

The academy goalkeeper died following a battle with cancer.

West HamOscar Fairs has sadly passed away[/caption] SWNSThe young goalkeeper bravely battled cancer[/caption] SWNSHe was described as a ‘friendly, happy, well-mannered and polite young man’[/caption]

Fairs was diagnosed with an ependymoma in August 2023.

In the eight month prior, he experienced heart palpitations, right-sided weakness, headaches and sickness... Читать дальше...

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Scrutinise testimony of interested witness with more caution: SC

The Supreme Court acquitted a man convicted of murder, emphasizing that while an interested witness's testimony requires careful scrutiny, it cannot be dismissed solely for that reason. The court found the high court's conviction based on the deceased's father's testimony inconsistent, as the same evidence led to the acquittal of two co-accused.

Evening Standard 

OPINION - Which of Prince Harry and Prince Andrew is worse? It's hard to tell — and time for King Charles to sort them out

Query: which of the uncle-nephew pair that is Prince Andrew and Prince Harry makes the heart sink faster and sooner? The very words “close confidant of the Duke of York” on the news this morning made a nation think, “uh-oh” before we even learned that the confidant in question was a) one of Andy’s inner circle and b) associated with the Chinese Communist party and c) is now excluded from the UK (having lost his appeal in court against that judgment) as a risk to national security. Another of the Duke’s little lapses of judgment... Читать дальше...

Deal Tri 

Track

Hi all Well done to the 28 members and 3 non members at track tonight. 1 mile timed Out of the 17 people who had d... [Read full item] [...]

Playak 

SUP Magazine: Ray Romano Gives Definitive Update on ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Reboot

Ray Romano has issued his definitive opinion regarding an Everybody Loves Raymond reboot, and it’s not looking great for fans. The immensely popular CBS sitcom starred Romano as sports writer Ray Barone and ran for nine seasons between 1996 and 2005. Despite its continuing presence on TV reruns and streaming platforms, Romano has no plans to mount a lucrative reboot. “I'm just a little protective of Everybody Loves Raymond ," he told Yahoo Entertainment . “Just because i...