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Somalia faces a major food crisis driven by a historic drought. And Al-Shabaab is making it worse
Fighting between the government and the militant group is driving people from their homes and complicating efforts to get food aid to those who are on the verge of starvation.
The UAE names the head of its main state oil company to lead COP28
The United Arab Emirates is preparing to host this year’s global U.N. climate summit, but its pick to lead the talks is raising eyebrows.
The debate over sending tanks to Ukraine
NATO countries have sent sophisticated, Western-made weapons to Ukraine. As the war with Russia approaches the one-year mark, some are pushing to send advanced, main battle tanks.
Condoleezza Rice calls for ‘urgency’ in sending weapons and money to Ukraine
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice thinks the way forward for the war in Ukraine is: more. More weapons and more money to Ukraine’s forces trying to kick Russia out of their country.
Putin’s army chief handed ‘poisoned chalice’ amid Russian power tussle
President Vladimir Putin has put his top military officer Valery Gerasimov in charge of Russia’s stalled invasion of Ukraine, in the latest reshuffle since the start of the war. The chief of the general staff will be expected to bolster the army’s sag…
Butter Payments, which uses AI to help companies catch accidental subscription churn, raised a $21.5M Series A led by Norwest, sources say at a ~$100M valuation (Kenrick Cai/Forbes)
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Butter Payments, which uses AI to help companies catch accidental subscription churn, raised a $21.5M Series A led by Norwest, sources say at a ~$100M valuation — A decade ago, Microsoft, Dropbox and Scribd wer…
National Guard sent to Mexico City subway on sabotage worry
The mayor of Mexico City announced Thursday that 6,060 National Guard officers will be posted in the city’s subway system after a series of accidents that officials suggested could be due to sabotage.
Alireza Akbari appears in heavily edited confession aired on Iranian TV
British-Iranian, who was sentenced to death for allegedly spying for MI6, gave reports on Iran’s nuclear programme, he says in TV interviewAlireza Akbari, the British-Iranian dual national sentenced to death for allegedly spying for MI6, gave his Briti…
Can an IP camera be plugged directly into the ethernet port on a laptop and be properly managed like that?
This is a non-surveillance use for an IP camera. I’m looking to plug it directly into the ethernet port on a laptop (after running it though a single-port POE injector). I have no experience with IP cameras, so I thought this would be a good place to a…