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Strike targets Iran’s Bank Sepah data center in Tehran, disrupts military, IRGC salary payments
Bank Sepah is a state-run institution, largely responsible for paying the salaries of Iran’s military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The data center of Iran’s state-run Bank Sepah was hit by a strike in Tehran on Wednesday, The Jerusalem Post learned. The disruption at the bank, which is largely responsible for paying the salaries…
Read MoreRising fuel prices increase interest in electric cars in Germany
The rise in petrol prices due to the Iran war has increased German customer interest in electric cars, the online platforms Carwow and Meinauto.de confirmed to dpa on Wednesday upon request. “Rising oil prices are having a direct impact on interest in electric cars. Our data shows: Since February 28, the share of electric car…
Read MoreAirlines are already slashing flight routes to the Middle East well into the future
Several airlines are suspending flight routes to destinations in the Middle East well in advance. British Airways cut flights to Abu Dhabi until later this year and others until later this month. While some airlines are canceling routes, others are operating at a more limited capacity. The travel fallout from the war in Iran continues,…
Read MoreTwo Hezbollah missiles hit central Israel, interceptors missed, no warning sirens sounded
Also, the IDF said that the technical failure did not occur because of some new kind of Iranian technology, but rather the missiles fired were weapons the IDF is acquainted with. The IDF said on Tuesday that an atypical technical failure led to two Hezbollah missiles hitting central Israel on Monday, with interceptors missing their…
Read MoreGerman couple on trial in Spain for locking kids in ‘house of horror’
A German couple are on trial in Spain accused of locking their three children in a “house of horror” filled with rubbish for three and a half years. The trial opened on Tuesday at the provincial court in the northern city of Oviedo behind closed doors to protect the underage victims. The children, then 8-year-old…
Read MoreIranian media push conspiracy theory on Netanyahu’s death or injury
The IRGC-linked outlet pointed to a gap in recent footage, a reported security buildup, and other fragments of public information, but offered no proof that the Israeli prime minister was killed. Iran’s Tasnim News Agency published a report on Monday promoting speculation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have been killed or wounded, reviving the…
Read MoreIran’s IRGC commander vows to only use missiles with warheads weighing at least one ton
Mousavi added that the “wavelength” and intensity of missile launches will increase, with attacks broadening in scope, according to Iran International. Iran will only launch missiles with warheads weighing over one ton, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force commander Majid Mousavi said on Monday, according to Iranian opposition outlet Iran International. To put this…
Read MoreThe Magic of Solo Silence: Escaping to a Glass Cabin in Arctic Finland
When I told people that I was going to the Finnish Lapland in the winter, they looked at me like I was crazy. Some thought it might be unsafe for a woman to travel alone to the Arctic Circle. But the truth was, I wasn’t chasing danger- I was chasing quiet. I wanted to escape…
Read MoreA Wintry Utopia in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
Vermont has long been a haven for idealists and iconoclasts, from the Putney Perfectionists of the nineteenth century to Depression-era homesteaders like Helen and Scott Nearing to the prickly Brooklynite who became the state’s most famous senator. In a 2009 book called “The Town That Food Saved,” Ben Hewitt, a northern-Vermont native, chronicled the arrival…
Read MoreThe Perverse, Tender Worlds of Paul Thomas Anderson
Early on, there are slow-moving but tense confrontations between Dodd and Freddie in which Hoffman and Phoenix appear to be competing over who can hold the camera longest before delivering a line. The two men need and necessarily hate each other. Anderson juices their struggle, but, oddly, he doesn’t resolve it. He has told interviewers…
Read MoreLife in Hitler’s Capital
According to Buruma’s sources, life in 1939 proceeded much as before for most Berliners, albeit with less illumination (the street lights were turned off) and less food (beer, milk, and meat were rationed). Attendance at the city’s cinemas went up. Goethe’s play “Iphigenia in Tauris” was performed at the Volksbühne, and “Tosca” played at the…
Read MoreExperts warn Germany’s debt could rise without more climate action
A tractor drives across a field, kicking up a cloud of dust. Germany could face far higher public debt by 2050 than previously expected without additional investment to tackle climate change, according to a study. Jens Büttner/dpa Germany could face far higher public debt by 2050 than previously expected without additional investment to tackle climate…
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