Lahore Mirror (Reuters) – France will deploy a 70,000-strong police presence to contain a widely expected bout of fresh unrest on Saturday in the latest nationwide protests driven by anger over living costs, public services and President Emmanuel Macron’s government. The nationwide demonstrations, which fall on Halloween, come two weeks after riots and looting caught security forces off guard, leaving damaged shops, public buildings and businesses in cities across France. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez has vowed not to let a repeat happen. Everyone is on deck to ensure an extremely firm response to any trouble,” Nunez told a news conference…
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Lahore Mirror (Reuters) – Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in what analysts say is the biggest crypto hack ever, an attack that could prompt investors to rethink the risks of owning digital assets. The hackers behind the raid were from North Korea, according to US blockchain analysis firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis. The attackers targeted Binance wallets on 10 blockchains and shifted most of the funds in about 20 minutes, TRM Labs said in a statement. Binance said it worked with partners to freeze the affected assets with about $3 billion located so far.…
Record Arab voter turnout reshapes Israel’s election, leaving both Netanyahu and his main rival short of a parliamentary majority. Lahore Mirror – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has accused Arab-led political parties of election fraud after preliminary results showed them winning around 19 seats in the Knesset, potentially making them decisive players in forming Israel’s next government. Likud has asked Israel’s Central Elections Committee, police and domestic security agency Shin Bet to investigate alleged electoral irregularities. The party says it is submitting hundreds of statements and pieces of evidence, citing allegations including voter intimidation, violence against polling staff,…
Lahore Mirror: There are movies that entertain you for two hours, and then there are movies that quietly dismantle the way you look at your own existence. The Slightest Touch, the newly released HBO adventure-documentary directed by Rachel Fleit, belongs firmly in the latter category. Ostensibly, the film is about a marathon. It chronicles Irish actor Colin Farrell running the Dublin Marathon and pushing his longtime friend, Emma Fogarty, across the finish line. But underneath the sweat, the sneakers, and the roaring crowds lies a masterclass in human resilience, radical empathy, and a searing question directed straight at the audience:…
Lahore Mirror- US President Donald Trump has accused Iran of waging war against the United States since 1979, claiming Tehran is responsible for the deaths of thousands of American service members. Trump makes such claims at a time when the financial cost of the US military campaign against Iran has reportedly exceeded $47 billion. Speaking at a rally in Texas, Trump said Washington had not started the war, arguing that Iran had been fighting the United States for decades. He also criticized previous US administrations, saying earlier leaders should have taken action against Tehran but lacked the courage or judgment…
Lahore Mirror — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, appear to have fallen short of securing an outright majority in the country’s parliamentary election, according to exit polls. The projections suggest a significant setback for Netanyahu, whose right-wing and ultra-Orthodox coalition is expected to lose substantial support after years of political controversy and security challenges. Setback for Netanyahu According to Bloomberg, exit polls indicate that Eisenkot’s opposition bloc is on track to secure 52 seats in the 120-member Knesset, compared with 50 for Netanyahu’s right-wing religious alliance. CNN’s latest projections put Netanyahu’s…
Lahore Mirror: Israelis head to the polls on Today, in a closely contested election that could determine the political future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and reshape the country’s direction after three years of war and mounting international criticism. The parliamentary election, the first since the Israeli’s war against Gaza in October 2023, is widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s leadership, his government’s handling of the Gaza war and its broader security and political policies. More than 7.3 million eligible voters are expected to cast their ballots in a country deeply divided over its leadership, the future of the…
India’s ranking in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index fell to 157th out of 180 countries this year. NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A group of 21 news publishers, including companies owned by billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, has challenged India’s privacy law in court, arguing it would trample investigative work and let New Delhi identify journalists’ sources, documents show. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government last year announced implementation of a privacy law to protect digital personal data of users, raising compliance requirements for platforms like Meta and Google. The publishers have said that since media outlets were not…
Reuters – Top officials from the Mecca Pact countries Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are set to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday to discuss regional coordination, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Saudi Arabia will be represented by Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, and Pakistan by army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The Turkish head of intelligence will also join, one of the people said. The deputy secretary of Iran’s top security body, Ali Bagheri Kani, told state TV that Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid, Pakistan’s…
Senator Bolsonaro led the election’s first round but lost in the runoff by over 4 million votes. The shock result defied polls, precedent and global anti-incumbent sentiment to put the brakes on a wave of right-wing election victories across Latin America. SAO PAULO, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term on Sunday, the country’s electoral court said, in a shock result that defied polls, precedent and global anti-incumbent sentiment to put the brakes on a wave of right-wing election victories across Latin America. However, his opponent Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest…
