#FirstpostFlashback: Chess is played by millions of people around the world. Historians trace its origin to 6th century India, where a similar board game was quite popular among kings and traders. How did that game evolve into modern-day chess? @palkisu tells you on Flashback.
More horrible news. A stringer for @Reuters in Moscow has been arrested (for some alleged other/prior work) according to the court.
Konstantin Gabov, a journalist and video producer, will now face trial and jail in Russia. Local staff always at highest risk
ITFC proudly announces @Turkeximbank as the recipient of the prestigious "Trade Finance Deal of the Year" award at the #PSF2024#IsDBAM2024.
This recognition underscores our partnership and vital role in advancing private sector initiatives in #Türkiye. Since 2009, ITFC has provided Türk Eximbank with around US$3.5 billion in financing.
This collaborative effort has significantly influenced Türkiye’s trade landscape, particularly benefiting #SMEs. We look forward to continued success and enhanced collaboration in the future.
#ITFCImpact #PSF2024 #IsDB50 #PrivateSector
Jill Stein, 2016: "The US should be working with Syria, Russia, and Iran to restore all of Syria to control by the [Assad] government."
Stein is a chaos agent, a performance artist, and an Assadist. Now being lauded as a hero for co-opting the campus protests.
The contract, however, places Palitha’s salary at a mere 13,318 roubles a month (Rs. 42,878). The documents we saw were confirmation of his enlistment in the armed forces of the Russian Federation and are signed by Russian military commanders.
https://t.co/YWDTOmWduA
A survivor has emerged from the brutal torture & killings inflicted by AA, bearing several injuries to the head and body.He was one of four individuals detained by AA on 26th. Fortunately,he managed to escape,but tragically, the other 3 detainees were killed in Na Kine Taung,BTD.
How is the Arakan Army terrorist group treating Rohingya before another genocidal attack? The international community must act against this terrorist organization @UN_News_Centre@ICC@CIJ_ICJ@UNGeneva
Remember California’s #AB5?
It was meant to help freelancers.
Instead, it killed their jobs.
I thought politicians would learn from their terrible policy. But no!
Now Biden is forcing the rest of America to be more like California:
Rumors of a fresh wave of mobilization to support a new Russian offensive in Ukraine have been circulating for months.
The Insider spoke to defense analysts Pavel Luzin, @KofmanMichael, @MassDara, and Tor Bukkvoll about the Kremlin's possible plans.
https://t.co/WCwO12EJbh
Essential reading by @sanjanah on the Online Safety Act and how it IN NO WAY addresses the harms faced by women or children, despite what the #SriLanka government claims.
https://t.co/4tpEVj1xAV
3 Reasons This Country Is a Top ISIS Recruiting Ground: hundreds of Tajik men have joined ISK - the reasons are much more complicated than this short piece suggests (radicalisation always is) #terrorism https://t.co/26CT0Eszj5
American support is not charity – it is an investment in our security.
From AEI's @robportmanOH: now is not the time to withdraw American support for freedom.
https://t.co/OGr37as2nR
Privacy expert @naomibrockwell takes a look through my phone.
She doesn’t like what she finds.
”I would delete almost all of these apps,” she says.
Here’s why:
The proposed TikTok ban in Congress fail's to recognize how the app's algorithm is more democratic and open than those of its competitors. @JamesBroughel writes @Forbes https://t.co/jj4wrXW88t
"Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to support deficit spending. No private embezzlers in history have ever plundered people's savings on a scale comparable to fiscal policies
"Dear Arakan; My heart!"
A poem that represents the inner feelings of thousands of #Rohingya, as we're celebrating the Eid Occasion absence of our birth land #Arakan.