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Nobody really knows if an Australian computer scientist and businessman named Craig Steven Wright is the inventor of Bitcoin, as he claimed this week. And for some people heavily invested in the Bitcoin industry, it doesn't matter.

Despite a carefully-planned rollout to three publications, Wright's evidence that he is the elusive "Satoshi Nakamoto" who created the digital currency was immediately disputed by some cryptography and Bitcoin experts on Monday. Читать дальше...

Based on specific information, the Army on Tuesday apprehended six hardcore armed cadres of All Adivasi National Liberation Army cadres including the outfit’s elf-styled ‘chairman’ Anand Nayak alias Dilip Nayak, in Karbi Anglong district in Assam.

– During plenary, the senators deliberated on a eport bordering on kidnapping in Nigeria – Godswill Akpabio, senate minority leader said when kidnapping started in the Niger Delta, it was not for ransom but a protest – Ike Ekweremadu, deputy Senate president recounted the experience he had when he was kidnapped about 16 years ago […]

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China's military will carry out more military exercises in the South China Sea this month involving advanced warships and submarines, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, terming the drills routine.

China claims almost all of the energy-rich waters of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of maritime trade passes each year. The Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan have overlapping claims.

Xinhua said the ships, including a new guided missile destroyed... Читать дальше...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Murphy is now a father of nine.

LOS ANGELES - Eddie Murphy is now a father of nine.

NEW YORK - Aeropostale, once the vibrant epicenter of the U.S. mall scene, is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and closing 20 percent of its stores in North America.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Murphy is now a father of nine.

NEW YORK (AP) — Aeropostale, once the vibrant epicenter of the U.S. mall scene, is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and closing 20 percent of its stores in North America.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Murphy is now a father of nine. Murphy's publicist says the 55-year-old actor and his 36-year-old girlfriend Paige Butcher have welcomed their first child together, Izzy Oona Murphy. The baby girl was born Tuesday morning. Publicist Arnold Robinson says both mother and daughter are doing well. Murphy has eight other children, including five with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell, who was married to Murphy from 1993 to 2006. This is the first child for Butcher.

Aeropostale expects to emerge from bankruptcy protection within six months as a smaller company after renegotiating contracts and resolving an ongoing dispute with the investment firm Sycamore Partners, a major shareholder that pushed through changes in company leadership. "The ripple effects of an ongoing dispute with our second-largest supplier put substantial strain on our liquidity while also preventing us from realizing the full benefits of our turnaround plans," he said in a company release. Читать дальше...

Aeropostale expects to emerge from bankruptcy protection within six months as a smaller company after renegotiating contracts and resolving an ongoing dispute with the investment firm Sycamore Partners, a major shareholder that pushed through changes in company leadership. "The ripple effects of an ongoing dispute with our second-largest supplier put substantial strain on our liquidity while also preventing us from realizing the full benefits of our turnaround plans," he said in a company release. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Murphy is now a father of nine.

New York's iconic Stonewall Inn, where the modern gay rights movement took root, will become the first national monument honoring the history of gays and lesbians in the U.S. under a proposal President Barack Obama is preparing to approve.

Kim Jong-un looks to cement his power — and perhaps set off another nuclear test — as the first meeting in his lifetime of North Korea's ruling party gathers in Pyongyang.

The ‘Metromarathoners’ aim to visit every station in the system in 20 hours

The techie has won a landmark lawsuit in a British court against Wipro for sacking her on grounds of gender discrimination, unequal pay and victimisation.

CHICAGO (AP) — Prince's final days and unexpected death at age 57 raise questions among experts familiar with prescription painkiller overdoses. A law enforcement official told The Associated Press last week that investigators are looking into whether Prince died from an overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before he was found dead at his home in suburban Minneapolis. The law enforcement official has been briefed on the investigation and spoke to the AP on condition... Читать дальше...

Shadi Jabar Khalil Mohammad, the sister of  15-year-old Farhad Jabar who  shot dead police accountant Curtis Cheng in Parramatta last year, has been  killed in a US strike in Syria, government sources have  revealed. She joins the most senior Australian fighting with the Islamic State terror group, Neil Prakash, to have been killed in US air strikes.