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Russia’s central bank is weighing a plan that would allow banks and brokerage firms to operate cryptocurrency exchanges through a simplified licensing pathway tied to their existing financial permits, according to remarks from Governor Elvira Nabiullina. Under the proposal, financial institutions could obtain authorization to run crypto trading platforms through a “notification process,” rather than applying for a new standalone license.  The approach would allow firms that already hold banking or brokerage licenses to expand into digital asset services using their current regulatory status. Back in January, Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, made…

On Saturday, August 17, 2024, a family reported the theft of jewellery and other valuable items from their room at the Hilton Hotel, Eastway, South Terminal, Gatwick Airport. The family were staying at the hotel in two adjoining rooms but had left one of the doors on the latch while their luggage was being brought into the room. Within a 10-minute period from 9.35pm and 9.45pm, a bag containing thousands of pounds of jewellery and other items with a value of £8,000 was taken. Officers worked with the Metropolitan Police to successfully locate Mohammed Uddin at an address in London.…

Amitours, an alpine travel ecosystem serving around 250,000 customers annually and generating €19.5 million in revenue, has launched MyPeak.finance, a financing platform designed to provide growth capital to winter travel businesses in the Alps. The new platform is to solve the timing problem traditional financing models fail to address. The initiative focuses on a structural issue within the region’s tourism economy: seasonal operators often need capital months before winter demand peaks, yet traditional financing rarely matches this timeline.A growing winter tourism market with structural funding gaps Europe’s winter tourism market continues to expand and is projected to reach $383.9 billion…

Health tech giant TriZetto has confirmed that more than 3.4 million people’s personal and health information was stolen in a 2024 cyberattack, which the company failed to detect for almost a year. The tech company, owned by multinational conglomerate Cognizant, serves around 200 million people across 875,000 healthcare providers throughout the U.S., according to its website. Doctors’ offices and healthcare providers use TriZetto to assess patients’ insurance for medical treatments. TriZetto said in a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Friday that hackers stole patients’ insurance eligibility transaction reports from the company’s servers. The data includes personal information like patients’…

During our most recent vegan luxury travel adventures throughout Southeast Asia, we have been impressed by how seriously luxury hotels are taking plant based dining. In Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Singapore, Bali, and Saigon, we found hotels that don’t just offer a token vegetarian or vegan option, but genuinely thoughtful and indulgent culinary experiences. From buffets and brunches overflowing with nutritionally packed and creative inclusions to a fully plant based café where every dish is carefully composed and an exceptional vegan fine dining experience that is sure to impress, it has been exciting to see how chefs are pushing the boundaries…

City Detect, a company that uses vision AI to help local governments monitor the health of buildings and neighborhoods, announced on Friday a $13 million Series A round led by Prudence Venture Capital. The startup launched in 2021, and Gavin Baum-Blake, the remaining co-founder, serves as CEO. He said the company was founded in part because cities were struggling to deal with “urban blight and decay.” The idea was to use advanced computer vision and AI technology to help cities track and fix such problems. City Detect mounts cameras on public vehicles like garbage trucks and street sweepers, captures photos…

Jump to Recipe Looking for an easy weeknight dinner the whole family will love? This crispy air fryer fish tacos ready, made with pantry staples are on the table in about 15 minutes! Suitable for low carb and gluten free diets (with modifications). Post includes Weight Watchers points. Fish lovers and taco lovers, I got our back with these golden crispy air fryer fish tacos. I love whipping up golden flaky seasoned fish, and serving it up with crunchy slaw and all the toppings on a weekly rotation, in between laundry loads. This quick and easy 15 minutes meal, is…

Friday 06 March 2026 11:21 am The war with Iran could “bring economies down”, Qatar’s energy minister said. AP The war in the Middle East could “bring down the economies of the world” as oil prices could surge to $150 per barrel if Gulf energy exporters shut production, Qatar’s energy minister has warned. Saad al-Kaabi said that restarting the production of liquified natural gas (LNG) – after it shut down the largest plant in the world due to the war – would take “weeks to months”, while challenges facing the country risk being repeated across the Middle East. He said global competition…

Sports psychology postgraduates from the university will deliver mental health and performance support to athletes as part of its Psychology for the Common(wealth) Good project. Backed by Glasgow 2026’s Campus to Commonwealth programme, the project will see trainees offer at least 100 hours of free psychological support to each of the teams they work with. Between 20 and 25 trainee sport and exercise psychologists will participate as part of their professional doctorate studies. Support will include online sessions in the lead-up to the Games, in-person services on the university’s campus during competition and up to three months of post-Games online…

Nearly a century ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that almost all galaxies are receding from the Milky Way. This observation became a cornerstone of modern cosmology because it provided key evidence that the universe is expanding and that it began with the Big Bang. Even during Hubble’s era, however, astronomers knew the pattern was not universal. One notable exception is our neighboring galaxy Andromeda, which is moving toward the Milky Way at roughly 100 kilometers per second. For about fifty years, scientists have puzzled over another related mystery. Most large galaxies near our own, aside from Andromeda, appear to be…