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Morocco joins Spain and Portugal in bid to host the 2030 World Cup

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Morocco has joined Spain and Portugal in their quest to host the 2030 World Cup. Ukraine was originally part of the bid but has now been replaced. Morocco announced that it would bid to host the 2030 World Cup in July 2018, after five previous failed attempts to host the tournament – 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2026. If successful in 2030, it will be the first country to host World Cup matches. in North Africa. The Spain-Portugal-Ukraine bid was supported by UEFA, UEFA, and was announced in October, more…

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Shakhtar Donetsk secure their place in the last 16 of the Europa League with a penalty shootout victory over Rennes

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Shakhtar Donetsk will continue their European journey after defeating Rennes on penalties to book their place in the round of 16 of the Europa League. Shakhtar lost the France match 2-1, which means that the tie went to penalty kicks after the former Ukrainian team won 2-1 in the first leg. The result means Shakhtar book their place in the Europa League draw later today, which takes place at 11am BST (6am EST, 3am PT). It comes in the same week as the first anniversary of the start of the…

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Ukraine joins Spain and Portugal’s bid to host the 2030 World Cup

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Ukraine has joined Spain and Portugal in their bid to host the 2030 soccer World Cup, it was announced on Wednesday. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) confirmed at UEFA headquarters the news of Ukraine’s participation in the bid. UEFA supports Spain, Portugal and Ukraine’s bid to host the 2030 World Cup. “Our offer is not an Iberian offer anymore, it is a European one,” Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Federation, said at a press conference at UEFA headquarters on Wednesday. I am convinced…

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Europe looks to SpaceX for Musk to bridge the launch gap left by Russian tensions

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun preliminary technical discussions with Elon Musk’s SpaceX that could lead to the temporary use of launch pads after the conflict in Ukraine prevented Western access to Russia’s Soyuz missiles. The US private rival to European firm Arianespace has emerged as a major contender to fill a temporary gap along with Japan and India, but final decisions depend on the as-yet-unresolved schedule of the delayed Ariane 6 missile in Europe. “I would say there are two and a half options that we are discussing.…

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Russians turn to local social media amid Ukraine crackdown

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When YouTube banned users in Russia from monetizing their clips after the invasion of Ukraine, George Kavanosyan, a Moscow-based environmental expert with 60,000 followers on the platform, tried to switch to its local equivalent, RuTube. But as the Kremlin tightens control over online information, it has become increasingly frustrated with the video-sharing site, which is owned by the media division of Russian gas giant Gazprom. “The first video I uploaded was moderated for two to three days,” Kavanosian, 35, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, adding that by the time it…

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The United States warned companies about Russia’s Kaspersky program a day after the invasion

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The US government in particular began warning some US companies the day after Russia invaded Ukraine that Moscow could tamper with software designed by Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to cause harm, according to a senior US official and two people familiar with the matter. The secret briefings are part of Washington’s broader strategy to prepare critical infrastructure providers such as water, communications, and energy for potential Russian interventions. President Joe Biden said last week that sanctions imposed on Russia over its February 24 attack on Ukraine could lead to a…

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Cyber ​​attacks from Chinese IP addresses escalate during the invasion of Ukraine: Check Point Research

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Check Point Research (CPR), the research arm of cybersecurity software company Check Point, has noticed an increase in cyberattacks targeting NATO countries. Examining the trend before and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he found that cyber attacks from Chinese IP addresses jumped 116 percent on NATO countries and 72 percent worldwide last week, compared to the figure before the conflict. CPR could not attribute the attacks to Chinese entities, but noted that it is possible that hackers inside and outside China are increasingly using Chinese IP addresses to launch…

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CaddyWiper detected malware in Ukraine: all you need to know

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A new destructive malware has been discovered in Ukraine. The CaddyWiper malware is actually the third strain of swab malware to infect Ukrainian systems since the start of the Russian war in Ukraine. CaddyWiper was discovered by security researchers from ESET, a Slovakia-based cybersecurity company. ESET discovered the malware on Monday and posted a series of tweets about the same thing. What does CaddyWiper do? CaddyWiper affects your data. According to the researchers, the tool erases not only user data but also partition information from any drives that were unfortunate…

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El Salvador says Ukraine is an important factor in timing of Bitcoin-backed bonds

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El Salvador’s Finance Minister, Alejandro Zelaya, said on Friday that El Salvador is looking for the right timing to launch a bitcoin-backed bond, which may occur between March 15-20, but may depend on the war in Ukraine. President Najib Bukil aims to issue his country’s first $1 billion bitcoin-backed bond this month and use the proceeds to buy more cryptocurrencies and build a “Bitcoin City” – a planned city that will use geothermal energy from a nearby volcano to “mining” cryptocurrencies . “We believe that between March 15 and 20…

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YouTube and Google Play suspend payment-based services in Russia

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MARCH 10 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and Google Play Store have suspended all payment-based services in Russia, including subscriptions, as Western sanctions begin to pose banking challenges in the country. Google and YouTube recently stopped selling online ads in Russia after similar stops by Twitter Inc and Snap Inc after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “As a follow-up, we are now extending this pause to all of our monetization features, including YouTube Premium, Channel Members, Super Chat and Merchandise for viewers in Russia,” YouTube said in a statement Thursday. YouTube…

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