what-held-ukraine’s-central-bank-back-from-a-bigger-rate-cut?

Ukraine’s central bank cut its key interest rate for the first time since April 2024—lowering it from 15.5% to 15% on 28 January—but the decision split the monetary policy committee three ways, according to National Bank of Ukraine minutes published on 9 February. Ukraine is now running a looser monetaryContinue Reading

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Elon Musk blocked Russia’s access to Starlink satellite terminals Ukrainian troops chose that moment to attack Now the Ukrainians are on the move in southeastern Ukraine Their gains have been modest so far On Feb. 4, billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite communications company throttled the thousands of terminals across Ukraine.Continue Reading

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Harvard University researcher Michael McElroy made groundbreaking contributions to climate science and helped shape global environmental policy. By Phil McKenna More than half a century ago, at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, Michael McElroy’s classmates had just finished an exceptionally difficult math exam and were ready to vent. ButContinue Reading

anti-them:-a-joyful-colonial-at-the-heart-of-empire

Good Bunny Bad The Traitor Dept: Super Bowl LX sucked, but Bad Bunny’s exuberant “cultural landmine” of a half-time show was fire, a heartfelt, sanguine, unifying “love letter to the American Dream,” or what MAGA called an “affront to the Greatness of America” during which they “couldn’t understand a wordContinue Reading

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This is a breaking news story., BREAKING, This is a breaking news story. Sustained gunshots have been heard near the central prison in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, according to media reports. It was unclear who was shooting or what triggered the gunfire on Tuesday. There was no immediate comment by theContinue Reading

inside-health

Episode details Radio 4 , 10 Feb 2026 , 28 mins Available for over a year Dentistry is high on the public and political agenda. There have been dozens of headlines about access to NHS dentistry, with some people having to travel huge distances to find a dentist, or beingContinue Reading

the-search-for-gravitational-waves-#science-#physics

When black holes collide and merge, the smashup is so violent that it shakes the very fabric of space-time itself. Astrophysicists detect these space-time ripples, which are known as gravitational waves. ——— Quanta Magazine is an editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation. We focus on developments in mathematics,Continue Reading

the-traitor-confesses-at-the-national-prayer-breakfast

The Traitor’s rambling speech at the National Prayer Breakfast was far from unifying or spiritually inspired. Instead, he pedaled the same tired lies. But he did make one confession that grabbed my attention. — Join the conversation: → https://www.schiff.senate.gov → https://www.facebook.com/SenAdamSchiff → https://www.twitter.com/SenAdamSchiff → https://www.instagram.com/SenAdamSchiffContinue Reading

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Maxwell invoked the fifth amendment of the US constitution, granting her right to remain silent, as she appeared at a US congressional hearing on Monday. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 After the hearing, the House representative for New Mexico Melanie Stansbury said the Epstein associate was ‘campaigningContinue Reading