February 2026

Pakistani citizen dies as UAE intercepts Iranian missile amid US, Israel attack

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The UAE extends its sincere condolences, deepest sympathies to the family and relatives of the Pakistani national The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOF) on Saturday condemned the death of a Pakistani national in the United Arab Emirates during the interception of an Iranian missile, following joint US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic that […]

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The crypto community fears that Iran is choking off oil supplies and crashing the markets, but that may be overblown

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As tensions flare again between Iran, Israel and the US, social media, especially on crypto-social media X (or Crypto Twitter), fear that Tehran may close the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil choke point. Such a move, many worry, could send oil prices and global inflation soaring and shake financial markets, including bitcoin. However, these

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Bitcoin’s proposal to recover $5 billion in stolen Mt. Gox funds get no takers

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Mark Karpelès thought he had a fair question. The former CEO of defunct exchange MtGox, which operates under his GitHub handle MagicalTux, submitted a pull request to Bitcoin Core over the weekend, proposing a hard fork (a fundamental change in the code that splits the blockchain) that would let 79,956 BTC be redirected from the

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NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Sunday March 1st (Game #728)

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Looking for a different day? A new NEW Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play ‘today’s game’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for the Saturday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Tips and Answers for Saturday, February 28 (Game #727). Strands is

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Leica’s Leitzphone looks like a photographer’s dream phone – and I’m particularly excited about this one feature

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Leica unveils the Leitzphone, its first globally available phone However, the US will miss out The camera hardware is similar to Xiaomi’s latest flagship Leica makes phones, but you probably wouldn’t know because they’ve been exclusive to Japan until now. However, that situation changed with the new, globally available Leitzphone. There’s bad news if you’re

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Suspected insiders make over $1.2 million on Polymarket ahead of US attack on Iran

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Six Polymarket accounts earned about $1.2 million after correctly betting that the United States would attack Iran on February 28, according to blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps. In a post on X, Bubblemaps said most of the wallets were funded within 24 hours of the attack and bought “Yes” shares in the “US Attack Iran by

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MLB pitcher chooses Diamondback over Padres because of California tax rates

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NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! Merrill Kelly will once again be wearing an Arizona Diamondbacks uniform when the 2026 regular season gets underway. Kelly, who entered the free agent market after playing in 10 games with the Texas Rangers in 2025, agreed to a deal to return to the Diamondbacks. Kelly spent the

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