Chances of Cyprus peace talks restart look dimmer as Turkish Cypriot leader sees no common ground
The possibility of resuming formal talks to repair Cyprus’ decades-old ethnic divisions was threatened on Wednesday, with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots telling a UN envoy that he saw no common ground with Greek Cypriots to return to talks. Since he said that there was no such thing, it seemed that things had […]
Biden admin to provide $1.5B loan to restart Michigan nuclear plant
The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwest Michigan, officials announced Wednesday. Holtec International plans to acquire and dismantle the 800-megawatt Palisades power plant in 2022. But now the focus is on reopening by the end of 2025, with help from the state of Michigan and […]
South Carolina wants to restart electric chair, firing squad executions
Lawyers for a group of South Carolina death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals have argued to the state Supreme Court that the state’s two forms of execution – the old electric chair and the new firing squad – are cruel and unusual forms of punishment. did. The state argues that “painless” death is […]
Solana price dips as outage requires a network restart – Blockworks
The Solana mainnet (technically still referred to as “mainnet beta”) went down around 5:30 a.m. ET, effectively suspending all activity on the chain. A major failure required a network restart. Engineers responded with a validator software patch about an hour after the incident, allowing validators to upgrade to version 1.17.20 and make adjustments to get […]