News archive of February 2024

TikTok CEO Shou Chew found himself at the center of a heated exchange with US lawmakers as they probed the social media giant's connections to China, particularly its parent company ByteDance. Lawmakers questioned the extent of access granted to the Chinese government, raising concerns about potential influence on TikTok's operations and content policies, as reported by CNN.

"The Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court, officially enters into force for Armenia on February 1," Armenian representative for legal affairs Yeghisheh Kirakosyan told Agency France-Presse.

Mike Gill is in a hospital in critical condition after being shot while picking up his wife, an education lawyer, blocks from the White House on K Street in downtown D.C.

Kiril Petkov, co-leader of We Continue the Change (WCC), announced via Facebook the official commencement of negotiations with Democratic Bulgaria (DB) for a shared candidate list in the upcoming European parliamentary elections.

US Central Command Forces executed targeted strikes on an Iranian-backed Houthi UAV ground control station and 10 Houthi one-way UAVs in Yemen, emphasizing a proactive response to an imminent threat. The operation, conducted at 1:30 am (Sanaa Time), aimed to neutralize the Houthi rebels' potential danger to merchant vessels and US Navy ships in the region.

A 57-year-old woman who was arrested with her 54-year-old husband on Monday after police found an arsenal of heavy weaponry in their home in Florina, northern Greece was remanded in custody on Wednesday.

The new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours are 67, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal.

1,991 tests were carried out, which means that the proportion of positive results is 3.4 percent.

Two people with confirmed coronavirus infection have died.

In a heartbreaking announcement, the Union of Bulgarian Artists revealed the demise of the legendary actor, Ivan Ivanov, at the age of 72. The news, shared on the organization's Facebook page, marks the end of an era for Bulgarian cinema, as Ivanov's unparalleled contributions have left an indelible mark on the industry.

In a major escalation in the Middle East crisis, three US service members were killed and dozens more injured in a drone strike on the Syrian-Jordanian border by the Iranian-backed Islamic Resistance.

The US still has problems with selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey due to its deployment of the S-400 Russian-made air defense system on Friday, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Wednesday.