— 🇸🇾/🇪🇬 NEW: The leader of HTS and de-facto leader of the Syrian Transitional Government, Abu Muhammad Al-Jolani, posed for a picture with one of his close aides: Mahmoud Fathy, an Egyptian terrorist of the Muslim Brotherhood, convicted for the murder of Egypt's Prosecutor General, Hisham Barakat, in a car bombing in Cairo in 2015
— 🇸🇾/🇪🇬 NEW: The leader of HTS and de-facto leader of the Syrian Transitional Government, Abu Muhammad Al-Jolani, posed for a picture with one of his close aides: Mahmoud Fathy, an Egyptian terrorist of the Muslim Brotherhood, convicted for the murder of Egypt's Prosecutor General, Hisham Barakat, in a car bombing in Cairo in 2015
"For Telegram, accountability has always been a problem, which is why it was so popular even before the full-scale war with far-right extremists and terrorists from all over the world," she told AFP from her safe house outside the Ukrainian capital. On Telegram’s website, it says that Pavel Durov “supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)’s input is technological.” Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands. There was another possible development: Reuters also reported that Ukraine said that Belarus could soon join the invasion of Ukraine. However, the AFP, citing a Pentagon official, said the U.S. hasn’t yet seen evidence that Belarusian troops are in Ukraine. What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. Crude oil prices edged higher after tumbling on Thursday, when U.S. West Texas intermediate slid back below $110 per barrel after topping as much as $130 a barrel in recent sessions. Still, gas prices at the pump rose to fresh highs.
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