Ukraine is pursuing unconventional methods to prevent an energy crisis this winter. According to The New York Times, the country has brought in an outdated power plant from Lithuania to help restore the grid, is renting floating power plants from Turkey, and has called for a permanent UN presence at substations to protect them from Russian attacks. However, Ukrainian officials admit that these efforts might not be sufficient.
Ukraine is pursuing unconventional methods to prevent an energy crisis this winter. According to The New York Times, the country has brought in an outdated power plant from Lithuania to help restore the grid, is renting floating power plants from Turkey, and has called for a permanent UN presence at substations to protect them from Russian attacks. However, Ukrainian officials admit that these efforts might not be sufficient.
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. In addition, Telegram's architecture limits the ability to slow the spread of false information: the lack of a central public feed, and the fact that comments are easily disabled in channels, reduce the space for public pushback. This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. "This time we received the coordinates of enemy vehicles marked 'V' in Kyiv region," it added. In view of this, the regulator has cautioned investors not to rely on such investment tips / advice received through social media platforms. It has also said investors should exercise utmost caution while taking investment decisions while dealing in the securities market.
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