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Israel will open a situation center to coordinate aid distribution in Gaza with the World Central Kitchen following a deadly strike that killed seven aid workers.

The United States is negotiating to increase purchases of explosives from Turkey to increase the production of artillery shells for Ukraine.

Samsung Pay will stop supporting russian Mir payment cards from April 2024, automatically removing all previously added Mir cards from the service.

Russia is believed to have jammed the GPS signal of a British Air Force plane carrying the country's defense minister for 30 minutes.

Ukraine's U-17 national football team won its group in the elite qualifying round, securing a ticket to the 2024 European Championships, which will be held in Cyprus from May 20 to June 5 with 16 participating teams.

Israel is working on building an alternative port in Larnaca, Cyprus, to prepare for a potential war with Hezbollah, which could close the port of Haifa.

The USS Frank S. Besson is transporting equipment to set up a temporary dock near Gaza to deliver vital humanitarian aid as part of the US initiative to help provide relief to the region.

Biden announced plans to build a temporary floating dock on the Gaza coast within 60 days to speed up humanitarian aid operations amid the ongoing Israeli military campaign and imminent famine in the region.

Archaeologists have discovered traces of a 3,600-year-old Bronze Age ship carrying copper ingots that sank off the coast of Turkey in the 16th century BC.

The EU has announced the opening of a sea corridor this weekend to bring humanitarian aid from Cyprus to the Gaza Strip to prevent famine, and the first pilot shipment of food aid from the World Central Kitchen charity is expected to leave on Saturday.

The maritime corridor from Cyprus to Gaza for the transportation of humanitarian aid is expected to open on Sunday, March 10, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

Today, March 2, marks the Day of the CD, an event in honor of one of the greatest inventions in human history. The first prototypes of CDs were presented in Europe and Japan in 1979. A year later, Philips and Sony joined forces to start working on CDs for the general public.

A 66-year-old Ukrainian pensioner was detained at Munich airport with €455,000 in cash hidden in his luggage. The money was confiscated by authorities investigating possible money laundering.