![Parler, which claims it had more than 12 million users before being shut out by large service providers, styles itself as a 'free-speech' space and has been favoured by supporters of US President Donald Trump [Gabby Jones-Bloomberg]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/14165558-218x150.jpg "Parler chief says social app may not return")
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Italian Serie A gets new president
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Mayor of Zimbabwe capital bailed in graft case
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Nigerian government to sell public assets to fund 2021 budget – minister
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![Iranian health officials have warned that high levels of pollution will exacerbate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, which has already caused more deaths in Iran than in any other country in the Middle East [Majid Asgaripour-Reuters]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/13202519-150x150.jpg "Iran’s smog, blackouts made worse by power-sapping crypto mining")
Iran’s smog, blackouts made worse by power-sapping crypto mining
Cities across Iran have been cloaked in thick layers of toxic smog and darkened by blackouts, as the alleged use of low-quality fuel and power-sucking cryptocurrency mining deepen the country’s hardships.