Ottawa: Mark Carney, the former governor of Canada’s central bank, on Thursday launched his bid to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and prime […]
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A decade of conflict: ‘Almost 40 million Yemenis have waited far too long’
Special Envoy Hans Grundberg highlighted the alarming trend of escalation provoked by Yemen’s Houthi forces who began attacking international shipping in the Red Sea last […]
China Plans to Develop Blockchain-Focused National Data Infrastructure By 2029
China’s government on Monday released guidelines for the development of a national data infrastructure, as part of efforts to improve its data exchange and management […]
Safe From Looting, Damascus Museum Reopens A Month After Assad’s Fall
Damascus: Syrians returned on Wednesday to the national museum in Damascus, reopened for the first time since Islamist-led forces seized the capital and ousted president […]
Hong Kong-Based HashKey Obtains VASP Licence in Ireland to Comply With EU’s AMLD5
HashKey Europe, the subsidiary of Hong Kong-based HaskhKey crypto exchange, has secured an operational licence in Ireland. The Central Bank of Ireland has granted a […]
Russia Attacks Central Kyiv With Drones, Two Killed
Kyiv: Russia launched an aerial attack on the centre of Kyiv in the first hours of 2025, killing two people and drawing fresh anger from […]
Vladimir Putin Tells Russians In New Year Address
President Vladimir Putin told Russians in a New Year address that the country would move forward with confidence in 2025, though he offered no specific […]
RBI Shares Observations Around Tokenisation, Crypto in Financial Stability Report 2024
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its Financial Stability Report for 2024 on December 30. In the report, the apex bank shared its observations […]
Banks Want In on Tether’s Billions in Stablecoin Profits
Until recently, banks watched from the sidelines with envy as stablecoin market leader Tether Holdings boasted of billions in profits. Now they want in. Earlier […]
Argentina’s Soaring Poverty And What President Javier Milei Is Doing About It
Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over the past 25 years. Then, […]