California’s Creek Fire forces evacuations and burns thousands of acres
A new bill from a bipartisan group of lawmakers, if passed, would ban TikTok in the U.S. after years of broad concern across the Trump and Biden administrations about potential Chinese government influence on the company. Social media stocks like Meta and Snap were positive Tuesday when the news broke. Meta shares were up more than…
A massive oil tanker laden with Venezuelan crude made a hasty return to Venezuelan waters on Tuesday, following a series of U.S. interceptions of vessels in the Caribbean. According to maritime tracking service TankerTrackers.com, as reported by Reuters, the Panama-flagged vessel Kelly had set sail from Venezuela last week alongside another tanker, the Centuries. Both…
Revised estimates in the Budget documents show that the armed forces were unable to spend ₹2,369 crore out of last year’s capital outlay of ₹1.52 lakh crore India on Wednesday set aside ₹5.94 lakh crore for defence spending in this year’s Budget, including a capital outlay of ₹1.62 lakh crore for the military’s modernisation, with…
Nov. 15 (UPI) — Ministers of the European Union reached a deal on Wednesday to pass new climate legislation aimed at reducing methane emissions, while imposing new import restrictions on foreign energy suppliers, including the United States. The European Parliament and the European Council, which collectively serve as the primary governing bodies of the 27-nation…
The Digital Currency Monetary Authority (DCMA) made an exciting announcement during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings 2023: the launch of the Universal Monetary Unit (UMU), a global legal tender settlement CBDC that is symbolized by the ANSI Character Ü and affectionately known as Unicoin. This groundbreaking currency transacts in any legal tender settlement…
The announcement was made after US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended a summit meeting in San Diego on Monday. The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom have announced a nuclear-powered submarine deal, a step aimed at countering the Chinese aggressive behaviour in the resource-rich…