Forty-two dead in latest Israeli airstrikes
It’s that most wonderful time of the year. April 23rd: St. George’s Day. A time to commemorate England’s patron saint and celebrate what England and the English have given the world (apart from constant apologies). Extraordinary and lasting contributions across science, technology, culture, sport, language and governance, with the nation itself often acting as a…
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s soon-to-be chancellor, has announced a strategy to exempt defence spending from limits on government borrowing. The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to loosen the country’s constitutional restrictions on borrowing, enabling €1 trillion or more in spending on defence and infrastructure. It’s a major change in…
The world’s largest crypto exchange was sued by SEC on Monday, alleging multiple securities law violations. Cryptocurrency traders are withdrawing funds from crypto exchange Binance as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the company and its CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao for violating federal securities law on Monday. Blockchain data shows that the exchange…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier said that Kyiv wanted money and technology in return for its help in the Middle East, although this still had to be agreed. KYIV: Ukraine has deployed military units to five Middle Eastern countries to help protect critical and civilian infrastructure against drones, Ukrainian security council secretary Rustem Umerov said…
Walmart will have to start raising prices later this month due to the high cost of tariffs, executives said on Thursday, even as the retailing giant’s U.S. comparable sales surpassed expectations in the first quarter. Shares of the Bentonville, Arkansas-based company rose 2% in pre-market trading. Its stock is up more than 60% over the…
Russian forces continue to advance in the Pokrovsk direction and appear to be operating with increasing comfort within Pokrovsk itself. Geolocated footage published on November 3 indicates that elements of the Russian 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade (51st Combined Arms Army [CAA], formerly 1st Donetsk People’s Republic Army Corps [DNR AC], Southern Military District [SMD]) recently…