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04.01 / 16:49

regulation Job Bitcoin Crypto Crime UK looks for a crypto crime fighter with a $50K salary

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is taking measures to increase its focus on cryptocurrency crimes and combat criminals.

04.01 / 10:27

CLIMATE CRISIS Makiivka: Russia blames its own soldiers' mobile phone use for deadly Ukraine missile strike

Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday blamed the illegal use of mobile phones by its soldiers for a deadly Ukrainian missile strike that it said killed 89 servicemen, raising the reported death toll significantly.

04.01 / 01:07

Germany snubs Poland's claim for World War 2 reparations

Germany has rejected Warsaw's request to enter into talks on compensating Poland for damage caused during World War Two, the Polish Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.

03.01 / 23:31

Ukraine war: Fury in Russia at military top brass, killer drones, Sweden NATO membership

Russians have called on military commanders to be punished after scores of Russian soldiers were killed in a Ukrainian strike.

02.01 / 00:35

Adoption Crypto makes history in 2022: Five instances of governments embracing digital assets

The year 2022 wasn’t the best one in terms of crypto reputation among regulators and policymakers. However, even amid the market breakdown and repetitive public attacks on the industry, some of the officials found the courage to embrace the innovation. Some of the names are not new, while others showed progress significant enough to include them in this listicle. The United Arab Emirates and El Salvador continued to push their crypto agenda and the United Kingdom showed great effort to lay the regulatory foundation, while Brazil and the Central African Republic legally recognized the cryptocurrencies.

29.12 / 13:57

European Union committee COVID-19: EU Health Security Committee to hold emergency meeting over COVID situation in China

The European Union's Health Security Committee is holding an emergency meeting on Thursday in a bid to coordinate COVID-19 measures across member states as China reopens its borders.

29.12 / 10:39

Money Ukraine war: Cities under fire in new Russian missile barage

Several regions of Ukraine, including its capital, were facing a Russian missile attack early Thursday, the latest in a series targeting national infrastructure.

29.12 / 09:51

Money Kosovo Serbs start dismantling barricades in bid to defuse military tensions

Kosovo Serbs who have been blocking roads in northern Kosovo for 19 days have agreed to start removing barricades from Thursday morning, bowing to calls by the EU and US to defuse tensions.

26.12 / 15:53

Adoption regulation Bank of England Sky News FTX collapse calls for 'prudent regulation' in the UK

The collapse of FTX is being viewed as a cautionary tale and a precursor for more prudent regulation by public and private sector players in the United Kingdom.

24.12 / 14:49

Money Warning Rare 'bomb cyclone' warning as 200 million Americans hit by severe winter weather

Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and cancelled travel plans ahead of the Christmas holiday weekend, as a rare bomb cyclone extreme winter weather phenomenon was forecast amid unprecedented a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope.

24.12 / 14:49

Money Deadly fire kills 20 at 'illegal' Russia nursing home

At least 22 people are dead after a fire at a retirement home in the Russian city of Kemerovo, in east-central Siberia.

24.12 / 00:09

dutch Ukraine war: Russian missile 'cemetery', Dutch aid and embassy safety

A missile 'graveyard' in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv contains more than a thousand missiles, and is a reminder of some of the worst damage done since the Russian invasion.

23.12 / 19:09

Prison The Serpent: Notorious French serial killer released from Nepal prison

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after serving most of his sentence for the murders of Western backpackers.

23.12 / 15:21

At least two killed and several wounded in Paris shooting

Two people have died and four others were wounded in a shooting in central Paris on Friday, according to police and the public prosecutor's office.

23.12 / 14:43

‘War changed everything’: Anguish as war forces Ukrainian families to spend Christmas apart

With Russia's war still raging, countless Ukrainian families are facing the pain of spending this festive period apart.

23.12 / 10:09

Technology European Court of Justice Wagner Ukraine war: Russia's Wagner received weapons from North Korea, US claims

The notorious Russian private military company, Wagner Group, has received weapons from North Korea to help bolster its forces as it fights side-by-side with Russian troops in Ukraine, US authorities claimed.

22.12 / 19:17

Scottish Parliament votes to approve controversial gender identity law

The Scottish Parliament has passed a new gender identity law which makes it easier for people -- including 16 and 17-year-olds -- to change their gender for legal purposes

22.12 / 17:53

European Union Ukraine war: Defence minister Shoigu has visited frontline troops, claims Russia

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has visited the frontline in Ukraine, his ministry said on Thursday.

21.12 / 14:31

Adoption regulation Investments Investment manager U.K. includes crypto investments under the Investment Manager Exemption

The transactions of “designated crypto assets” entered into from the tax year 2022 to 2023 onwards will be qualified for the Investment Manager Exemption in the United Kingdom. Certain legislation was announced by the U.K. government back in April and is now executed by the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

21.12 / 11:43

Ukraine war: Zelenskyy heading to Washington to meet US counterpart Joe Biden

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to visit Washington DC on Wednesday in his first known trip outside the country since Russia's full-scale invasion in late February.

21.12 / 11:43

International International outcry after the Taliban banned women from universities in Afghanistan

There has been an international outcry following the order by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to introduce an indefinite ban on university education for the country’s women.

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