Relations between Ukraine and the US have been particularly tense this month, with a diplomatic standoff between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump over Kyiv’s strikes on oil infrastructure within Russia. British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is present and a diplomatic source confirmed the UK was among the countries which refused to […]
Continue ReadingA top Democratic senator has blamed a crackdown on independent journalism in Egypt on a decision by the Trump administration to waive human rights conditions on US military funding to the country. Chris Murphy, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, accused the US government of “abandoning” the Egyptian people after it lifted restrictions […]
Continue ReadingPope Leo XIV has submitted his mail-in ballot in Illinois, for the midterm elections, becoming the first-ever pope to vote in a US election. “The Holy Father expresses his belief in the right and the duty of citizens to participate in democratic processes,” the Holy See Press Office said in a statement. The Chicago-born pontiff […]
Continue ReadingChina has rejected allegations of a Chinese espionage operation targeting Nvidia’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, describing the claims as “groundless speculation”. US intelligence officials believe that Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman linked to Singapore-based data centre firm Megaspeed, was gathering information for Beijing on the US chip-making giant, according to a report by The New […]
Continue ReadingNovaya Gazeta itself and its staff had been facing a multitude of problems. The authorities had already revoked the newspaper’s licence and blocked access to its website. Several of its journalists and contributors had been designated “foreign agents”, a label often used by the Russian authorities to punish critics. Earlier this year there was a […]
Continue ReadingAnthony Zurcher explains how the results of the midterm elections could reshape the rest of Trump’s presidency.
Continue ReadingBinance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, has been hit by a $6.3bn (£4.7bn) hack. Half of the assets have been frozen but many remain in the hands of the hackers, the cryptocurrency giant said. Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit, though no one has claimed responsibility. Binance did […]
Continue ReadingAustralian Hyrox athlete Joanna Wietrzyk says she made the wrong decision when she continued to race after soiling herself during a competition in Beijing. Speaking exclusively to the BBC, she suggested her determination to win the race in September had clouded her judgement. Roughly halfway through her event last month, Wietrzyk suffered a bout of […]
Continue ReadingIn a series of posts, Yi He, Binance’s co-chief executive, thanked various cryptocurrency issuers for freezing the assets. “Safety first: withdrawals are currently disabled until the environment is confirmed to be secure,” she said. Two other major crypto platforms, Tether and Circle, said they have frozen a total of about $2.4bn of assets in response […]
Continue ReadingAustralian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has lost her appeal to overturn her triple-murder conviction at Victoria’s Court of Appeal. However, the prosecution was successful in their appeal that Patterson’s sentence of 33 years with parole was insufficient. BBC’s Katy Watson explains what happened in court.
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