Bitcoin slid to its lowest level in more than a week, falling below $90,000 for the first time since Jan. 9 as a global market selloff deepened amid geopolitical tensions. The cryptocurrency dropped as much as 4% on Tuesday and extended losses into Wednesday’s Asian session, slipping 0.5% to $88,894 by 9:27 a.m. in Singapore. […]
President Donald Trump said a US “armada” was heading toward the Gulf and that Washington was watching Iran closely, even after downplaying the prospect of imminent military action and saying Tehran appeared interested in talks. Trump has repeatedly left open the option of new military action against Iran after Washington backed and joined Israel’s 12-day […]
Malaysia said Friday it had restored access to Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Friday after the AI tool was blocked nearly two weeks ago over concerns about AI-generated sexualised deepfakes. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) suspended the service on X and xAI on January 11 and appointed solicitors to commence “legal proceedings”, without […]
President Donald Trump is set to address a gathering of world leaders and business chiefs as tensions flare between the US and Europe over his threats to take control of Greenland. His journey to Switzerland was delayed after his plane, Air Force One, was forced to turn round after what White House press secretary Karoline […]
More than 40 Liberians in the U.S. have been placed on a “worst of the worst” criminal list by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as President Donald Trump’s administration intensifies its crackdown on illegal immigration. This move follows the recent suspension of immigrant visa processing for nationals from 74 countries, including Liberia. The reported […]
Many questions are swirling around the President Donald Trump-led Board of Peace, which was originally billed as a committee that would oversee the rebuilding and reconstruction of Gaza, but now appears to have wider intentions. Critics and government leaders are decrying the board, saying it undermines the United Nations. The proposed charter said the Board […]
A commuter train near Barcelona ploughed into the rubble of a collapsed wall on Tuesday, killing one and injuring dozens in Spain’s second deadly rail accident in days. The latest incident is likely to raise more questions about Spanish transport safety, coming two days after the collision of two high-speed trains in the southern region […]
A man who admitted to killing former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, admitted to shooting Abe during an election campaign appearance in Nara in July 2022. Yamagami pleaded guilty when the trial opened at Nara District Court in October, leaving little doubt about the verdict […]
The former president of South Korea has been sentenced to five years in prison in the first verdict from eight criminal trials relating to his ill-fated martial law decree, which ended up in him being forced out of office. President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached, arrested and dismissed as president after his short-lived imposition of […]
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a raft of measures from trade to tourism on Friday at the first meeting between the countries’ leaders in Beijing in eight years. The Canadian premier hailed a “landmark deal” under a “new strategic partnership” with China, turning the page on years of […]
