Washington— Incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz told CNN on Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump would not rule out continued Chinese ownership of TikTok if steps were taken to ensure American users’ data is protected and stored in the US. TikTok stopped working for 170 of its US users on Sunday after a law took … Read more
Trump has promised to create a strategic national reserve in bitcoin (BTC). Latin American companies would benefit, predicts Sebastián Serrano. On Monday, January 20, 2025, Donald Trump will begin his second term as president of the United States of America. Unlike what happened in his first term as head of the Executive Branch, when he … Read more
In Kazakhstan, penalties for so-called bride kidnapping will be toughened, with the local parliament working on changes to laws to end what is now considered an outdated practice. Almost every young woman in Kazakhstan is well aware that she too can become a victim of bride kidnapping. If this happens to a young woman, it … Read more
The cryptocurrency market is still amazed. The TRUMP token – the official memecoin of the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump – skyrocketed from the moment it was launched. TRUMP went from being worth zero to having a market capitalization of $15 billion in just over 24 hours. At the moment, memecoin ranks 13th … Read more
Islamabad — A senior Taliban leader has publicly criticized his government’s policy of banning female education in Afghanistan, calling it a “personal choice” rather than an interpretation of Islamic law or Sharia. The rare public rebuke by Taliban Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Abbas Stanikzai comes amid persistent international calls for Afghanistan’s rulers to allow girls’ … Read more
Today, GPU mining of Bitcoin or Dogecoin is economically unviable. ASIC-resistant algorithms are a way to decentralize cryptocurrency mining. Cryptocurrency mining has become a competitive industry. GPUs (graphics processing units), thanks to which people could mine cryptocurrencies from home without specialized equipment, have seen their importance decline compared to ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits), especially in … Read more
A new “spirit of optimism” came up again and again in speeches at the Left party conference in Berlin on Saturday. Just a few months ago, there was no such approach. Last year was a political nightmare for the party: in January, their former parliamentary group leader Sahra Wagenknecht founded her own eponymous party, then … Read more
Indian police in Mumbai on Sunday arrested a 30-year-old suspect in connection with the stabbing death of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan. “Primary evidence suggests that the accused is a Bangladeshi national and changed his name after entering India illegally,” senior police officer Dixit Gedam said at a press conference. Gedam said the suspect, arrested … Read more
Langkawi, Malaysia – Southeast Asian countries told Myanmar’s military government on Sunday that its plan to hold elections amid an escalating civil war should not be a priority, urging the junta to start talks and immediately end hostilities. Malaysia’s foreign minister, who holds the ASEAN chairmanship this year, said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations … Read more
