Ukrainian officials say at least four people were killed early Saturday in a nighttime Russian attack on the capital Kiev. Timur Tkachenko, head of the Ukrainian capital’s military administration, said on Telegram that the deaths occurred in the city’s Shevchenkivskyi district. He said Holosiivskyi District, located on the west bank of the Dnipro River, which … Read more
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at a Seoul court on Saturday to protest an extension of his house arrest over his decision to impose martial law. He was brought from a detention center in Uiwang, near Seoul, in a blue Justice Ministry van and escorted by police and the Presidential Security Service. … Read more
At least 39 people have been killed in violence by a guerrilla group near the Colombia-Venezuela border, Colombian officials said Friday. The violence has prompted President Gustavo Petro to suspend peace talks with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN). “The dialogue process with this group is suspended, the ELN has no desire for peace,” Petro … Read more
Dennis Porter of the Satoshi Act Fund expects more states to join the reservation rush. Inflation and custody are some of the elements that coincide in state reserves. To date, at least 8 states in the United States have already officially presented their own projects to approve the creation of strategic reserves of bitcoin (BTC), … Read more
A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty in federal court in Virginia on Friday to charges that he leaked classified information about Israeli plans to attack Iran. Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, Virginia, was arrested in Cambodia last year and later flown to Guam. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on … Read more
Currently, USDT0 is only obtained by moving from Ethereum to Kraken’s Ink, L2. USDT0 is pegged 1:1 to the value of USDT. Tether, the company that issues USDT, announced the launch of a stablecoin derived from the original, called USDT0, designed to operate on various cryptocurrency networks. To achieve this, it uses OFT (Omnichain Fungible … Read more
The US Supreme Court ruled against TikTok in a challenge to a federal law that required the popular video app to be sold by the Chinese company, which owns the platform used by 170 million people in the US. The ruling means TikTok could be shut down under a federal law, formally known as the … Read more
In a digital sculpture version, the company MARA Holdings (formerly known as Marathon Digital Holdings) etched the portrait of US President Donald Trump into the Bitcoin network. The action taken today marks the politician’s return to the presidency of the United States, but this time as the first president of that nation to publicly express … Read more
Kurdish women in Syria, who played a key role during the civil war, are now advocating for gender equality in post-Assad Syria. They are demanding a role in drafting the new Syrian constitution to ensure that it enshrines women’s rights. VOA’s Zana Omar filed this report from Qamishli, Syria, narrated by Amy Katz. Camera: Zana … Read more
