Days after Cyclone Chido caused “exceptional” damage to the French overseas territory of Mayotte, French President Emmanuel Macron met with distress, exasperated residents during a visit to the island on Thursday, pleading to ‘rebuild’ its schools, homes, and hospitals, and curb illegal immigration. Source link
The United Arab Emirates promised the US it will not arm Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, said US lawmakers on Thursday, as the civil war in the country continues to foster one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters, placing millions on the verge of famine. Source link
Sigman warned that “quantum computers may one day break the cryptography” of Bitcoin. BIP-360 would establish a quantum-safe transaction system. In response to the uncertainty generated by the launch of Google’s Willow chip and analyst opinions about its potential to compromise the security of Bitcoin (BTC), the BIP-360 improvement proposal emerges as a possible solution. … Read more
Republicans in the US Congress voted on Thursday for a new spending package that would avert a looming government shutdown, this time with the support of President-elect Donald Trump, who defeated an earlier bipartisan version. It was unclear whether the measure would survive an evening vote in the House of Representatives. House Democrats emerged from … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to generate positive expectations among investors and companies in the digital asset sector, even after experiencing a significant correction recently. The currency reached an all-time high of $108,000 yesterday, December 17, however, Its price fell to $98,000 todayas seen in the following graph of TradingView. BTC price. Source: TradingView. According to a … Read more
Appeals for unity are a common refrain at EU summits, often issued at 3 a.m. by exhausted Brussels officials as they desperately try to broker a deal between the 27 member states. But this time it was the Ukrainian president’s turn to deliver a message at a gathering of EU leaders on Thursday and a … Read more
The United Arab Emirates has promised the United States not to arm paramilitaries in Sudan’s brutal civil war, US lawmakers said Thursday. The assurance came as the US announced $200 million in new aid for Sudan, one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters where tens of thousands have died in fighting since April 2023. We … Read more
The Federal Reserve Chairman’s views caused a stir in the financial world. The long-term price expectation is good, but there is uncertainty about the bitcoin reserve. After following a path that brought it closer to USD 110,000, the price of bitcoin (BTC) registered a significant drop on December 18. The price of the digital currency … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has been repeatedly taunting counterpart Justin Trudeau about Canada becoming the ’51st state’ of the US. He’s publicly referring to Trudeau as a “governor”, and claimed Canadians are keen. This comes amidst a tariff dispute and a political crisis in Canada, and whilst unlikely, it raises the question if Trump’s theory … Read more
