France’s new Prime Minister François Bayrou said on Thursday he hopes to have a budget ready by mid-February, and would consider using special constitutional powers to get the budget through parliament, if opposition parties tried to block it. Source link
The Financial Freedom Policy Coalition, an organization founded by Venezuelan activist Jorge Jraissati, has received a grant in bitcoin (BTC) as part of the latest round of funding from the Bitcoin Development Fund, an initiative of the Human Rights Foundation ( HRF). In the last few hours, the information was released on social networks. The … Read more
Germany’s political parties have started submitting their draft election manifestos ahead of an upcoming snap election in February 2025. This is earlier than originally planned (explained here), and election campaigns of major parties have also started on social media. A survey spread by supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) received more than 370,000 … Read more
Ukraine’s Zelensky urged both the European Union and the United States for unity on Thursday ahead of Trump’s return to the White House, stressing that “European guarantees won’t be sufficient for Ukraine” and the importance to secure a lasting peace. Source link
El Salvador decided to discontinue the government-created Bitcoin wallet, Chivo Wallet, as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This measure is announced as a requirement to access a loan of USD 1.4 billion from the multilateral organization. Stacy Herbert, the director of the National Bitcoin Office of El Salvador, confirmed on … Read more
Nicaragua is expected to ratify changes to its constitution in January that would alter presidential power and increase state control over the media. If ratified, the change would mandate that the state have the power to ensure that media outlets and platforms “are not subordinated to foreign interests and do not spread false news.” Analysts … Read more
Residents in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli took to the streets on Thursday in a demonstration supporting the resistance of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the recent attacks by pro-Turkey fighters in the region. Source link
China PLA navy news: China has the largest navy in the world in terms of numbers. By 2049, it is moving rapidly to become the world’s largest military power. The ghost of sovereignty over the sea is haunting China. A flurry of new warships and submarines have been launched one after the other. One such … Read more
Hayes believes that US economic prosperity requires creating more dollars and devaluing gold. He believes Trump will drive a cryptocurrency sell-off. Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes predicts that cryptocurrencies will face a significant drop following the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States on January 20. The analysis was published by Arthur … Read more
Cyclone Chido has caused widespread devastation in northern Mozambique. After hitting the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte in the Comoros archipelago on December 15, it swept down the east coast of Africa to Mozambique and Malawi. Thousands of people have been displaced in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces. In recent years, major storms … Read more