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N. Korea bans trade officials from carrying cash abroad as foreign currency controls tighten

The North Korean authorities have intensified controls on trade officials who carry out or bring in foreign exchange, such as dollars or Chinese yuan, in cash, leading officials to...

Colombian leader labels Trump ‘barbarian’ over Caribbean strikes

Gustavo Petro said that the US president’s actions don’t help stopping drug traffickers ...

US launches new military operation

War Secretary Pete Hegseth says a task force has been set up to fight...

BBC sends apology letter to Trump

The UK’s public broadcaster says it “sincerely regrets” deceptively editing the US president’s speech ...

Boss fires 900 people via Zoom

US mortgage lending startup Better.com fired 900 employees via a Zoom webinar with no prior notice and just days before the holidays. The firm’s...

‘Lifestyle’ drug users may lose passports

The UK government has unveiled a 10-year plan to tackle drug dealers and users, giving police new powers to strip passports and driving licenses...

Hackers drain nearly $200 million from major crypto exchange

On Monday, crypto exchange BitMart pledged to compensate users who lost money after a major “security breach” saw hackers steal $196 million worth of...

ITF won’t axe events in China over Peng Shuai scandal because it would ‘punish a billion people’

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will not follow the WTA's shock step of suspending events in China over Peng Shuai, earning derision from critics...

Sony fires exec who allegedly tried to hook up with 15-year-old for sex

George Cacioppo, a PlayStation executive, has been fired from his job after an internet sting group published a video of him allegedly attempting to...

Myanmar leader ousted by military junta sentenced to prison

Myanmar’s deposed state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been sentenced to four years in prison on the first charges leveled against her by...

Russia prepares for a post-fossil fuel future in Arctic

When news first broke a few years ago that Russia's state nuclear energy company was working on a floating nuclear power plant, some took...

Babies hospitalized after getting Covid-19 vaccine by mistake

Two Brazilian babies have ended up in hospital after a nurse confused the vials and mistakenly injected them with Pfizer coronavirus vaccine instead of...

US, UK & Canada should station troops on Russian border – Ukraine

The US, the UK, and Canada should “visibly” deploy troops in Ukraine near the Russian frontier as support for Kiev to deter a potential...

Think Covid was bad? It’s likely next pandemic’s just around the corner

The probability of facing a pandemic like that caused by the recent ‘novel’ 2019 coronavirus once in a lifetime is very high, researchers suggest,...

Japanese police ‘racially profiling’ Americans, US embassy claims

The US Embassy in Tokyo has issued an alert warning Americans in Japan to carry identification, after reports of expatriates being racially profiled by...

Alec Baldwin erases Twitter account after ‘Rust’ interview

Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin has deleted his Twitter account after he claimed in an interview that he never pulled the trigger of a gun...

‘Contrary to everything we believe in’: Irish data watchdog lobbied for business-friendly GDPR

The Irish Data Protection Commission lobbied to allow social networks to bypass user consent requirements within EU privacy rules, documents obtained by Max Schrems’...

Tom Holland Spider-Man star to play screen legend Fred Astaire in new biopic

British actor Tom Holland has said he will star filmmaker Fred Astaire in the upcoming Sony biopic song, best remembered for dancing and singing...

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