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Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado to travel to Oslo to receive peace prize
Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado confirmed she will travel to Norway next week to collect the honor, the head of the Nobel Institute told Agence France-Presse on Saturday. Machado, who has been living in hiding in Venezuela since the 2024 presidential election, has expressed interest in traveling to Oslo for the
World risks ‘disintegration of the international order’ as France and China urges deeper cooperation
China and France pledged deeper cooperation on global issues like Russia’s war in Ukraine and trade, as France prepares to take on the presidency of G7 next year. French President Emmanuel Macron met with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday morning as part of a three-day state visit focused on trade and diplomacy. The French
Binance accused of aiding Hamas launches accounts for six-year-olds
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange has launched digital currency accounts aimed at children as young as six. Binance said it would launch accounts aimed at children aged between six and 17 even as the offshore cryptocurrency giant battles claims that it failed to stop $1bn (£750m) in payments to terror groups.Binance said the accounts were
War insurance costs for ships sailing to the Black Sea
War insurance costs for ships sailing to the Black Sea have spiked again, with insurers reviewing policies daily as the conflict in Ukraine spills into sea lanes, five shipping and insurance sources said on Thursday.The Black Sea is crucial for the shipment of grain, oil and oil products. Its waters are shared by Bulgaria, Georgia,
Trump Claims that a drug boat could kill 25,000 Americans
At a cabinet meeting yesterday President Donald Trump defended US strikes against alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela and claimed that “every boat that you see get blown up, we save on average 25,000 lives”. He has made this claim in the past and the comments come after days of controversy after the
Gazans Struggle with life
With pickaxes and wheelbarrows, dozens of Palestinian workers in hard hats and high-visibility vests are clearing rubble from the ruins of the Gaza Strip’s oldest and largest mosque. The broken stump of the distinctive octagonal minaret of the medieval Great Omari Mosque and a few external walls are all that remain after it was targeted
Bitcoin Recounding
Bitcoin hit a record high in early October, but then it and other digital tokens pulled back sharply. Bitcoin prices hit a trough below $81,000 in late November. Was that a cold snap, rather than the start of a new “crypto winter”? Bitcoin continued to rally Wednesday, on track for the best two-day stretch since
Waymo starts autonomous testing in Philadelphia
Waymo is adding another four cities to its growing list of robotaxi rollouts. The company announced Wednesday it has begun testing its autonomous vehicles (with a safety monitor) in Philadelphia, and that it will start manual driving to collect data in Baltimore, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh. Waymo did not offer a timeline for when it
Echoes from the Porsche electric car debacle could be spooking Ferrari shareholders, as the Italian supercar maker prepares to launch its own EV. Ferrari’s share price is wallowing at lows for the year, defying a firmly established tradition.Investment banks remain bullish and unruffled by this, but the share price remains firmly in the dumps weeks
territorial sticking points in Ukraine-Russsia war
The issue of territory remains at the heart of negotiations for both sides. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the “territorial issue is the most difficult” element of the peace deal. The Kremlin continues to push for Ukraine to cede territory it still controls in the east – something Kyiv has long-maintained it will never do.The