Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looked to the world of digital currency to circumvent U.S.-led financial sanctions, announcing on Sunday the launch of the “petro” backed by oil reserves to shore up a collapsed economy. The leftist leader offered few specifics about the currency launch or how the struggling OPEC member would pull off such a […]
Read moreAsia markets were set to cautiously begin Monday following a decline in U.S. stocks in their Friday session after a shock from a since-corrected report about the investigation into possible collusion between then-candidate Donald Trump and Russia. Australia’s SPI futures traded at 5,991, fractionally higher than the ASX 200’s last close at 5,989.75. Nikkei futures […]
Read moreSeven months ago, Chris Schuhmacher was inmate number T31014, serving out the tail-end of a 17-year murder sentence at California’s infamous San Quentin prison overlooking San Francisco Bay. Today, just months after his release, Schuhmacher blends in with the Silicon Valley crowd as a software engineering intern at a bustling tech firm, ditching his blue […]
Read moreApple Inc’s chief executive Tim Cook said developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million and have earned a total 112 billion yuan ($16.93 billion), representing roughly a quarter of total global App Store earnings. Cook shared the data on Sunday during a speech at China’s top public cyber policy forum, organised by the […]
Read moreGreece and its euro zone creditors reached a preliminary deal on Saturday on reforms Athens needs to roll out under its bailout program, a move that could pave the way for the country to leave the aid plan in August. The agreement on a range of often politically sensitive measures – covering fiscal issues, energy […]
Read morePolice and security agencies have so far only taken an interest in blockchain – the distributed ledger technology behind cryptocurrencies like bitcoin – for tracking criminals hiding illegal money from banks. But that’s changing as some civilian, police and military agencies see blockchain as a potential solution to problems they have wrestled with for years: […]
Read moreChinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday the country will not close its door to the global internet, but that cyber sovereignty is key in its vision of internet development. Xi’s comments were read by Huang Kunming, head of the Chinese Communist Party’s publicity department at the country’s largest public cyber policy forum in the […]
Read moreMembers of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party elected a right-wing nationalist to be their co-leader on Saturday, signalling a possible toughening of tone before regional votes next year. A party congress chose Alexander Gauland – who once defended an AfD member who had said history should be rewritten to focus on German victims […]
Read moreThe overhaul by Republican lawmakers of the nation’s tax laws percolated for weeks with virtually no public input, and by the end it turned into a chaotic mad dash with many last-minute changes on Friday night and Saturday morning, some handwritten in the margins of the nearly 500-page bill. Even hours after the Senate vote, […]
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