Students demonstrated at several universities in Iran, semi-official media reported, after demos by shopkeepers and bazaar merchants moved the president to announce plans for talks with protesters onl...
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After power returned to southwest Berlin, Mayor Kai Wegner is facing pressure over taking a tennis break during the first hours of what turned out to be the longest blackout in the German capital's po...
He was seen as a beacon of hope in Berlin city politics and wanted to bring law and order to the German capital, but after the scandal over his playing tennis while tens of thousands were without powe...
The Community Bankers Council has asked the Senate for a crypto market structure bill that will ban exchanges and others offering interest on stablecoins....
US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner travelled to Paris for the meeting of the coalition, launched last year by France and Britain. They were welcomed a...
Pro-crypto lawyer John Deaton argued that banning yield on stablecoins would incentivize the use of China’s interest-bearing digital yuan, hurting the US dollar....
John Michael Garza Jr. was charged last week by federal complaint with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization....
Looking into age restrictions on social media is "more than justified," Germany's Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger told the dpa news agency, commenting on Australia banning the platforms for childr...
Tariff deals with the US have bought time but investment momentum is elsewhere...
Five Republicans join Democrats in advancing legislation that halts further strikes without Congress’s approval...
Metals magnate Barry Zekelman says Ottawa must join Trump in protecting industry from other exporters...
On December 16, Chinese President Xi Jinping, on receiving a work report from Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, said the city should proactively align with the country’s 15th five-year plan ...
Beijing’s top office overseeing Hong Kong affairs said on New Year’s Day that the city’s administration had lived up to expectations, stressing its effective response to the deadly Tai Po fire demonst...
India, Pakistan and UAE join Trump in condemning what Kyiv says are false allegations of assault on Russian president’s residence...
Parents who take out student loans for their kids could see repayment changes in the new year. Jon Lovette/Getty Images The Education Department is rolling out changes to the Parent PLUS student-loan ...
The former CFTC commissioner and Donald Trump’s first pick to chair the agency will join investment company SUI Group's board and support the company’s treasury strategy....
European security advisers arrive in Kyiv to "work on framework agreements" as a 20-point proposal to halt the war in Ukraine struggles to make it over the finish line. US also set to join talks by vi...
Google Trends search for “Bitchat” in Uganda shows a spike from 0 to 100 on Wednesday, the day after opposition leader Bobi Wine urged people to download it....
German forecasters are warning of disruptive snow and ice in the north, and across most of the country overnight. Meanwhile, Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner is facing criticism for playing tennis amid power o...