A brutal civil war has been raging in Sudan since 2023. The national football team is participating in the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco with more than just sporting success in mind....
China’s yuan climbed past the psychological milestone of 7 per dollar for the first time since September 2024, on bets the central bank will allow a gradual appreciation to boost market confidence....
The number of US military personnel stationed in Germany has risen significantly under the presidency of Joe Biden, reflecting heightening tensions in Europe....
China’s central bank has set the yuan’s daily reference rate at its strongest level in 15 months, as the currency strengthened in offshore trading and briefly broke through the closely watched seven-p...
The US dollar traded at 1.38 million rials on Wednesday, compared with 430,000 rials when the previous governor took office in 2022....
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Southeast Asia has become “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims billions of US dollars each year. Scam operations are run by Chinese crime syndica...
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A Cambodian bank founded by accused scam boss Chen Zhi, who has been indicted by the United States over a multibillion-dollar fraud and extradited to China, was ordered liquidated on Thursday, Cambodi...
On December 31st, a brand-new account on Polymarket placed a bet: Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, would be out of office by the end of January. It was the first in a series of increasi...
Shortly before the US military launched an attack on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro , an account on Polymarket made some very suspiciously timed investments. The prediction mar...
Crowds gather in Caracas following news that the US captured Venezuela's President Maduro. Jeampier Arguinzones/picture alliance via Getty Images Following the US strike in Venezuela and capture of Pr...
A view of the "El Palito" oil refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Jesus Vargas/Getty Images The US captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise raid on Saturday. In a press co...
Robots have started evacuating some wounded soldiers in Ukraine, and the West is watching the technology. AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko A US Navy veteran working in Ukraine said using robots to evacuate ...
Thieves broke into the vault of one branch of Germany's Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen. Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance via Getty Images Thieves stole valuables worth at least $36 million from a German ...
Although we ended up stranded in the Caribbean for a bit, my family had the privilege of being flexible and adjusting our plans. David Morris My family and I found ourselves unexpectedly stranded in t...
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA - JUNE 24: U.S. Navy sailors stand along the deck as they prepare for the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to depart from the Naval Station Norfolk on June 24, 2025, in Norfolk, V...
Smoke rises from Port of La Guaira after the US strike on Venezuela. Jesus Vargas/Getty Images Trump addressed the US strike and raid on Venezuela during a press conference in Florida. He said the US ...
Experienced Ukrainian troops showed their Western trainers that, particularly in urban environments, they wanted to move slowly. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images A British trainer who worked with ...
A family of four is stranded in Puerto Rico after their Frontier flight back to Colorado was canceled due to Nicolas Maduro's capture by the US. MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/Getty Images Nilgen Velazc...