Ghana Legalizes Bitcoin and Crypto Trading Framework
📋 Key Facts ✓ Parliament passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2025, legalizing bitcoin and crypto trading. ✓ The Bank of Gh...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Parliament passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2025, legalizing bitcoin and crypto trading. ✓ The Bank of Gh...
Nicolas Maduro appeared in a US courtroom on January 5, 2026. He pleaded "Not Guilty" to drug trafficking and other charges, insisting he is still Venezuela's president. Maduro's kidnapping is being j...
As AFCON's round of 16 is close to wrapping up, Algeria is set to play DR Congo on January 6. One of the favourites to win the competition, the Desert Foxes remain wary of their opponents, who are the...
Crucial talks regarding the 2026 budget are set to resume in the French National Assembly on January 13. A few days earlier, a parliamentary committee rejected the budget bill in its present form, ano...
The United Nations' top court will begin hearing a landmark genocide case against Myanmar on January 12, 2026. Gambia brought the case against the Southeast Asian country, accusing it of genocide of i...
Pope Leo XIV closed the final "Holy Door" in St Peter's Basilica in Rome on January 6, the day of Epiphany, signalling the end of the 2025 Jubilee year that drew millions of pilgrims to the city. This...
Malaysia’s tourism minister has urged the public to be more friendly to visitors and take cleanliness seriously as the country ramps up preparations for Visit Malaysia 2026, after several government a...
Japan’s economy is likely to fall behind India’s in 2026 to fifth place in the world, according to an International Monetary Fund’s estimate, potentially diminishing the East Asian nation’s presence o...
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...
In his new year message, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un praised troops fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine, a move observers said pointed to Pyongyang’s intention to sustain and deepen military coop...
As 2025 draws to a close, Wall Street’s love affair with Chinese equities is in full swing. While the relationship between global investors and China has been a rocky one, market sentiment is now abou...
Brazil is preparing to waive visa requirements for Chinese citizens travelling for tourism and business, local media reported on Wednesday citing government sources, in a move that would mark a signif...
A novel approach by South Korea to stop its rural areas from dying by paying people to live there appears to be working. Okcheon in North Chungcheong province saw its population grow by almost 1,000 i...
A Ryanair flight to Tenerife returned to Birmingham on Sunday after the plane encountered turbulence. Anna Barclay/Getty Images Several passengers on a Ryanair flight to Tenerife were injured after it...
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Shanghai, China’s financial and tech hub, is aiming to foster over 200 open-source projects over the next two years as part of the city’s ambitious road map to build a world-class ecosystem amid the h...
Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn in on Thursday to take over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with President Donald Trump. After the clocks struck m...
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...
The scene at MDC on Saturday evening as Maduro was transported to the prison Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images Nicolás Maduro and his wife have reportedly been transferred to a federal prison in Br...
Ukrainian units said drone pilots saw surrender messages displayed by a Russian soldier. 16th Army Corps A Russian soldier surrendered after his rescue message was seen by a drone, Ukrainian units sai...