Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. Here is why it matters
VIENNA (AP) — The United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Experts say these threats from the world’s two largest nuclear powers put pressure on nonproliferation efforts and endanger global peace and security. “Because of other countries’ testing […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces on Tuesday shot and killed two suspected Palestinian assailants wanted in a pair of attacks that wounded three Israelis in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest burst of violence in the territory, where fighting has spiked in recent weeks. The Israeli military said that troops shot and killed […]
BATANG TORU, Indonesia (AP) — Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday after the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,200 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with more than 800 people missing. Days of heavy monsoon rains inundated vast areas, leaving thousands stranded and many […]
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank (AP) — The olive harvest that was marked by violence is complete in the West Bank, but fear still hangs over many Palestinian villages, where residents keep constant watch for armed Israeli settlers. In recent months, the community of Turmus Ayya has endured near-daily incursions by settlers, residents say, including one […]
Swiss and German law enforcement just dropped the hammer on Cryptomixer.io, one of the largest Bitcoin “tumblers” in the wild. Multiple agencies, including Zurich police and Germany’s BKA, dismantled the platform last week. https://twitter.com/Europol/status/1995422096126603419?t=15HImuXefUaxyuGy6VXrww&s=19 Cryptomixer had been mixing coins since 2016, allegedly shuffling billions of euros in potentially dirty Bitcoin. By blending funds across users […]
Ripple will now be able to widen the range of regulated payment services from its Singapore hub. On 1 December 2025, Ripple announced that the company secured a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). For Ripple, this basically means a strengthened position in Asia-Pacific. And broader institutional use of […]
Crypto holders must have “god-level” conviction and HODL, riding through the current turbulence. It applies especially to XRP holders. The XRP price is melting when writing, and over the last month, there is nothing to smile about. To put it in numbers, the XRP price is down -18% in the last month, slashing year-to-date gains […]
Are we about to see a Japan rate hike and the beginning of a global recession? Bitcoin’s slide from 92,000 to 86,000 this week did not come out of nowhere. Arthur Hayes argues the move was triggered by a sharp shift in Japan’s monetary stance, as the Bank of Japan signaled a possible December rate […]
Bayer shares rose as much as 15% on Tuesday after the U.S. solicitor general backed the company’s bid to get the Supreme Court to curtail litigation alleging its Roundup pesticide causes cancer.
Strategy’s stock is sinking as bitcoin falls, but Wall Street doesn’t believe it’s a big problem for the broader stock market.