Source link Bhutan, a South Asian nation nested in the Himalayas, has secretly developed world’s largest state-owned cryptocurrency mines, Forbes has revealed. According to the magazine’s investigation released last week, the Bhutanese government has quietly spent millions of dollars to build its bitcoin-mining operation. Forbes used satellite imagery from Planet Labs, Satellite Vu, and Google […]
Source link The country supplied 170,000 tons of confectionary in January-September, according to a RIA Novosti report Russian chocolate exports rose 9% in January-September year-on-year, making the country the 11th largest supplier worldwide, RIA Novosti reported this week, citing data from UN Comtrade and the national association of confectionary makers (Askond). In total, 170,000 tons […]
Source link Klete Keller will spend six months under house arrest for his role in the US Capitol riot US five-time Olympic medalist Klete Keller has been sentenced to six months of home detention for participating in the storming of the Capitol compound on January 6, 2021. The sentence read in a Washington court on […]
Source link American naval aircraft have intercepted an Iranian drone that was flying over the Persian Gulf, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Saturday. The UAV was “operating in an unsafe and unprofessional manner” near the strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, CENTCOM said on X (formerly Twitter). The […]
Source link Israel and its Western backers should focus on a two-state solution instead, the Turkish president said Israel’s goal to destroy Hamas or expel the Palestinian militants from Gaza is unattainable, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, as the fighting in the Middle East has resumed following a brief truce. “The Western […]
Source link The veteran statesman’s global legacy is extremely polarizing, and one paradox is the admiration he enjoyed in Beijing Earlier this week, the famed former secretary of state and national security adviser Henry Kissinger passed away. This news was put out by a statement from his consultancy firm, without naming a cause of death. […]
Source link The US has the third-largest number of coal-burning power stations in the world and hopes to pressure allies The US will close all its coal-fired power plants, climate envoy John Kerry pledged at the COP28 climate conference on Saturday, announcing the country will join the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) to phase out […]
Source link One person was killed and another wounded in a stabbing attack in downtown Paris on Saturday evening, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said. DETAILS TO FOLLOW You can share this story on social media: Follow RT on
Source link US National Security Council director was asked to explain Israel evacuating a million Gazans south and then attacking the south The US does not support Israel bombing south Gaza until it takes account of all the civilians it has forced to flee there, White House National Security Council director John Kirby told Bloomberg […]
Source link All of Ukraine is becoming dependent on the “mood” of a single person, Vitaly Klitschko says Ukraine’s municipal authorities now remain the only independent force in the country, which has grown increasingly authoritarian amid the conflict with Russia, the Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko has said. Klitschko shared his assessment of the state […]
Source link Local media claim it to be the largest snowfall in Munich since records were first collected in 1933 Extreme snowfall and sub-zero temperatures led to chaos in the Bavarian state capital of Munich on Saturday as a winter storm paralyzed air and rail travel, led to road traffic accidents, and forced the cancellation […]
Source link An annual report on extremism in the American military has revealed a rise in suspected cases Extremism in the ranks remains a troubling trend for the US military, as evidenced by the fact that 78 service members were suspected of being advocates for the overthrow of their own government, an annual Pentagon report […]
Source link One of Bologna’s 12th-century “twin towers” is destabilizing alarmingly, according to researchers monitoring it One of Italy’s “twin towers,” a symbol of the northern city of Bologna, is in danger of “sudden and unexpected collapse,” according to authorities there, who have unveiled a plan to stabilize it. A protective cordon will be built […]
Source link Berlin is seeking to reduce the amount it gives to the European Peace Facility (EPF), used to bankroll the Ukrainian war Germany is seeking to reduce its share in the so-called European Peace Facility (EPF), a €20 billion EU fund, which the bloc has been using almost exclusively to prop up Kiev in […]
Source link The current assault on the Palestinian enclave is devastating. But we’ve seen this modus operandi before After seven weeks of relentless Israeli bombing throughout Gaza, according to the modest estimates of the UN as of November 23 (right before a humanitarian ceasefire came into effect), more than 14,800 people have been killed in […]