UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations (UN) Security Council on Tuesday called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women attending universities or working for humanitarian ...
SEOUL — South Korea plans to spend 560 billion won ($441.26 million) over the next five years to beef up its ability to fend off North Korean (NK) drones, Seoul’s defense ministry said on Wednesday. The plan was included in ...
CHENGDU — Chinese hospitals were under intense pressure on Wednesday as a surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections strained medical resources, while the scale of the outbreak and doubts over official data prompted some countries to consider new travel ...
SEOUL, Dec 28 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unveiled new goals for the country’s military for 2023 at an ongoing meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party, state media reported on Wednesday, hinting at another year of intensive weapons tests and tension. On the second day of the Sixth Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the party‘s ...
US-based crypto exchange Kraken said on Wednesday it would cease its operations in Japan next month, citing the current market conditions in the country and a weak crypto market globally. Kraken will deregister from the Financial Services Agency (JFSA) as of Jan. 31, by which time clients would have to withdraw ...
SINGAPORE – Singaporean Soif Noor has already bought furniture and appliances for his new home, four months before he can move in. Like many residents, he’s been on a spree – because on Jan. 1 Singapore’s sales tax goes up for the first time in 15 years. From next ...
FTX customers filed a class action lawsuit against the failed crypto exchange and its former top executives including Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday, seeking a declaration that the company’s holdings of digital assets belong to customers. The lawsuit is the latest legal effort to lay claim to the dwindling assets of FTX, which is already feuding with liquidators ...
TOKYO – The Japanese government has asked insurers to take on additional risks to continue providing marine war insurance for liquefied natural gas (LNG) shippers in Russian waters, a senior official at the industry ministry said. The Financial Services Agency and Agency for Natural Resources and Energy made the rare request in ...
Forty years ago, I was worried. I had had the honor of working with Ludwig von Mises. But, not long after his death, the greatest economist and defender of freedom in the twentieth century was being ignored. Some years before, ...
Yuval Noah Harari, professor of history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is not only a best-selling author but also a top advisor to Klaus Schwab, founder and front man of the World Economic Forum (WEF). In 2018, Harari wrote: “Unfortunately, ...