THE WAR between Israel and Hamas militants who stormed Israeli towns and kibbutzes from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, is the latest in seven decades of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that has destabilized the wider Middle East. In ...

WASHINGTON — The White House is working to finalize as soon as Tuesday a new policy outlining how governments should respond to ransomware attacks, including sharing information on attackers and the accounts they use to collect ransoms, a senior administration ...

PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin accused the West and Ukraine of stirring up unrest inside Russia after rioters in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region stormed an airport to “catch” Jewish passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv. The United States condemned the ...

OTTAWA — Canada on Monday banned Chinese messaging application WeChat and Russian antivirus program Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices due to privacy and security risks, but said government information had not been compromised. The ban was announced after an assessment ...

SINGAPORE’s luxury housing deals are drying up as one of the nation’s largest-ever money laundering scandals weighs on the market. High-end bungalow sales are set for their worst year in nearly a decade with just eight sold as of the ...

US President Joe Biden is seeking to reduce the risks that artificial intelligence (AI) poses to consumers, workers, minority groups and national security with a new executive order on Monday. It requires developers of AI systems that pose risks to US national security, the economy, public health or safety to ...

LONDON – Britons are turning to unregulated “buy-now–pay-later” credit in ever increasing numbers to pay their bills, the Financial Conduct Authority said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of how the country’s cost of living crisis continues to bite. Companies that offer “buy-now–pay-later” (BNPL) ...

BUENOS AIRES – Argentine drivers ran the gauntlet on Monday to find scarce supplies of petrol to fill their tanks amid the most acute fuel shortage in years, which has left many filling stations out of supply and long lines at any pumps still operating. The South American country, ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Apple on Monday introduced new MacBook Pro and iMac computers and three new chips to power them, with the company saying it had redesigned its graphics processing units (GPU), a key part of the chip where Nvidia NVDA.O dominates the market. The new computers and the M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max chips were unveiled at an online event ...

For Immediate Release Auburn, Ala. – The Mises Institute announced that Thomas DiLorenzo has been named its next president, following approval by its Board of Directors. DiLorenzo has a long and distinguished career as an academic economist, author, and speaker. ...