China has denied a report it had recently launched a hypersonic missile, saying it tested a spacecraft to trial reusable technologies. The Financial Times reported on Saturday that Beijing had launched a nuclear-capable missile in August that circled the Earth at low orbit before narrowly missing its target ... .
Of the world’s three major ice sheets, the West Antarctic ice sheet is considered the most vulnerable to collapse, a process which would raise global sea levels by 3.2 metres... .
The SouthAmerican country is grappling with a surge in violent crime and deadly prison riots. The government has pointed to drug trafficking and consumption as the underlying problem ... .
WASHIINGTON — . Colin Powell, the former secretary of State and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died from COVID-19 complications, his family said Monday. He was 84. In an announcement on social media, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated ... Advertisement ... Bush, and made the case for war against Iraq ... Sports ... Obituaries.
Some opponents of Poland's nationalist government fear that the court's ruling has put the country on a path to a possible “Polexit,” or a departure from the 27-nation EU like Britain did with Brexit ... THE BACKSTORY.
DHAKA. Hundreds of people protested in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Monday calling for an end to religious violence that has gripped the country for four days, leading to at least two deaths and several injured ... Two Hindu men died following that protest, MohammedShahidul Islam, the police chief in Noakhali, told Reuters by phone ... .
Santos, the statement says, reaffirmed Venezuela's commitment to follow the rules agreed between both parties for the deployment of election observers ... Earlier in October, Borrell stated that the EU Commission's report on the Venezuelan elections would either legitimize or delegitimize the government of PresidentNicolas Maduro ... ....
North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile into waters off the coast of Japan, South Korea’s military has said. The launch comes weeks after South Korea unveiled its own such weapon ... Some of these tests violate strict international sanctions ... ....
"She attended the hospital by herself and was diagnosed with a minor right elbow fracture," the statement said ... Lam has not answered questions on whether she will seek another term ....
ProShares said Monday it plans to launch the country’s first exchange-traded fund linked to Bitcoin. The ETF with the ticker symbol “BITO” is expected to begin trading Tuesday, barring any opposition from regulators ... Cryptocurrencies, meanwhile, have exploded into a nearly $2.5 trillion industry after the creation of thousands of digital currencies.
Last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced it would be approving Bitcoin futures ETFs. Invesco was among the firms that filed applications to start offering this product, but it is now dropping out of the race. No Longer Pursuing a Bitcoin FuturesETF... A statement by the firm’s spokesperson to Bloomberg stated that, ... ....
The geopolitical dynamics are rapidly shaping up in strategically important regions of the world – heralding no signs of peace, cooperation and interdependence among international power blocs in the near future ... The gradual shifts in the current unipolar world order have brought US hegemony into a state of jeopardy ... More From Opinion. Hiding wealth ... .