Falls were limited however by concerns of supply disruptions in the event of more US sanctions on major suppliers Russia and Iran. Brent crude futures fell 21 cents, or 0.3%, to $74.28 a barrel by 0110 GMT after settling at their highest level since Nov. 22 on Friday. US West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 30 […]
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, hit a high of $106,533 and last traded at $105,688. Smaller crypto ether rose nearly 3% to 4,014. “We’re in blue sky territory here,” said Tony Sycamore, an analyst at IG. “The next figure the market will be looking for is $110,000. The pullback that a lot of […]
Geir Pedersen, the UN’s special envoy for Syria, also backed a “credible and inclusive” political process to form the next government as he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “We need to make sure that state institutions do not collapse, and that we get in humanitarian assistance as quickly as possible,” Pedersen said. “If […]
Out of 300 lawmakers, 204 voted to impeach the president on allegations of insurrection while 85 voted against it. Three abstained, with eight votes nullified. Yoon is now suspended from office while South Korea’s Constitutional Court deliberates whether to uphold his removal. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo steps in as the interim president. The court now […]
“It’s crazy what’s taking place. It’s crazy. I disagree very vehemently with sending missiles hundreds of miles into Russia. Why are we doing that? We’re just escalating this war and making it worse. That should not have been allowed to be done,” Trump said in an interview to mark his being named Time’s Person of […]
Syrians celebrated the day they called the “Friday of victory” with fireworks heralding the fall of the Assad dynasty. Assad’s fall has also led to fast-moving diplomatic developments, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken among envoys set to discuss Syria on Saturday in the Jordanian city of Aqaba. Turkey, meanwhile, will reopen its embassy […]
OpenAI also published a trove of emails and text messages with Musk on its website to argue that he initially backed for-profit status for OpenAI before walking away from the company after failing to get a majority equity stake and full control. Musk, who was an OpenAI cofounder, has since launched a competing artificial intelligence […]
“It’s an unprecedented event, extremely violent, the winds may exceed 180 kilometers (112 miles) per hour,” Governor Francois-Xavier Bieuville said. As the cyclone neared the territory, the authorities banned all 320,000 residents from moving. Raising the highest alert “entails the strict confinement of the entire population, including rescue and security services and all officials mobilized […]
“They will take the necessary steps to reopen the embassy and discuss enhancing aid delivery,” the official said. Previous reports by Syria’s information ministry about a visit by Qatar’s intelligence chief on Thursday were untrue, the Qatari official said. The visit will come less than a week after Qatari diplomats spoke with Syria’s leading rebel […]
Protests demanding Yoon step down kicked off around midday outside the National Assembly, which will vote around 4:00 pm (0700 GMT) on an impeachment resolution for “insurrectionary acts” — a week after a first attempt to remove Yoon for the martial law debacle failed. “I was too furious since last week so I had to […]
