Category: World

Global energy investment is projected to hit a record $3.3 trillion in 2025, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). This marks a 2% increase from 2024 and reflects a significant shift towards clean energy technologies amid growing concerns over energy security and economic uncertainty. Clean Energy Investment Outpaces Fossil Fuels Of the total energy […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Romanian citizen has pleaded guilty to orchestrating an extensive swatting and bomb threat campaign that targeted over 75 public officials, religious institutions, and members of the media — including a former U.S. president. Thomasz Szabo, 26, also known online as “Plank,” “Jonah,” and “Cypher,” admitted in court to leading an online […]

In a rare and precedent-setting move, a Guatemalan man wrongfully deported under the Trump administration has been returned to the United States following a federal judge’s order—marking the first known instance of the administration reversing a deportation based on court intervention. The man, identified in court filings only by the initials O.C.G., was deported to […]

On April 27 2024, near the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, a touring bus was blocked, sprayed with water pistols, and a banner bearing the slogan “let’s put out the tourism fire” was stuck to its front. It was a headline-grabbing protest against the stranglehold tourism holds over the city, and underscored growing tensions between touristification […]

The urgent need to restore the Ocean will be the focus of a major international conference taking place in Nice, France, this June. This will be the first UN Ocean Conference since the adoption of a legal agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity and the protection of life in the Ocean […]

U.S. Attorney’s Office – Southern District of Florida MIAMI – Efrain Betancourt Jr., 36, a dual citizen of Colombia and the United States, has pleaded guilty to operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme through his Miami-based payday loan company, Sky Group USA, LLC. Betancourt admitted to defrauding more than 600 investors out of approximately $66 million […]

In a landmark development for the cryptocurrency industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally dismissed its civil lawsuit against Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and its founder Changpeng Zhao.Filed in 2023, the lawsuit accused Binance of operating an unregistered exchange, misleading regulators, and facilitating the trading of unregistered securities.The dismissal, finalized […]

2:06 p.m. EDT MR PIGOTT: Hello, everybody. QUESTION: Hello. MR PIGOTT: Got to figure this out. All right, my name is Tommy Pigott. I’m the principal deputy spokesperson here at the State Department, in today for Spokesperson Tammy Bruce. To begin, I just have a few comments up top, and then I’ll be happy to […]

Violence between armed groups in Upper Nile state and other flashpoints has crippled essential services, triggered food insecurity and worsened disease outbreaks, including cholera – forcing some to be displaced repeatedly. Roughly 65,000 have been internally displaced in Upper Nile state alone.  Access to aid in conflict hotspots is limited, with fighting and movement restrictions […]

Burundi Votes Amid Crippled Opposition Burundi held parliamentary elections on Thursday under heavily restricted political conditions. The ruling CNDD–FDD party, in power since 2005, faced little opposition after its main rival, the National Freedom Council (CNL), was effectively barred from participating. The CNL, which claimed electoral fraud in 2020, was suspended by the government last […]