Category: World

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 […]

Authorities in Austin, Texas are battling growing public fears of a possible serial killer after 38 bodies were recovered from Lady Bird Lake over the past three years. Despite the speculation, police continue to reject the theory, stating that there is no evidence to support the claim. The grim discoveries have sparked widespread concern across […]

For decades, multinational corporations have used sophisticated strategies to shift profits away from where they do business. As a result, countries around the world lose an estimated US$500 billion annually in unpaid taxes, with developing nations hit particularly hard. In the first of two episodes for The Conversation Weekly podcast called The 15% solution, we […]

The British government has committed to delivering 100,000 drones to Ukraine by April 2026, significantly expanding its military support for Kyiv amid ongoing Russian aggression. The pledge marks one of the largest drone contributions made by any Western ally to date. The announcement was made as part of the UK’s broader defense aid strategy to […]

Beneath the deep blue waters of Tenerife lies a dramatic seascape shaped by ancient volcanic eruptions. Submerged lava tubes and jagged basalt formations create an underwater world unlike any other. This unique marine environment, just off Spain’s Canary Islands, teems with life. Divers may encounter endangered sea turtles, graceful eagle rays, elusive sharks, and even […]