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Ukrainian activists deploy a massive banner, urging European leaders to seize frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine in its conflict against Russia, in Brussels Belgium, March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday (March 6, 2025) its forces had captured another village in eastern Ukraine as it advances westward … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday (March 7, 2025) establishing a government reserve of bitcoin, a key marker in the cryptocurrency’s journey towards possible mainstream acceptance. Under Mr. Trump’s new order, the U.S. government will retain the estimated 200,000 bitcoin it’s already seized in … Read more
A woman prays outside Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy, March 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast Thursday (March 6, 2025), the first public sign of life from the … Read more
As of 2023, women hold just 30% of managerial positions globally, which is a modest improvement over the past two decades. Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Women hold just 30% of managerial positions globally, with only a modest improvement over the past two decades, according to ‘Women and the Economy: 30 Years … Read more
File picture of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Saudi Arabia next Monday (March 10, 2025), a day before planned talks there between senior Ukrainian and U.S. officials on ending the war with Russia. Mr. Zelenskyy said his trip was to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. … Read more
Cargo trucks remain in a parking lot, as some Mexican companies halt exports to the U.S., hoping for the tariffs to be reversed, in the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said Thursday (March 6, 2025) that he has postponed 25% tariffs on most goods … Read more
U.S. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) escorted out after shouting during U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. House of Representatives censured Texas Democrat Al Green on Thursday (March 6, 2025) … Read more
Delegates affiliated to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at a meeting for the planned signing of a political charter that would provide for a “Government of Peace and Unity” to govern the territories the force controls, in Nairobi, Kenya, February 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sudan filed a case at the top United Nations … Read more
Tang Ngok-kwan, center, one of core members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, and Medina Chow Lau Wah-chun, left, mother of Chow Hang-tung, also core member, leave the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, Thursday, March 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Hong Kong’s top court on … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as Thursday (March 6, 2025) instructing his newly confirmed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the department she now leads, U.S. media has reported. The Wall Street Journal cited a draft of the executive … Read more