Imagine going to the bank to take out cash, except without going to the bank and without the cash. If the Chinese central bank’s plan for a digital yuan succeeds, the future could look something like that for everyone.
Negotiators from Russia and the United States met on Monday in Helsinki for a new round of nuclear arms control talks, Finnish officials say.
An Israeli man was charged on Monday with spreading coronavirus in what looks to be the country’s first case of its kind.
A Haitian pastor and his wife who had immigrated to the US were found murdered upon returning to their island as missionaries, the Christian Post reported Sunday. Pastor Jean Phillippe-Quetant (57) and his wife Erna Plancher-Quetant (54) were shot dead in their home during the course of an armed robbery. The couple are survived by five children.
In contrast to a low-key stance it has adopted in the past, China is now pushing hard for leadership posts in United Nations agencies, frequently resorting to bribery and economic coercion in doing so, the Washington Times reported on Sunday. As one of the five Permanent Members of the UN Security Council, China has veto power.
Symbolizing his eagerness to open up America despite the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump returned to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he was treated for COVID-19.
Germany’s government has condemned the latest anti-Semitic attack that overshadowed the 30th-anniversary commemoration of the reunification of Germany.
The United Nations has confirmed the names of most of the candidates running for seats on the U.N. Human Rights Council in elections tentatively set for next week, and the expected return of the likes of China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Cuba will draw attention once again to the justification given by the Trump administration in 2018 for its decision to withdraw.
Shortly after tweeting a video of himself at Walter Reed Medical Center where he is being treated for COIVD-19, US President Donald Trump briefly left the Maryland hospital Sunday to conduct a drive-by salute to supporters gathered outside, Fox News reports. Wearing a black mask and seated in the back of a hermetically sealed, bulletproof SUV with his driver and security detail, Trump waved to a rallying crowd of people he had described in his earlier video as “great patriots.” The President then returned to the medical center to continue treatment.
The European Central Bank (ECB) says it moves towards issuing a digital version of the euro currency that critics fear could replace banknotes.
Armenia says it is ready to discuss a ceasefire in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in recent days has killed dozens and left scores wounded. The announcement comes amid international calls to end the most significant escalation in years.
Deadly wildfires in California have burned more than 4 million acres (6,250 square miles) this year — more than double the previous record for the most land burned in a single year in the state.
Israel will be the first country in the world to try out an experimental new coronavirus test that promises to deliver a diagnosis within 23 minutes, the defense minister said Sunday.
The debt of the federal government topped $27 trillion for the first time on Thursday, October 1, when it climbed from an opening balance of $26,945,391,194,615.15 to a closing balance of $27,026,921,935,432.41, according to data published by the U.S. Treasury Department.
The economy added 661,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7.9% in September, the Labor Department reported on Friday, as hiring rates have slowed.
Former CIA Director John Brennan revealed he overruled two CIA officers who disagreed with him during the creation of the Intelligence Community Assessment of 2017 about his high level of confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin interfered in 2016’s presidential election with the specific goal of helping elect then-candidate Donald Trump.
Michigan’s Supreme Court on Friday struck down Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s orders to extend a coronavirus-related state of emergency past April 30 without legislative approval.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to speak to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday to “take stock” of negotiations on a post-Brexit free trade deal and to “discuss next steps,” a British government spokesman said.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill claiming that the state’s voter registration form is unconstitutional because it includes an oath that says “so help me God.”
President Trump will nominate conservative activist and Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton to a key court oversight agency in Washington, D.C., the White House announced this week.