- Scotland to sell £1.5bn of ‘kilts’ bonds after getting same credit rating as UK
S&P and Moody’s award Edinburgh investment-grade status as it plans first bond issue since late 17th century
- Scotland to sell £1.5bn of ‘kilts’ bonds after getting same credit rating as UK
S&P and Moody’s award Edinburgh investment-grade status as it plans first bond issue since late 17th century
- Defense startup Govini founder Eric Gillespie charged in child sex sting
Govini has a $900-million U.S. government contract and multiple deals with the Pentagon.
- Starbucks workers union launches strike in at least 40 cities on chain's key holiday sales day
The strike could disrupt Starbucks' key holiday season as it tries to carry out a turnaround under CEO Brian Niccol.
- Chinese tech giant Tencent's quarterly revenue rises 15%, fueled by AI
Tencent on Thursday posted 15% year-on-year revenue growth, with AI boosting the Chinese tech giant's performance in advertising targeting and gaming.
- Labour unrest hardens belief Starmer has to go
Party will find it easier to push for leadership challenge now it is in power compared with opposition
- Labour unrest hardens belief Starmer has to go
Party will find it easier to push for leadership challenge now it is in power compared with opposition
- Starmer should sack person behind ‘self-defeating’ leadership briefings, says Miliband
Energy secretary rules himself out as potential successor to prime minister
- Starmer should sack person behind ‘self-defeating’ leadership briefings, says Miliband
Energy secretary rules himself out as potential successor to prime minister
- China’s Singles' Day stumbles as frugal shoppers shrink the world’s biggest sale
This year's Double 11 Shopping Festival saw sales jumping 14.2% year on year, slower than last year's 26.6%.
- Taiwan premier promises Bitcoin reserve assessment report by end of 2025
Taiwan is exploring the creation of a national Bitcoin Reserve comprising seized coins, much like the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve established by President Donald Trump in March.
- Taiwan premier promises Bitcoin reserve assessment report by end of 2025
Taiwan is exploring the creation of a national Bitcoin Reserve comprising seized coins, much like the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve established by President Donald Trump in March.
- Trader torches $3M to punch a $5M hole in Hyperliquid’s vault
A community member called the $3 million wipeout “performance art,” saying that only in crypto do villains torch millions purely for the sake of the plot.
- Tokyo exchange operator eyes crackdown on Bitcoin-holding firms after DAT rout
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said JPX’s concerns are with companies that feature poor approvals and insisted the critique doesn’t apply to them.
- How Ripple plans to bridge crypto and Wall Street in its $4B expansion
Ripple bundles custody, prime brokerage, treasury and stablecoins so institutions can operate like banks with crypto rails.
- BitFuFu Q3 revenue doubles as rising Bitcoin prices boost miner demand
Cloud miner BitFuFu says third-quarter sales hit $180.7 million as more users rented hashrate and snapped up rigs to ride Bitcoin’s post-halving price surge.
- BitFuFu Q3 revenue doubles as rising Bitcoin prices boost miner demand
Cloud miner BitFuFu says third-quarter sales hit $180.7 million as more users rented hashrate and snapped up rigs to ride Bitcoin’s post-halving price surge.
- Sour crypto mood could fuel an unexpected rally this month: Santiment
Crypto market sentiment remains fearful as the broader market continues to slump, but that could be a good thing, as weak hands sell off, Santiment argued.
- Sour crypto mood could fuel an unexpected rally this month: Santiment
Crypto market sentiment remains fearful as the broader market continues to slump, but that could be a good thing, as weak hands sell off, Santiment argued.
- Bitwise exec says 2026 will be crypto’s real bull year; here’s why
With crypto markets failing to meaningfully rally toward the end of 2025, it only sets up 2026 for more upside, according to Bitwise’s Matt Hougan.
- Gaza woman blinded in Israeli strike opens bakery to subsist and hope
Despite her injury, Warda Abu Jarad has started baking cookies and bread to help provide for her family.
- Israeli soldiers accused of rape are seeking public sympathy
Israeli soldiers accused of sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee are trying to win public sympathy.
- Video: Iraq’s election results explained
Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is claiming victory for his coalition.
- Trump is “very rude” to ask Israel’s president to pardon Netanyahu
“How does he know that the accusations against our prime minister are not justified?”
- Non-native tree devastates Ethiopia’s ecosystems and threatens livelihoods
Prosopis, introduced to Ethiopia in the 1970s, now depletes water, harms livestock and disrupts ecosystems across Afar.
- New review urges UK to repatriate Shamima Begum, others from Syria
Conditions at Syrian al-Hol and al-Roj camps are "inhuman, dangerous, and degrading", independent report says.
- Tuberculosis kills 1.23 million people last year, WHO says
The UN health agency warns recent progress in tackling the disease is under threat due to a shortfall in critical aid.
- Can Trump dole out $2,000 tariff dividends, direct healthcare payments?
Trump floats the idea of tariff dividends, direct healthcare payments and extending mortgages up to 50 years.
- Australia’s first treaty with Aboriginal people signed in state of Victoria
The treaty, which comes more than 220 years after the state was colonised, creates an assembly and truth-telling body.
- Israeli president condemns ‘shocking’ settler attacks in occupied West Bank
Isaac Herzog says settler attacks are a 'serious' breach of conduct and must end; military chief also condemns violence.