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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday ended days of speculation about his future by saying he will continue in office “with even more strength.” Sánchez shocked his country last Wednesday by taking five days off to think about…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessAuthor of the article:The Associated PressBarry HattonPublished Feb 25, 2024  •  3 minute read Article contentLISBON, Portugal (AP) — The official two-week campaign period before Portugal’s early general…

The second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a sobering moment. Among the many miscalculations made by Vladimir Putin was the notion that the West would not, actually could not, collectively respond to Russia’s takeover. He…

Israel fell two places in 2023 in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. Transparency International, a global organization fighting corruption,…

Chinese official media has highlighted the growing concern over corrupt officials utilizing advanced methods to conceal and transfer illicit gains. This trend, marked by the use of cryptocurrencies and other digital…

U.S. Presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has voiced his shock and concern over the U.S. government’s decision to withdraw six charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled founder of crypto exchange FTX. Presidential hopeful…

You can enable subtitles (captions) in the video player Let's start with the electricity crisis. 15 years into it we are still here. I mean, the damage that load shedding has brought to this economy has been incalculable.…

Introduction. The most recent coup in Niger brings to a head a lot of the challenges that have been happening in west Africa, in Francophone Africa in particular. The French and US involvement in this region was purportedly to help economic…

This is an opinion editorial by Josef Tětek, a Bitcoin analyst at Trezor.Imagine this: It’s payday but before the money reaches your account, someone else has already decided what you’ll spend your money on — one third of your paycheck on…

A former Chinese government official, Xiao Yi, has been sentenced to life in prison for helping subsidize a secret, large-scale Bitcoin mining operation within the country’s borders, alongside unrelated acts of corruption.…