Trump Names David Sacks as White House AI and Crypto Czar
The wealthy tech entrepreneur will take on a newly created role advising the Trump administration on cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.
Category: International
Trump Names Georgia Ex-Senator David Perdue for US Ambassador to China
If confirmed by the Senate, Perdue will play a key role in managing the relationship between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies.
World Bank Announces Record $100 Billion Support For World’s Poorest Countries
Donor countries committed $23.7 billion to replenish the bank’s concessional lending arm, known as the International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank spokesperson told AFP, marking a slight increase from the roughly $23.5 billion pledged during the last fundraising round three years ago.
Brain Stimulation Can Help Injured People Walk According To Study
The new technique is intended for people with spinal cord injuries where the connection between their brain and spinal cord has not been totally severed, and who still have some movement in their legs.
Bitcoin Hits $100,000 For First Time
The cryptocurrency soared through the mark to a peak of $103,800, having enjoyed a blistering rally since the November 5 election of Trump, who pledged on the campaign trail to make the United States the “bitcoin and cryptocurrency capital of the world”.
Trump Picks Veteran Washington Attorney Paul Atkins to Head US Securities Regulator
An announcement from the Trump transition noted that Atkins had been co-chairman of the Digital Chamber of Commerce, which promotes the use of digital assets, since 2017.
12 Vietnamese Soldiers Killed in Accidental Explosion
The explosion occurred on Monday night at a military shooting range of the 7th Military Region in Dong Nai, an industrial hub in southern Vietnam.
South Korean President Pressed to Step Down Over Martial Law Bid
Yoon’s shock bid to impose martial law on South Korea for the first time in over four decades plunged the country into the deepest turmoil in its modern democratic history and caught its close allies around the world off guard.
Four Decades of Horror After India’s Bhopal Gas Disaster
Forty years later, the horror continues to blight the lives of those like Devi — as well as countless others born with deformities since that fateful night.
Elon Musk Anyimwa Malipo ya Fidia ya Dola Bilioni 56
Mahakama ya Delaware kwa mara nyingine tena imefutilia mbali malipo ya fidia ya dola bilioni 56 kwa Elon Musk, mtendaji mkuu wa kampuni ya magari ya umeme Tesla.
