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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday signed into law a bill that effectively legalizes cryptocurrency in the country. The decision comes as Ukraine has received crypto donations worth tens of millions of dollars from individuals and groups amid the ongoing conflict. The so-called “Virtual Assets” bill establishes a legal framework …

Several US airline companies announced a significant increase in onboard staff payment in an effort to keep the planes flying after a week of cancelations. Spirit Airlines offered flight attendants double pay for working this holiday week, Reuters reported, citing the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. “All flight attendants, regardless of …

A Biden administration official reiterated this week that an export ban is being weighed – as proposed last month by Democrat lawmakers – to keep US crude supplies at home and help blunt rising energy prices. While no decision has been made, Republicans fear that such a move would hurt …

On September 28, a US federal court in Miami, Florida found former Colombian paramilitary chief Carlos Mario Jiménez guilty of the 2001 murder of Bogotá community leader Eduardo Estrada. The judgment marks the culmination of a legal battle lasting over a decade. Then-Colombian President Álvaro Uribe extradited Jiménez – nicknamed‘Macaco’ …

“We need to find ways to pressure and raise the pressure, frankly, on Beijing to abide by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and to challenge its bullying and excessive maritime claims,” Harris said Wednesday during a meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi. …

The seemingly odd suggestion was the first to come from FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell’s lips in a recent public service announcement on hurricane preparedness.  “You can take simple steps to prepare for hurricanes, including getting the Covid-19 vaccine,” Criswell told Louisiana residents in the short video posted to the governor’s …

Kim sent a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping, congratulating him on the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. He praised Xi’s efforts to fight poverty and create a “wealthy society,” as well as “increasing the overall power of the country and raising its international prestige.” “The Workers’ Party …

Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet and playwright, famously told US Customs in 1882 that he had “nothing to declare but my genius.” By comparison, the only thing US travelers may be required to declare is the extra weight they’ve gained since being forced to ‘shelter in place’ with their processed …

Nearly 100GB of data was stolen from Colonial Pipeline’s network over two hours on Thursday – part of a “double-extortion” scheme that is reportedly the group’s “hallmark,” sources involved in the company’s investigation told Bloomberg on condition of anonymity since the matter “is not public.” The Georgia-based company was then …

On Monday, US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen made a speech calling for a minimum global standard on corporate tax – effectively a demand that all countries of the world “cooperate” with the United States in order to raise their levies on businesses to a level which suits Washington. …