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A would-be parliamentary candidate for Reform UK, Jason Powell, has been suspended after saying “you cannot be Muslim and British” — a claim that, on its surface, denies the possibility of dual loyalty to faith and country. The Guardian reports that Powell also backed the idea o…
Anti-government protests swept Europe this weekend, with France facing its most destructive unrest in years and Albania entering a sixth day of demonstrations. President Emmanuel Macron vowed to hold accountable those who “sought to bring down the Republic”, speaking after stude…
In early October, an operation led by the UK’s National Crime Agency brought together law enforcement agencies from multiple countries and private-sector partners including crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase. The four-day sweep targeted networks in West Africa that had been d…
Polygon Labs completed its acquisition of Coinme this week, and CEO Marc Boiron made clear this isn’t just about adding another product line. The deal positions Polygon to compete directly with Visa and Stripe in the global payments processing industry, a market dominated by inc…
A sudden flush wiped out nearly $52 million in leveraged bets on chip-stock contracts across crypto exchanges like Hyperliquid while Wall Street sat idle. Within ten minutes, a coordinated wave of short-selling on six chip-linked perpetual contracts — including a large position…
Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa once did what prosecutors are supposed to do: stand on the side of the law. On Saturday, the former prosecutor was shot dead at a sports centre, and Guatemalan police said they arrested two men in connection with the killing. The motive is not yet …
Police have confirmed they will take no action against Sarah Helm, wife of the UK’s national security adviser Jonathan Powell, after she posted a message of support on social media for Palestine Action, the group that has claimed responsibility for vandalising arms factories lin…
This week, three of the biggest names in finance made clear that tokenization is no longer an experiment. [Goldman Sachs sees tokenization as a way to expand trading. Wells Fargo’s tokenized deposit system is already moving cross-border payments in less than two minutes. Morgan …
Violent clashes between anti-government demonstrators and police in Tirana this weekend mark the latest chapter in a recurring cycle of unrest that has gripped Albania for years. The scenes — burning buildings, tear gas, and wounded protesters — are dramatic, but they are sympto…
Violent protests swept across France on Saturday, with over half a million people taking to the streets and more than 1,000 arrested as buildings were set ablaze in Paris, Lyon and Marseille over education cuts and the cost of living. Similar demonstrations hit Belgium, Italy, P…
The revelation that a Reform UK candidate was recorded by an undercover reporter suggesting asylum seekers should be placed in “concentration camps” and stating that Muslims cannot be British is deeply unsettling. These comments reveal a worldview that strips entire groups of th…
A working paper from the Bank for International Settlements has quantified something many suspected: when banks pay savers more, stablecoin growth slows. The study found that a single basis point rise in U.S. deposit rates cut the ten-week growth rate of stablecoins like USDT an…
DeepSeek released its V4.1 Flash 1017 snapshot today — the latest in a rhythm of updates so regular that it’s easy to miss what they mean. Every few weeks, another model iteration lands, promising better performance, lower latency, or new capabilities. For developers, this pace …
The 25-year-old mystery of whether the National Security Agency had secretly weakened the elliptic curve cryptography underpinning modern online security has been unexpectedly solved — not by a human cryptographer but by Anthropic’s Claude AI. In under thirty minutes, Claude tra…
Yemen’s government forces are attempting to push back against the Houthis along the Red Sea coast, but the offensive is already under serious strain. Houthi missile strikes have targeted key supply routes that the internationally recognised government relies on to move fuel, foo…
Donald Trump’s decision to waive several provisions of a new US law targeting Russia has sent ripples across Washington, but its most profound consequences may be felt in London. The move, justified by the White House as contrary to US national interests, effectively relaxes pre…
The White House accord signed this week by 29 AI companies including Google, OpenAI and Meta commits each firm to partner with an independent external auditor and have board members review the findings. On paper it looks like real accountability. But as Samuel Vance-Law of the D…
Katie Zacharia has been dismissed as Donald Trump’s White House press secretary after a brief tenure plagued by questions about her credentials. According to CNBC, she faced persistent scrutiny over claims of being a lawyer despite never passing a bar exam. The BBC’s analysis no…
Oil surged past $110 a barrel on Friday as Iran escalated attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, sending the Nasdaq down more than 2% and the VIX fear gauge above 22 for the first time in four months. President Trump said he would not use nuclear weapons against Iran, but with the nu…
Every October, Palestinian families across the West Bank head to their groves for the olive harvest — a season that for generations has been as much about identity as livelihood. Olives are not just a crop in this land; they are a symbol of rootedness, patience, and continuity. …