Politics

Dina Boluarte, the president of Peru, has urged the country's Congress to move forward the date of the general elections. This comes as anti-government demonstrations continue to take place around the country in the wake of President Pedro Castillo's ouster the previous week. In her speech to the nation on Saturday, Boluarte criticized Congress for its failure on Friday to garner the necessary number of votes to approve her proposal for a constitutional amendment. If the amendment had been pass

Treasures dating back to the 18th century that was taken in 2019 from a museum in Dresden and sold for a total of €113 million (£98 million; $119 million) have reportedly been recovered by the German police. After being stored safely in Berlin throughout the previous night, the authorities gave over 31 artifacts to the Green Vault museum. According to reports, the things were discovered during conversations with the attorneys of the six individuals who are presently on trial for the crime. On

This winter, parents are being encouraged to safeguard their kids against the flu due to an increase in severe cases among children under the age of five. According to statistics, hospitalizations for flu in young children are about 20 times more than they were last year. This week, 230 children under the age of five were admitted, compared to only 12 at this time last year. According to estimates, hundreds more children under the age of five have been hospitalized over the previous six weeks

According to BlackRock, a global recession is just around the horizon as central banks raise borrowing prices aggressively to manage inflation, and this time it will unleash more market turmoil than it ever has before. According to the largest asset manager in the world, the global economy has already left behind an era of consistent growth and inflation that lasted for four decades and entered a period of increased instability. This new regime of increased unpredictability is likely to remain

Although life is now thriving on our oxygen-rich planet, Earth wasn't always like this. According to scientific predictions, the atmosphere will eventually return to being one that is high in methane and low in oxygen. Approximately another billion years will pass before this occurs. But when it does, data from 2021 indicates that the transition will occur pretty quickly. The earth will return to a condition like that of before the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), which occurred around 2.4 billion

According to police and witnesses, a senior police officer was killed in clashes with demonstrators in the city of Maan in southern Jordan during protests over high fuel prices that spread to several cities across the kingdom. The protests began in Maan and spread to several other cities across the kingdom. In a statement, the police stated that the officer was shot in the head late on Thursday when he was dealing with "rioting" by a gang of criminals in the city. In the past, the city has had

The social media platform abruptly shut off the accounts of more than a half-dozen American journalists who had written stories that were critical of Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk. The prohibitions were imposed without prior notice late on Thursday night. This happened immediately after Musk claimed that reporters were endangering the safety of his family by "doxing" him or disclosing details about his locations that most people are unaware of. Among the journalists who have been suspended ar

President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14067 on March 9, 2022. Its title is "Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets." It sets priorities for research and development into the different ways a US central bank digital currency (CBDC) could be made and used. So that the United States stays at the top of the world's financial system, the order tells the Federal Government to "give priority to quick analyses of possible benefits and risks under different designs." A lot of the ongoi

Following an urgent request from Kyiv for stronger weapons to shoot down Russian missiles and drones that have severely damaged the country's energy infrastructure and left millions of people without heat during the bitterly cold winter, the US is finalizing plans to send Ukraine its sophisticated Patriot air defense system. According to US government sources quoted by the news agencies Reuters and Associated Press, Washington might decide on the Patriot as soon as Thursday. Ukraine's air defe

A court in the Bahamas has decided not to grant bail to Sam Bankman-Fried, who was the creator of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX before it went bankrupt. On Tuesday, US officials accused Mr. Bankman-Fried of committing "one of the largest financial scams in US history." Gary Gensler, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said that the former head of FTX created a "house of cards on a foundation of lies." Mr. Bankman-Fried has made it clear that he intends to contest his

During a Russian raid on the capital city of Kyiv early on Wednesday morning, Ukrainian authorities claim to have shot down more than a dozen drones. Large explosions were heard shortly after the air raid siren sounded, according to BBC journalists. Explosions shook the Shevchenkovskiy area in the city's center when air defenses fired down drones that were allegedly produced in Iran. Since October, Russia has routinely used missiles and drones to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Oleks

A migrant boat encountered problems while attempting to cross the English Channel on a chilly night, resulting in the deaths of four people. Just after 03:30 GMT, a fishing team saw the dinghy sinking in the icy seas between Kent and France. In an amazing rescue, the captain brought his boat up next to the other one, and his crew carried 31 people to safety. Video taken from the boat shows people yelling for assistance while just wearing T-shirts and tiny life jackets. The fishing trawler's