For the first time since United States President Joe Biden took office in January, there was talks held between a senior Pentagon official and the Chinese military. The talks were focused on management of managing risk between the two largest economies of the world, claimed a report published by...

Western Union is no longer delivering remittances to Afghanistan due to the Taliban's takeover of the country, MarketWatch reports. Now, Afghans who used to receive financial aid from relatives and friends abroad are left without financial support. According to the portal, the amount of money...

The number of wealthy people who gave up their US citizenship last year set a record, Axios wrote. Nearly 7,000 people with assets worth more than $2 million surrendered their passports. The publication linked the trend to the wealthy's desire to save on taxes. In 2020, an all-time record number of...

A temporary moratorium on revaccinations should be imposed until the end of September, World Health Organisation director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference on Wednesday. WHO experts, however, believe that the moratorium will probably need to be extended further in order...

European Union countries have been hit by cyberattacks from China through a vulnerability in Microsoft's Exchange Server software. This put thousands of computers at risk, including in European countries and EU institutions. In this regard, the EU calls on China to take action against...

India's central bank has banned Mastercard from issuing new debit and credit cards to Indian customers. The ban will take effect from 22 July and has no expiry date. "Although much time has passed and the company has been given ample opportunity, we have concluded that Mastercard is not complying...

The Supreme Court of the European Union has ruled that companies can ban Muslim women from going to work wearing hijabs. However, such bans are only possible if a company wants to demonstrate its neutrality towards any beliefs, Reuters reports. This was the court's decision in two cases of...

The WHO chief stated that the world is stepping into the third wave of the pandemic. He noted that the delta strain was now present in more than 111 countries and pointed to the uneven distribution of vaccines and access to lifesaving tools in different parts of the world. The number of new cases...

Police in the UK are conducting a massive operation to uncover funds of criminals trying to launder their money through cryptocurrencies. In one investigation lasting several months, £294 million in cryptocurrencies was seized.   As noted in a London Police report, a few weeks ago, the...