Author: Leslie Stewart

Kiev, Ukraine – Russia unleashes a massive overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital, which killed at least 12 people, including three children and injured 38 people, local officials said earlier Thursday.The combined strike was most important to hit Kiev as President Donald Trump strengthened his push to end the Kremlin war. The Ukrainian Air Force said a total of 629 drones and missiles were fired overnight in the country.The overnight attack clearly shows that Russia chose “ballistics over the negotiation table.” Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky said in a post in X.The three children killed in the attack were 2, 14…

MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Garity was walking home from the gym Wednesday morning when he heard a series of loud noises he initially thought to have come from a nail gun on a construction site.However, when Garity approached the Announcement Catholic Church, he realized something terrible had happened.Garity, 64, lives across the street from a church and an adjacent Catholic primary school, saw about 12 crying children flow out of the school. At least three were covered in blood, he said in a phone interview.He saw adults who were supposed to be members of the school’s teachers and staff. “Don’t go…

Opinion: Joshua Chu, co-chair of Hong Kong Web3 AssociationChina’s control over Hong Kong’s cryptocurrency liquidity gives an unprecedented power over the wealth of the Trump family’s cryptocurrency. This leverage allows Beijing to influence the economic fate of its family and potentially its relationship with the US through market movements. When Eric Trump visits Hong Kong, this cryptopolitical bond marks a new era of global power.Cryptocurrency is no longer seen as a new financial innovation around the block. Virtual assets have become a powerful geopolitical device that determines the fate of a nation. As Imran Khalid said, “In contrast, China played…

Read for 3 minutesDaniel Zanzalari | Special to the USA Today NetworkTrump is a genius act, first major US cryptography, enforcementPresident Donald Trump signed the Genius Act and established the first US cryptography to regulate stable coins.The US is ultimately moving faster with cryptography, but the actual test is whether it helps to set global rules for digital assets.The benefits of a first-mover are important. With the adoption of digital currencies by major economies and blocs such as the European Union and China, can first build frameworks, set industry standards and export regulations from around the world.American companies will face…

Read for 3 minutesDaniel Zanzalari | Special to the USA Today NetworkTrump is a genius act, first major US cryptography, enforcementPresident Donald Trump signed the Genius Act and established the first US cryptography to regulate stable coins.The US is ultimately moving faster with cryptography, but the actual test is whether it helps to set global rules for digital assets.The benefits of a first-mover are important. With the adoption of digital currencies by major economies and blocs such as the European Union and China, can first build frameworks, set industry standards and export regulations from around the world.American companies will face…

President Donald Trump has pledged that a 50% tariff on India would come into effect on Wednesday. This is because the United States risks blowing away relationships that are considered important in its efforts to counter China’s rise.Trump launched tariff rates at 25%, but doubled it earlier this month as a punishment for India for purchasing Russian oil. India currently has one of the highest of many tariffs imposed during Trump’s ongoing world trade war.Duties are taxes on imports, paid by American import companies, and additional costs are often passed on to consumers. According to US government figures, goods imported…

WASHINGTON – When National Guard troops were deployed here earlier this month, President Donald Trump promised they would fight crime and make the city safe again. But in neighborhoods like Columbia Heights, the acquisitions created a real sense of fear for immigrants. They feel racially targeted and living in the dystopian version of the city they love.Immigration and immigration advocates told NBC News two weeks ago that the federal takeover of the country’s capital left “throwing away” vibrant communities and businesses. Naturalized citizens and people in the country said they were terrified illegally. People are afraid to go shopping for…

Opinion: Mitchell Amador, Founder and CEO of ImmunefiThe best defense against Crypto’s catastrophic hacking is not the code, but the incentives. It is important to emphasize that the winnings for bugs prevent billions of losses and that if no appropriate incentives were set, these billions could have been misused and not been responsible disclosures. This protection only works if the incentives for white hats to work clearly outweigh them due to exploitation, and current market trends tilt their balance in a dangerous way.Scaling bug bounty standards mean that reward sizes grow along with risky capital volumes. If the vulnerability could…

Male Admim, West Bank – The sand and brush sun stopping strips are not visible, but if you squint, you can get almost a glimpse of dreamscapes of the future Palestinian capital. “These spare lands mean we can build Congress and we can build future institutions,” Palestinian expert Khalil Tufakj told NBC News earlier this month. “If Israel is built here, that means everything will be finished at the same time,” the 76-year-old expert on Israeli settlements said in an oversight of Malay Admim’s Israeli settlement. “This means that Jerusalem is surrounded by everything… that means there is no Palestinian…

Earlier this month, the Trump administration said it had concluded $500 million in mRNA vaccine research and shifted its focus to other approaches calling the previously announced “all virus” vaccine platform “Generation Gold Standard.””Generation Gold Standard is a paradigm shift,” Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, promoted the following research initiative in a May news release: “It extends vaccine protection beyond the limits of tension-specific, and uses traditional vaccine technology brought in the 21st century to prepare for the threat of the flu virus not only today but tomorrow.”However, vaccine and infectious disease experts say this…