New Taxes Could Spell End of Cryptocurrency Trading in Thailand Thailands new Royal Decree on regulating the transactions of digital assets was passed on March 27, granting potential ICOs an additional 30 days to inform the SEC of their plans while raising the capital gains tax and adding 7% VAT […]
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Trump administration claims win in trade negotiations with South Korea The Trump administration is claiming the U.S. has successfully renegotiated its trade dealings with South Korea, in what would mark the first major trade deal since President Donald Trump announced hardline blanket tariffs last month. Senior administration officials, speaking to […]
Life and death in Vietnam National Vietnam War Veterans Day is being observed today. And while the war spanned many years and northwest Ohio suffered losses throughout, this spring also marks 50 years since early 1968, a time when several local men were killed. Vietnam War-era newspaper reports told a […]
Poland signs $4.75 billion deal for U.S. Patriot missile system facing Russia Poland signed the largest arms procurement deal in its history on Wednesday, agreeing with the United States to buy Raytheon Co’s Patriot missile defence system for $4.75 billion in a major step to modernise its forces against a […]
Ecuador Cuts Off Julian Assange’s Internet Access. Again Ecuador’s government said Wednesday that it had suspended internet access for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who since 2012 has lived in Ecuador’s Embassy in London, out of concern that he was harming its relationships with Britain and other European nations. The […]
Malala Returns to Pakistan for First Time Since Attack 6 Years Ago Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist for girls’ education and the world’s youngest Nobel laureate, returned to Pakistan early Thursday in her first visit since an attack by Taliban militants gravely injured her in 2012. Her homecoming was wrapped […]
This Man Is Stuck In An Airport And The Entire Country Is Obsessed Kenya is currently transfixed by a more than 24-hour-long showdown in Nairobi’s airport between the police, immigration authorities, the local media, and a lawyer who was deported from Kenya after he conducted a swearing-in ceremony for an […]
Exclusive: OPEC, Russia consider 10- to 20-year oil alliance – Saudi Crown Prince Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Reuters that Riyadh and Moscow were considering a deal to greatly extend a short-term alliance on oil curbs that began in January 2017 after a crash in crude prices. “We […]
Putin’s Grim Reality: Public Fury Over Children’s Deaths in Mall At the end of a month that has seen him unveil new “invincible” missiles, announce a space mission to Mars and secure a sky-high vote in Russia’s election, President Vladimir V. Putin faced a grim reality on the ground Tuesday: […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu leaves hospital after tests sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left hospital late Tuesday following tests after suffering a high fever and a cough. A Reuters witness saw Netanyahu’s convoy leaving the hospital, and shortly after midnight Netanyahu said on Twitter: “I am on my way home. Sure […]
