The latest published reporting from this region.
Bitcoin is about to enter its ‘third phase’ of global adoption, according to Adam Back, the CEO of Blockstream. In an interview this week (as tracked by Wu Blockchain), the legendary British cryptographer said BTC is preparing to enter this new growth phase. He termed it the ‘third phase’ of international adoption. Bitcoin is entering […]
Read moreFollowing the disappearance of four Salvadoran soldiers in the Caribbean country, Bukele warned the leaders of local criminal groups that he could eliminate them, just as he did with MS-13 and Barrio 18. We discussed this with Romain Le Cour Grandmaison, a specialist on Haiti.
Read moreWith delay and the first disagreements, the COP31 climate conference started this Monday in the Turkish city of Antalya with a call from the UN to "get serious" after a year of devastating phenomena...
Read moreThe 2030 Rugby League World Cup tournament will be hosted by the USA and the Pacific Islands, but the five host cities are yet to be confirmed.
Read moreFrom Serbia to Bangladesh and India to France, young people are pushing back against authoritarianism and reshaping political landscapes
Read moreUS President Donald Trump said his administration's mass deportation campaign may have been "too tough" in a television interview aired Sunday, days after Republicans suffered heavy losses in midterm…
Read moreA Dutch second-tier match between Vitesse Arnhem and De Graafschap was called off after away team supporters blocked their own team's bus from departing for the game.
Read moreDelap’s talents resurface in style, Gómez delights Brighton with more fireworks, and hair-pulling confusion at Everton It would have been very easy for Oliver Glasner to lose patience with Liam Delap. The forward is still only 23, yet the days when he was rattling in 12 in a Premier League season for Ipswich have come to seem a very long time ago (and his six games for Manchester City even longer). A season at Chelsea had left him bereft of confidence, an odd mix of diffidence and overaggression, devoid of composure in the box, arms flailing like a broken windmill. But the old gifts have not l
Read moreTrump’s most controversial aide begins his first day as White House chief of staff
Read moreHow did a Uruguayan medic who grew up under an anti-music dictatorship win a best song Academy award? As he looks set to scoop up more prizes at the Latin Grammys, we meet the extraordinary Jorge Drexler It makes sense that a Uruguayan doctor turned singer would write a song that begins: “Long live science! Long live poetry!” Guitar y Vos (Guitar and You) is also the first track that Jorge Drexler performs this afternoon at a music industry event in the basement of Madrid’s Movistar arena. The second is El Otro Lado del Rio (The Other Side of the River), which he composed for the Che Guevara r
Read moreWe need to give up this pretence of effortlessness and start calling the dish what it is: a laborious meat-and-cheese architecture project, says freelance writer Keren Levy
Read moreIt’s a time-honoured treatment and rubbing certainly helps, but other leaves could be just as good If you’ve ever brushed against a stinging nettle, chances are someone told you to find a dock leaf. The wide green leaves of dock plants seem to grow conveniently nearby, and rubbing one on a sting is a time-honoured remedy. But does it actually work? Probably not in any way that’s unique to the plant, says John Tregoning, a professor at Imperial College London and the author of Live Forever? A Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death. Continue reading...
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