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Delhi should be top priority on PM Modi’s road map for country’s development, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

The Russian Interior Ministry is planning to launch an electronic database of LGBTQIA+ Russians, with anonymous sources telling independent Russian news outlet, Meduza , that the plans had been in motion since last year. This follows the Russian Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw the “international LGBT movement”, which they labelled an “extremist organisation” in 2023.

Hundreds of US government websites were offline on Monday, an AFP review showed, including that of the humanitarian agency USAID which President Donald Trump’s administration is shutting down. From a list of nearly 1,400 federal sites provided by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), more than 350 were unavailable on Monday afternoon. These included

Science & Nature America's status as a global science leader is in doubt as the administration freezes funding and targets research that references climate...

The U.S. government may consider adding XRP to its digital asset reserve and experts believe this move could help protect against economic uncertainty. Below, we’ll cover analysts’ predictions on XRP, market trends and the latest developments. We’ll also talk about PlutoChain ($PLUTO), a potential solution to Bitcoin’s biggest challenges — speed and high fees. As

Joe Maring / Digital Trends Ireland’s newly appointed minister for AI oversight has admitted that she’s never used ChatGPT and hasn’t yet downloaded the hot new chatbot DeepSeek to her phone, the Irish Independent reported on Tuesday. Niamh Smyth’s new role as junior minister at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment involves responsibilities for

Since 2021, governments across Europe have been putting HFSS (High Fat, Salt and Sugar) reduction regulations high on the agenda. The reason? To help curb the growing obesity epidemic. “The number of overweight and obese people has been growing in recent years,” said a spokesperson for Eurostat, a branch of the European Commission. “Many people

As of January 2025, governments around the world collectively hold approximately 471,000 Bitcoin (BTC), a staggering 2.5% of the total Bitcoin supply. With the current market price sitting at $34,750 per Bitcoin, this amounts to a mind-blowing $16.37 billion. But how did these governments come to own such vast amounts of Bitcoin? Governments have acquired