The owner of the bag of cocaine left in a White House locker earlier this month remains unknown, the Secret Service said on Thursday, reportedly closing the case due to lack of evidence. “There was no surveillance video footage found that provided investigative leads or any other means for investigators to identify who may have deposited the found substance in …
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The litigants argue that the ban of the Chinese-owned video-hosting service is unconstitutional University faculty and free speech advocates in Texas have sued the state government over a rule prohibiting the use of TikTok on official networks, claiming the ban has harmed academic research and violates the US Constitution. Filed on Thursday on behalf of the Coalition for Independent Technology …
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Much of the world now supports de-dollarization. It will happen, but not as a “big bang” By Marcel Salikhov, Director of the Centre for Economic Expertise at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow The de-dollarization of the global financial system is set to continue. This will be facilitated by the development of new financial technology. Central banks will seek to settle …
Read More »World of War Machines, the massively multiplayer strategy game by Bigbreakgames and NDREAM, is bringing some extra firepower for its fans in the form of a brand new UK faction as part of its latest update. The expansive WW2 title, which boasts a Country Faction lineup that spans 3 continents, is adding more war machines to its arsenal with the …
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Up to 3,000 US troops will “augment” Ukraine-related operations in Europe, the White House said President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that up to 3,000 members of the US military’s Selected Reserve will be activated as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, the informal designation for Washington’s efforts to support Kiev in the ongoing conflict. Biden has authorized the Defense and …
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The US-led military bloc’s new posture involves a massive increase in rapid reaction forces and more heavy weapon procurement NATO passed a new defense plan at the Vilnius summit on Tuesday. The whopping 4,400-page document details the defense of critical locations in case of “an emergency” and lists a potential attack by Russia as one of the biggest threats, according …
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A growing percentage hopes to stay in the EU nation, a government survey has shown Of the million-plus Ukrainians who came to Germany as refugees from the conflict, some 44% would like to remain in the country, officials in Berlin revealed at a press conference this week. Germany’s Institute for Employment Research (IAB) teamed up with the Institute for Economic …
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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 13th, 2023. In today’s article, we’ve got a whole bunch of new releases to check out. The best of the bunch include Atelier Marie Remake, Touhou: New World, and Manic Mechanics, but there are lots of different things here to cover a variety of tastes. After summarizing those, we …
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Washington maintains ‘strong, bipartisan’ support for Taipei, the American Institute in Taiwan said The US State Department’s official website has removed a reference to Taiwan as a ‘country’ in its travel advisory section, according to a report on Wednesday by Taiwan News. According to the Taipei-based news organization, on Tuesday the State Department’s website removed the term ‘country information page’ …
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The world’s top superpower has failed to crush Tehran, so what hope does London have? The UK’s new sanctions regime against Tehran will make little material difference, other than prompting unneeded backlash and imprinting the impression of recklessness on the government in London. As Iran rises in today’s multipolar world, Britain’s obsession with the Western order of the past only …
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