Silver reached a record high price while social media-driven investment frenzies are driving up stocks of legacy businesses.
BREAKING: Putin critic Alexei Navalny receives jail sentence
A Russian court has sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to more than 2.5 years in prison. The UK government has called for his immediate release.
Why Nigeria has failed to stop Boko Haram | UNPACKED
The Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has terrorised Nigeria and neighbouring countries for over a decade. Suicide bombings, the burning of villages and mass kidnappings like the abduction of more than 200 school...
Iran asks Europe to coordinate US return to nuclear deal
#Iran’s foreign minister on Monday asked the European Union to coordinate a synchronized return of both Washington and Tehran into a #nuclear deal, after a diplomatic standoff on who will act first. #US...
In Russia, supporters of Kremlin critic Navalny undeterred by police crackdown
On Sunday, two weeks after Kremlin critic Alexei #Navalny’s return to #Russia and arrest at Moscow airport, tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the country to demand his release. The police...
No grave adverse results | Lancet journal confirms Sputnik V efficacy is over 90%
In a major breakthrough for Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet has published preliminary Phase III trial results showing it is highly effective – notably, for all age...
Report: Number of surveillance cameras to reach 1B in 2021
As facial recognition technology becomes an intrinsic part of our daily lives, the number of surveillance cameras across the world will reach 1 billion by 2021, with more than half of them reportedly in China. Faisal...