Central banks have a responsibility to keep pace with the digital age and lead innovation, Agustín Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS),...
Major global banking company HSBC plans to launch an institutional custody platform for tokenized securities, also known as security tokens. HSBC has partnered with Ripple-owned tech...
Switzerland-based crypto bank SEBA Bank has become the latest crypto-centered firm to obtain a license from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). SEBA’s Hong...
A monkey had to be put down on medical advice after her owners failed to care for her. Precious – a Geoffroy’s marmoset – was euthanised...
Two brothers who caused “pain and suffering” to a pack of puppies have been jailed for nine months. Tom Mongan, 28, and William Mongan, 40, ran...
Tesla has hired a very experienced manufacturing executive from Stellantis to lead quality operations at Gigafactory Texas. As we previously reported, Tesla brought Tom Zhu, the...
A 15-year-old boy who died after a stabbing near a school in Leeds has been named as Alfie Lewis. The teenager was attacked on St Margaret’s...
Link figurine from Legend of Zelda with shop staff inside Nintendo Tokyo store in Shibuya. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Nintendo said Wednesday it...
Friends star Matthew Perry could not go through with a scene in which Chandler cheated on Monica, according to an actress on the episode. Lisa Cash,...
Actor Jeremy Renner has revealed the treatment he has undergone since he was seriously injured by his six-tonne snowplough in January. The Marvel star, 52, was...
Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey has been voted People magazine’s “sexiest man alive” for 2023. The 57-year-old actor replaces last year’s titleholder, Marvel’s Captain America star,...
A hotel room in Egypt where a British couple died was next door to a room that had been sprayed with chemicals to kill bed bugs...
Armed burglars have targeted the home of the mother on Neymar’s newborn daughter. Three people attempted to break into Bruna Biancardi’s apartment in Sao Paulo. A...
Glenn Maxwell’s record-breaking double-century that helped Australia fight back to beat Afghanistan and seal a place in the World Cup semi-finals has been described as the...
In downtown Miami at what is usually a centre for the performing arts, preparations are under way for a piece of political theatre. But the man...
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE), along with other regulators in the country, has recently published new joint guidance for virtual asset service...
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 02, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images...
Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said it would be “provocative” to hold a pro-Palestinian rally on Armistice Day as he revealed there would be “ongoing discussions”...
White people are 36% more likely to receive a positive response when applying to rent a home than black people, Sky News has learned. Exclusive figures...
A former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least two dozen women during various overseas postings has pleaded guilty to federal sex abuse...