WASHINGTON — After weeks of stops and starts, Senate Republicans teamed up with a bloc of Democrats Tuesday to pass a landmark cryptocurrency bill that would establish the first regulatory framework for issuers of stablecoins. The vote on the GENIUS Act was 68-30. The vote marked the first time that the Senate has passed major … Read more
Police in Northern Ireland said they are dealing with a second night of disorder in Derry. The public has been asked to avoid the area as police deal with riots in the area 22:28, 17 Jun 2025Updated 22:40, 17 Jun 2025 Officers responding to civil unrest in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on June 11(Image: Getty Images) … Read more
Canada on Tuesday imposed sweeping new sanctions against hundreds of Russian individuals, entities and vessels in Moscow’s “shadow fleet” as the federal government reaffirmed its support for Ukraine. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the sanctions package alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta, along … Read more
The Chase Sapphire Lounge at LaGuardia Airport, accessible only to Sapphire Reserve customers. Benji Stawski / CNBC JPMorgan Chase is betting that a long list of new perks will keep affluent Americans hooked on its Sapphire Reserve card, despite a hefty bump in its annual fee. The bank on Tuesday unveiled an update to its … Read more
The baby of Adriana Smith, a brain-dead pregnant woman who was being kept alive by ventilators under Georgia’s abortion law, was delivered Friday, her family said. Her mother, April Newkirk, told NBC affiliate WXIA-TV of Atlanta that the baby, named Chance, was born prematurely via emergency Cesarean section. She said the baby weighed about 1 … Read more
Emergency worker Satinder Singh Sandhu described how he desperately called out to Vishwash Ramesh after spotting him trying to go back into the burning wreckage of Flight 171 16:14, 17 Jun 2025Updated 17:28, 17 Jun 2025 The sole survivor of the India Air plane crash tried to go back to the wreckage in an attempt … Read more
The owners of Jet Set, a popular nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where 236 people were killed when its roof collapsed during a live concert in early April, have been arrested and charged with involuntary homicide, the Dominican Republic’s attorney general’s office says. The establishment’s roof collapsed in the small hours of April 8 … Read more
Hong Kong Skyline Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Regencell Bioscience Holdings, an early-stage, Hong Kong-based bioscience company with no revenue, is the latest speculative overseas stock to attract an unusual surge in trading demand. Shares of Regencell, which says it develops traditional Chinese herb treatments to treat childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism, … Read more
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, removed posts on his personal X account about Saturday’s fatal attack on a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after facing fierce backlash from Democrats about the postings. Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith, a Democrat who was friends with the slain lawmaker, told reporters on Monday that she confronted Lee about his tweet. … Read more
International Atomic Energy Agency director Rafael Mariano Grossi said protective measures need to be put in place due to the risk of radiation at the Natanz nuclear facility 16:27, 17 Jun 2025Updated 16:28, 17 Jun 2025 Israel targeted the Natanz enrichment facility(Image: © 2025 PLANET LABS PBC/AFP via G) A major radiation warning has been … Read more