Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in, FT reports
Chinese tech giants, including Alibaba-backed Ant Group (688688.SS) and e-commerce company JD.com have halted plans to issue stablecoins in Hong Kong ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Tuesday that his government was unexpectedly informed about a Russia-US meeting in Saudi Arabia on the same day, learning of it only through media reports.
During a joint press conference in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Zelenskyy expressed surprise at the meeting in Riyadh, saying,"The Russia-US meeting (in the Saudi capital Riyadh) was a surprise to us. We learned about it from the media.”
Discussing bilateral relations, he emphasized that Türkiye-Ukraine ties remain strong and expressed gratitude to both the Turkish president and people.
He also highlighted Türkiye’s firm stance in supporting Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty amid the ongoing war, which has lasted nearly three years. Additionally, Zelenskyy acknowledged Ankara’s role in facilitating the release of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
Polls in Bolivia closed on Sunday, with voters awaiting the results of a presidential runoff that marks a significant rejection of the socialist government and points towards a potential shift in foreign policy, likely steering towards the United States after years of tense relations.
On October 19, 2025, President Donald Trump announced the appointment of Mark Savaya, a Michigan-based entrepreneur, as the U.S. Special Envoy to Iraq.
Tufan Erhurman, a centre-left moderate, won the Turkish Cypriot presidential election on Sunday, defeating incumbent hardliner Ersin Tatar in a pivotal vote that could revive stalled U.N.-backed reunification talks on the divided island of Cyprus.
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a White House meeting on Friday to accept Russia’s conditions for ending the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, warning that Vladimir Putin had threatened to “destroy” Ukraine if it refused to comply, according to FT.
Countries criticized UK, France, Germany for ‘legally and procedurally flawed’ attempt to trigger ‘snapback mechanism’
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