Cryptocurrency lender Genesis has filed for bankruptcy. The firm had recently been charged by US regulators Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with illegally selling crypto. It is part of the…
Sweden: Spotify cuts jobs in latest round of tech layoffs
Swedish music-streaming giant Spotify says it will cut 6% of its about 10,000 employees, citing a need to improve efficiency. “In hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of…
India: Eight-year-old diamond heiress who became a nun
Eight-year-old Devanshi Sanghvi could have grown up to run a multi-million dollar diamond business. But the daughter of a wealthy Indian diamond merchant is now living a spartan life –…
Brazil: Authorities airlift starving Yanomami tribal people from jungle
Brazil has airlifted 16 starving Yanomami tribal people to receive urgent treatment after the government declared a medical emergency. The indigenous people live in a reserve in Brazil’s northern state…
North Korea: Authorities issue ‘extreme cold’ weather alert
North Korean authorities have warned of extreme weather conditions in the country as a cold wave sweeps the Korean peninsula. Temperatures are likely to dip below -30C in the northern…
USA: Seven dead in another California mass shooting
The US state of California is reeling from its third mass shooting in eight days after a man shot dead seven former co-workers south of San Francisco. The attacks took…
South Africa: Pandor defends joint Russia-China military exercise
South Africa has defended its decision to hold a joint military exercise with Russia and China next month. Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor condemned the “double-standard” which says some countries can…
USA: Suspect found dead after dance studio attack
California police have identified the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a ballroom dance studio near Los Angeles as Huu Can Tran, 72, who was later found dead in…
Japan: PM says country on the brink over falling birth rate
Japan’s prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of its falling birth rate. Fumio Kishida said it was…
Cameroon: Canada to help facilitate talks to end conflict
The government of Cameroon and different groups involved in the separatist conflict in the country have agreed to take part in a process aimed at resolving the situation, the Canadian…