Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., were two of the marquee guests at last week’s bitcoin conference in Las Vegas and spoke about the promise of cryptocurrencies—just as their family has taken a major stake in the industry that has raised ethical concerns.
Trump Media & Technology Group announced last week that it struck a deal to raise $2.5 billion in capital to buy cryptocurrencies as U.S. President Donald Trump and his family continue to increase their exposure to bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Ukraine carried out a major drone operation on Russian airfields on Sunday in an attack codenamed Spiderweb, in what some pro-Russian bloggers called Moscow’s “Pearl Harbor.”
Turkey and Belgium will join the international drone coalition to help support Ukraine in its war of attrition against Russia, Andris Spruds, the defense minister from Latvia, said last week.
A group of Western countries issued a report last week that said North Korea has been arming the Russians with ballistic missiles and troops amid Moscow’s war with Kyiv in violation of UN resolutions that has helped Moscow “increase its missile attacks against Ukrainian cities, including targeted strikes on critical civilian infrastructure.”
John Healey, the British defense secretary, said Sunday that London will spend at least £3 billion on its long-range weapons that he said is a clear “message to Moscow.”
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to ramp up pressure against European countries who disagree with the bloc’s anti-Russia policy and announced last week that Berlin could support Slovakia and Hungary losing European Union funding if they continue refusing the bloc’s sanction policy against Russia over its war in Ukraine.
Remember the days back in the late 90s and early 2000s when Baby Boomers were moving into big homes, many mass-produced? Those days are over. Now, with income levels declining, those who can afford a home are going small. But small is still expensive.
Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s top diplomat, said last week that Germany is “now directly engaging” in war against Russia after recent comments from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about lifting limits on long-range weapons for Ukraine, and promising to help Kyiv ramp up production of weapons that threaten the Russian state.
The Houthis last week identified May as the “hottest, most severe, and most painful month” for Israel since the conflict began shortly after the Hamas attack in 2023 and said there had been 22 operations that targeted military sites and other vital locations inside the country, according to a report.