Female members of the Ukrainian Army's 128th Carpathian Mountain Assault Brigade train in different combat scenarios as they prepare to join the frontline in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on July 15, 2023. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesWar, the military, combat, the frontline — all traditionally seen as...
A JAS 39 Gripen C/D fighter aircraft takes off from Lulea-Kallax Airport, Sweden on March 4, 2024 during the NATO Nordic Response 24 military exercise, a Norwegian national exercise carried out in northern Sweden, Norway and Finland with associated airspace and waters.Anders Wiklund | AFP...
The logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone with an EU flag pictured in the background.Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty ImagesAn EU law that seeks to rein in large digital companies has officially kicked in, spelling big changes...
Workers collect dry cocoa beans in front of the store of a cocoa cooperative in the village of Hermankono on Nov. 14, 2023.Sia Kambou | Afp | Getty ImagesAnalysts believe the cost of the core chocolate ingredient may have room to extend its record-breaking run,...
"Fortnite" creator Epic Games' Chief Executive Tim Sweeney leaves after a weeks-long antitrust trial at federal court in Oakland, California, U.S. May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-SmallBrittany Hosea-small | ReutersApple has rejected Epic Games' application for a developer account it would use to launch an...
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde speaks as she presents the bank's 2022 Annual Report to the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 26, 2024. Frederick Florin | AFP | Getty ImagesFRANKFURT — The European Central Bank will meet again this week amid...
Copper plates on wagons ready for onward shipping at the Mufulira refinery, operated by Mopani Copper Mines Plc, in Mufulira, Zambia, on Friday, May 6, 2022.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesKoBold Metals, a mining startup backed by billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is bullish on...
Many passport rankings focus on one factor: visa-free travel.But passport strength is more complex than this, according to the tax and immigration consulting firm Nomad Capitalist.That's why it produces a weighted annual index that analyzes five criteria:Visa-free travel — 50%Taxation — 20%Global perception —10%Ability to...
Vladimir Putin at a rally at Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin on March 18, 2018.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty ImagesMoscow is continuing its saber-rattling over the pro-Russian region of Transnistria in Moldova, and analysts are saying that while Russian authorities would find it hard to physically reach the...
British digital bank Monzo on Tuesday raised $430 million in fresh capital from investors to help it relaunch its services in the U.S.Monzo raised the money in a new funding round led by CapitalG, the independent venture arm of Google parent company Alphabet.HongShan, the Chinese...