April 2026

US Throttles Intelligence-Sharing With South Korea After Nuclear Disclosure Row The United States has reduced intelligence sharing with South Korea pertaining to eavesdropping on North Korea following an alleged leak tied to sensitive information, according to local media reports. But it is a major allegation that the government has dismissed as ‘absurd’. South Korean President Lee […]

Coinbase Now Lets UK Users Borrow Against Their Bitcoin And Ethereum Via Decrypt.co, Coinbase launched crypto-backed USDC lending for U.K. users on Monday. Bitcoin holders can borrow up to $5 million in USDC, with Ethereum-backed loans capped at $1 million. The service uses Morpho, an open-source lending protocol on Ethereum layer-2 network, Base. Crypto exchange

China Loads Up On US Chip Tools Via Southeast Asia Amid Supply Chain Shift China’s imports of chipmaking equipment from Malaysia and Singapore rose sharply in 2025 to surpass those from the US, which sank to an eight-year low, an analysis by Nikkei Asia has found – even as American companies remain a vital source

Spain’s Services Crumble; Military-Aged Male Migrants Overwhelm Registry Offices Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Huge queues of migrants continue to snake through Spanish cities this week as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s socialist government opened the floodgates on its controversial mass regularization program. Applications for legal status and work permits kicked off last Thursday following

Ukraine Billionaire Spends $554 Million For World’s Most Expensive Apartment In Monte Carlo It makes sense that a nation which has consistently ranked at the top in all global corruption rankings, produces some of the most extravagant demonstrations of stolen wealth.  Take billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, among many other assets owner of the Azovstal steel complex in Mariupol