By THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES (Associated Press) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As the six-month sprint to the Iowa caucuses begins, the sprawling field of Republican presidential candidates is facing growing pressure to prove they can become serious challengers to former President Donald Trump. The urgency is particularly acute for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, […]
Russia's notorious mercenary firm The Wagner Group has launched a second major recruitment drive in prisons to persuade murderers and sex offenders to sign up for combat. The Mirror has reported that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is trying to persuade inmates to join up to Vladimir Putin's fight against Ukraine in return for a Kremlin […]
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – A group of ruling party lawmakers are working on a proposal for Japan to issue its own digital currency, one of the members said, in a sign of alarm Tokyo is feeling about Facebook’s Libra and China’s drive to create a digital yuan. The digital currency […]
