Senator Lummis proposes a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to cut the $36 trillion US debt in half and...
Senator Cynthia Lummis has proposed creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve as a way to tackle the massive $36 trillion national debt and strengthen the US dollar’s global position. She argues...
Cryptocurrencies tumbled on Sunday in a risk-off move after President Donald Trump hit Canada, Mexico...
The price of bitcoin was last lower by 7% at $93,768.66, according to Coin Metrics. The CoinDesk 20 index, which measures the largest 20 digital assets by market cap,...
The 25 best places to travel in 2025
From bubblegum-coloured lakes in Australia to a solar-powered safari camp in Botswana, these are BBC journalists’ top destinations this year. Travel has the power to...
RSC announces world premiere of Roald Dahl’s BFG
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced that it will be adapting Roald Dahl’s children novel The BFG for the stage. Working alongside Chichester Festival...
Marianne Faithfull, the 60s icon and rock star muse who carved her own path
By her own admission, Marianne Faithfull, who has died aged 78, “didn’t do conventional”. She was the convent-educated teenager who abandoned school after meeting the Rolling...
January 2020: The scanners used to stop Covid’s deadly spread
In January 2020, Thai authorities were amongst the first to have to grapple with a worrying new disease. The frontlines included the country’s shopping malls....
New non-opioid painkiller approved by US health agency
A new type of non-opioid painkiller, aimed at treating short-term pain in adults, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The...
Combative Trump blames diversity policies after air tragedy
Donald Trump stood before the White House press room cameras on Thursday to perform a traditional presidential duty – consoler-in-chief during a time of tragedy....