President Putin has signed the necessary law to introduce the electronic currency Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday that introduces a digital ruble. According to the document published on the official government portal, the electronic currency will become operational on August 1.

The third launch in less than a week comes ahead of the 1953 armistice anniversary The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched two ballistic missiles from the vicinity of Pyongyang into the Sea of Japan on Monday evening, according to the South Korean military and the Japanese coast guard.

The paddleboarder who drowned outside ex-US president’s Martha’s Vineyard mansion was his chef Massachusetts police announced on Monday that the body found in the water outside  the estate of former US president Barack Obama was of his sous chef, Tafari Campbell. The 43-year-old African American reportedly drowned while paddleboarding.