Bitcoin, the world’s highest-valued cryptocurrency, hit a new record on Monday as it surged above $72,000. The token soared to a fresh all-time high of $72,030, breaking the record set in November 2021 and bringing gains for the year so far to nearly 70%, according to CoinDesk data. In 2021, Bitcoin reached $68,790 as the…

Washington has reportedly warned Austria’s banking giant Raiffeisen over its operations in Russia Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest foreign lender in Russia, risks “being cut off from the US financial system” if it is found to have helped fund Russia’s military, according to the US Treasury  Department, as cited by Reuters.

The former UK PM met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the newspaper has claimed Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson secretly flew to Venezuela last month to conduct unofficial talks with the leader of the South American nation, Nicolas Maduro, the Sunday Times has reported.