Crypto asset managers continue to bet big on altcoins, with the latest exchange-traded fund issuer, Canary Capital, seeking regulatory approval to list a fund tracking Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) . Nashville, Tennessee-based Canary Capital on Thursday filed an S-1 form seeking approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its Canary PENGU ETF—a fund that

ISTANBUL (AP) — Thousands of people gathered outside Istanbul’s city hall for a second consecutive night on Thursday to rally against the arrest of the city’s mayor , a prominent contender against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which many view as a politically driven attempt to eliminate a key rival from the next presidential race. Mayor

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday. Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of

Ukraine said it hit Russia’s Engels-2 air base, causing fires and explosions. Engels-2 is a key Russian base used for launching bomber attacks on Ukraine. While Ukraine attacked the military base, Russia bombed a Ukrainian city overnight. Ukraine claimed responsibility for a major attack that set a blaze at a key Russian air base overnight

Watch: Sir Keir Starmer says Putin would breach any deal if security arrangements are not in place to defend it Russian President Vladimir Putin would breach a peace deal with Ukraine if it is not defended, Sir Keir Starmer has said, after attending a meeting of senior military leaders in London. The UK prime minister

Reuters Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainian and US officials will meet for peace talks in Saudi Arabia next Monday, after the Kremlin confirmed US-Russia talks there the same day. Ukraine’s leader said Russian President Vladimir Putin “must stop making unnecessary demands that only prolong the war”. Moscow’s demands include a complete end to military assistance

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