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The US crypto industry has welcomed Trump’s return to the White House, praising policies its says mark a clear departure from the deep skepticism of the previous Democratic administration toward digital currencies. ― File pic via Reuters

Eric Trump touts cheap energy under father’s policies as boost for bitcoin mining

An undated handout photo released by Gilmour Space Technologies on May 14, 2025 shows a three-stage Eris rocket seen near Bowen, on the east coast of Australia. — AFP pic

Historic Australian rocket launch halted by fault, new attempt weeks away        

People walk near the Syrian flag, as US President Donald Trump announced that he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria, in Aleppo, Syria May 14, 2025. — Reuters pic

Sanctions no more? Syria’s war-torn economy braces for life after Assad

In this picture taken on March 28, 2025, a Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) soldier works at a plantation in their model farm at Katukurunda. — AFP pic

Sri Lanka’s ‘commando farmers’ battle salt to save farms, food supply

Student Banele Phaladi arrives at the Kgololo Academy in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, on May 8, 2025. The Kgololo Academy is an elite school in the destitute township of Alexandra. — AFP pic

In Johannesburg’s poorest township, a private school plants seeds of freedom and future

Experts from King’s College London and the University of East Anglia (UEA) said the document, which the US institution acquired in the 1940s, is just one of seven from King Edward I’s issue of Magna Carta in 1300 that still survive.  

Bought for US$27, now priceless: Harvard’s Magna Carta is a rare original

This photo taken on April 29, 2025 shows a general view of the Ma’anshan Nuclear Power Plant next to the beach in Pingtung, in Southern Taiwan. Taiwan will turn off its last nuclear reactor on on May 17, fuelling concerns over the self-ruled island’s reliance on imported energy and vulnerability to a Chinese blockade. — AFP pic

Taiwan to pull plug on nuclear power, sparking energy security fears

A Meta logo is pictured at a trade fair in Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany, April 22, 2024. — Reuters pic

AI meets America First: How Big Tech is backing US dominance under Trump 2.0

This handout photo taken on May 14 and released by the Central Investigation Bureau of the Royal Thai Police shows a rescued orangutan baby in a plastic basket in Bangkok. — AFP pic

Thai man arrested for smuggling baby orangutans, worth RM38,000 each

This file picture shows Rohingya refugees on a capsized boat before being rescued in the waters of West Aceh on March 21, 2024. — Reuters pic

India accused of dumping Rohingya refugees into Andaman Sea, UN expert demands answers

A frame grab from a New Zealand Parliament TV feed shows Maori lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (centre) standing up during a first reading of the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill. — AFP pic

Suspension vote looms for Māori MPs after ‘haka’ protest in NZ parliament

Protesters join demonstration in support of the Palestinian people on the day of the commemoration of the

‘A new Nakba every day’: Palestinians mark 77 years of displacement amid Gaza war

A view of an abandoned van with graffiti reading ‘Welcome to Culiacan’, in the western state of Sinaloa, September 27, 2024. — Reuters pic

Mexican beauty influencer shot dead during TikTok livestream in Guadalajara

Ben Cohen, co-founder of ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, is removed by US Capitol Police as US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, May 14, 2025. — Reuters pic

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder arrested for protesting Gaza war at US Senate hearing

US President Donald Trump holds a soccer ball as he attends an event with Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and FIFA President Gianni Infantino (not pictured), at Lusail Palace in Lusail, Qatar, May 14, 2025. — Reuters pic

Inside Trump’s luxury jet scandal and crypto empire fuelling new ethics storm

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