United States
- Ilya Lichtenstein, Bitcoin hacker behind massive crypto theft, credits Trump for early prison release - Ilya Lichtenstein had been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty and admitting to the hack of crypto assets valued in the billions of dollars.
- China’s BYD poised to overtake Tesla as world’s top EV seller for the first time - The milestone would cap an extraordinary rise for BYD, a company Tesla's Elon Musk once dismissed by laughing at their products.
- How $160 million worth of export-controlled Nvidia chips were allegedly smuggled into China - The scheme involved falsifying shipping documents to misclassify the GPUs and hide their true destinations, including China and other prohibited locations.
- The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic - How much more chaotic could a second Trump term be? 2025 did not disappoint.
- Asia-Pacific markets set to open flat in year-end trade - Asia-Pacific markets were poised for modest gains on the holiday-shortened and final trading day of the year.
- How America Loses Vaccine Access - America could all but lose vaccine access. Here’s how.
- These restaurant chains closed locations in 2025 - Chains like Starbucks, Wendy's and Denny's announced plans to close underperforming restaurants in 2025.
- Home prices are getting slightly more affordable, but down payments are still holding buyers back - Housing is getting more affordable thanks to lower prices and lower mortgage rates, but it still takes more time to save for a down payment than pre-pandemic.
- Copper on pace for best year since 2009 as AI demand, supply fears fuel record price rally - Analysts say copper's record-breaking run could continue next year, citing supply disruptions and masssive spending on artificial intelligence.
- Ukraine denies attacking Putin's residence with drones - Ukraine has denied an allegation by Russia that it launched a drone strike on one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's "official residences."