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Researchers have calculated that a future quantum computer could recover a Bitcoin private key using far fewer qubits than once thought. No machine can do it today. But protecting exposed coins and moving Bitcoin to new signatures could take years.
Iran
Iranian missile and drone strikes have disrupted American bases and naval supplies across the Gulf. As Donald Trump threatens another bombing campaign, Washington faces depleted interceptor stocks and uncertainty over Iran’s surviving missile force.…
Ukraine goes unmentioned and Middle East divisions persist, but the BRICS New Delhi declaration advances a shared ambition for greater control over finance, trade…
United States
The war with Iran is exposing the financial costs of American power. Higher energy prices and expensive borrowing threaten to squeeze households already struggling with housing costs and student debt, while narrowing Washington’s room…
After 264 consecutive days without a full port call, the USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Thailand carrying an exhausted crew. Its refuge was Pattaya,…
Britain
More than half of Britain’s electricity is generated from renewable sources, yet international gas prices can still determine the wholesale price of power. As conflict in the Middle East pushes bills higher again, Britain…
Britain has exploited its command of the English Channel to tighten the pressure on Russia’s shadow fleet. Now Moscow is turning the map around.…
Africa
Africa is building the financial infrastructure its continental market has long lacked. PAPSS, direct African currency trading and regional settlement networks are beginning to connect economies once linked more efficiently to London, Paris and…
A Ukrainian drone has killed an Iranian sailor in the Caspian, Russia has paralysed Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor, and the Iran war is consuming…