WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. — In August of 1892, Captain Peter G. Minch was taking his family on a summer cruise en route to Two Harbors, Minnesota, on the Western Reserve. Captain Minch, a ...

Trump first vowed to build a strategic bitcoin reserve at a bitcoin conference held in July 2024. The president is scheduled to host his first White House crypto summit on Friday.

An artificial bird bank designed to provide a safe nesting site for sand martins has been installed in a nature reserve in the north of the Isle of Man. The 10m (33ft) wide, and 2m (7ft) tall ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile, continuing his administration's embrace of the cryptocurrency industry.

The order allows Treasury and Commerce to expand bitcoin holdings through budget-neutral strategies, excluding altcoins. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested altcoins may eventually be ...

The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple. Rice shortages driven by factors from poor ...

WASHINGTON—Federal agencies risk shutting down late Friday night, and the Republican-led plan to keep them open has Democrats in Congress backed into a corner with few—if any—good options.

First Nations people harmed by Canada's underfunding of on-reserve child welfare services can now apply for compensation, as the claims process officially opens in a $23.4-billion class-action ...

Cryptocurrency prices dropped after Trump's strategic bitcoin reserve announcement. The reserve will include bitcoin already held by the US government, rather than new purchases. Other ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. Photo: Karla Ann Cote/Zuma Press/Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images/Lev Radin/Zuma Press President ...

PM Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the development, saying the country will always be at the forefront of protecting animals and contributing to a sustainable planet. He underlined that India is ...

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 22, 2024 shows bags of rice stacked in a supermarket in central Tokyo. The Japanese government said on February 14, 2025 it will release its stockpile of ...