Bitcoin plummeted, extending its drop to 29 percent from a record high, on speculation some traders were buying its offshoot amid a struggle over the digital currency’s future. Bitcoin dropped to as low as $5,605 on Monday, from a record
Norway’s proposal to sell off $35 billion in oil and natural gas stocks brings sudden and unparalleled heft to a once-grassroots movement to enlist investors in the fight against climate change. The Nordic nation’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund said
President Trump’s Asia trip: What to know President Donald Trump visits Asia for a 12-day trip to five nations. The top issue to dominate his agenda: North Korea’s nuclear program, amid Pyongyang’s increased missile launches. Here’s what you need to
Yuri Milners Los Altos Hills house, bought for $100m. Photograph: Google EarthMilner said that as a management company, DST Global had sole discretion over its investment decisions. He said that he, like other investment managers, did not disclose the identities
London (CNN)Britain’s Prince Harry and the American actor Meghan Markle have described their joy at the prospect of getting married, hours after their engagement was announced on Monday. The prince declined to elaborate on his proposal to Markle, but when
We thought we had done well and it was time we paid something back to society: Homayun and Parvin. Photograph: Karen Robinson for the Observer Two years ago Homayun, who came to the UK from Afghanistan in 1979, was watching
Explorer and conservationist Philippe Cousteau is the grandson of ocean-mapping legend Jacques. Co-founder of EarthEcho International, an environmental nonprofit aimed at inspiring young people to work on sustainability, he travels the world filming documentaries from Sumatra to South Africa. In Cousteau’s
(CNN)Charles Manson, the wild-eyed 1960s cult leader whose followers committed heinous murders that terrorized Los Angeles and shocked the nation, died Sunday of natural causes, according to the California Department of Corrections. He was 83. The diminutive and charismatic Manson
Actor George Takei was accused Friday of sexual assault by a former actor and model in Hollywood. (AP) George Takei, best known for his role in “Star Trek,” was accused Friday of sexual assault by a former actor and model,