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For years, Bhutan has measured its economic and social development using uncommon currencies: happiness and sustainability.

But amid growing economic pains and a brain drain, the small, landlocked Himalayan kingdom is adopting a new emblem of progress, which is propelling Bhutan into a leading role, globally, in embracing financial innovation: Bitcoin.

Nestled between India and China, Bhutan – also the first country in the world to become carbon negative– has mined millions of dollars in…

Chinese leader arrives in Vietnam on Monday against the backdrop of US-China trade tensions.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that trade wars “yield no winners” as he prepares to kick off a tour of Southeast Asia against the backdrop of heightened trade tensions between China and the United States.

Writing in Vietnam’s Nhan Dan newspaper ahead of his visit to the country on Monday, Xi said that countries should work to advance a “comprehensive and inclusive global economic…

The Australian’s win in the second F1 race in the past three rounds catapults him to second in the drivers’ standings.

Oscar Piastri won his second Formula One race of the season, riding the pole position into a victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

With his fourth career victory, Piastri moved into second place in the driver standings, three points behind his McLaren teammate, Lando Norris.

“That should be one hell of a party tonight. Mega weekend everyone. That was pretty damn fun,”…

Rory McIlroy ended his long wait for a Masters title with a birdie on the opening hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Justin Rose and claim the career Grand Slam after a nerve-racking final round.

After missing a 5-foot par putt at the 18th in regulation that forced the playoff on Sunday, McIlroy made sure he did not let his latest chance at major glory slip away and returned to the same hole in the playoff, putting his approach 2 feet from the cup.

When the winning putt dropped, McIlroy…

The group also claims it shot down a US MQ-9 drone in the airspace of Hajjah governorate.

United States strikes in Yemen’s Sanaa province have killed six people and wounded more than a dozen others, Houthi media has said.

Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah news reported on Sunday that two US raids also targeted the al-Yatmah area in Khab and al-Sha’af District in al-Jawf governate, northern Yemen.

In a separate statement on Sunday evening, the group said a US MQ-9 drone was shot down in the…

The US president says there are no tariff exemptions for electronic items, but that they fall under a separate category.

US President Donald Trump has said that no one is “getting off the hook” after he appeared to dial down the pressure on China slightly by listing tariff exemptions for electronic products for which Beijing is a major exporter to the United States.

In the latest global trade war twist and turn from the Trump administration, the president asserted on Sunday that there was…