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French MPs push exit tax on crypto above €800,000 and fines for undeclared wallets

French MPs want wealthy crypto investors who leave the country to pay tax on their paper gains, under an amendment backed in committee last week alongside fines of up to €10,000 for undeclared self-custody wallets, though every measure must be voted on again.

Euronews · 11h ago

Laos names veteran diplomat with international outlook to be new prime minister

Laos has a new prime minister after the National Assembly elected veteran diplomat Saleumxay Kommasith

The Independent UK · Oct 6

Nicolas Maduro's Son Reveals What Father Wanted to Know About Delcy Rodríguez in First Call From U.S. Prison

Nicolás Maduro's son revealed details of his first post-capture call with his father, who asked about Venezuelan political leadership and offered words of encouragement.

Latin Times · Oct 5

The French Senate: Old, expensive and out of touch or necessary safeguard to democracy?

France is gearing up for an election this Sunday, September 27 to renew just about half of the Senate's 348 red velvet seats. The French parliament is the country's bicameral legislature. The lower house (the National Assembly) tends to overshadow the upper house (the Senate). So what does the Senate…

France 24 · Sep 24

Bitcoin Quietly Plants a Flag in an Unexpected South American Nation Suriname as Oil Money Starts To Flow

Suriname's grassroots Bitcoin networks predate new VASP rules as TotalEnergies builds a $10.5B oil project ahead of first production in 2028

International Business Times UK · Sep 23

Rare Aztec manuscript returns to Mexico on loan after nearly two centuries in France

A prized 16th-century manuscript chronicling the rise and fall of the Aztec Empire has gone on display in Mexico City, nearly two centuries after it was taken to France, as Mexico continues to press Paris for its permanent return.

France 24 · Sep 17

South Korea's expanded espionage law takes effect amid push to protect chip technology

The National Assembly passed the revised Criminal Act on February 26 after years of criticism that existing laws ‌were ill-suited to ⁠punish ⁠technology and industrial espionage involving non-North Korean actors.

The Economic Times · Sep 13

Kenya cracks down on foreign traders

In tonight's edition, Hundreds of Burundians flocked to ⁠their embassy in ​Nairobi to get travel documents to return home. Also, in his first speech to the National assembly, Senegal’s Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo slams the rise of xenophobic rhetoric on the continent. Also, FRANCE 24's Georja Calvin Smith…

France 24 · Sep 8

Senegal and IMF strike $2.2bn deal, two years after debt scandal froze funding

Senegal and the International Monetary Fund have reached a staff-level agreement on a new $2.2 billion (€1.9 billion) lending programme, nearly two years after an earlier deal was suspended following the discovery of previously unreported public debt.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 2

‘Tree of justice’ protest: how Vietnamese youth are mobilising online to hold the powerful to account

A fatal car crash and a censored rap album, seemingly unrelated and a year apart, have sparked what could be the largest revolt of Vietnam’s youth in living memory. Over the past ten days, millions have mobilised around the death of an 18-year-old student, caused by a former National Assembly…

The Conversation · Aug 21