In the summer of 2018, rumors began circulating on WhatsApp groups about a kidnapping gang operating in India's western state of Maharashtra.
The rumors eventually inspired a lynch mob that kille...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The success of bitcoin is not threatening the U.S. dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency, Federal Reserve official James Bullard told CNBC Tuesday (F...
It has been a week since Myanmar's military, the Tatmadaw, ousted the nation's democratically elected government and returned the country to military rule.
Widespread public animosity toward ...
KAOHSIUNG (Taiwan News) — Lunar New Year is nearly here and Taiwan’s success in managing the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic means that celebrations will largely be continuing as nor...
BANGKOK (AP) — The military coup in Myanmar is unlikely to do the country’s struggling economy, once considered a promising “last frontier,” any good at all.
Myanmar's economy has l...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — For Taiwanese wanting to put new banknotes in red envelopes for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, the country's state-owned financial institutions will provide a ba...
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian authorities say they have broken a ring printing high-quality forged banknotes and documents, including a fake passport with the photo of actor Sylvester Stallone to i...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A man surnamed Chiu (邱) has been sentenced by the Taipei District Court to pay a fine of NT$135,000 (US$4,724) for tearing up banknotes worth NT$126,000.
According to c...
Pope Francis met with dozens of members of the Council of Europe's anti-money laundering outfit Moneyval on Thursday at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. The Moneyval team has been in Rome since...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Money laundering is not a good idea, as a South Korean found out when he or she put banknotes in a washing machine to remove possible traces of the coronavirus.
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BEIRUT (AP) — In troubled times, people have been known to hoard currency at home — a financial security blanket against deep uncertainty. But in this crisis, things are different. This time cash itse...
NEW YORK (AP) — In a world suffering a pandemic, cash is no longer king.
A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical c...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Yemen warned Thursday that the military situation in the war-torn country is growing “increasingly dire,” pointing especially to an alarming escalation...
More school closures and the suspension of business travel are among the steps being taken around the world to fight the spread of the new coronavirus.
These are some of the latest d...
PARIS (AP) — The Louvre is no longer taking cash, because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The world's most-visited museum is shifting to card-only payments as part of new measures that...
