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19 Nov 2023

Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios Is Miss Universe 2023

The coveted title of Miss Universe 2023 has been bestowed upon Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua. Securing the runner-up position is Anntonia Porsild from Thailand, while Moraya Wilson of Australia has claimed the the second runner-up position.

17 Mar 2022

Ukraine legalises cryptocurrency to fight Russian invasion

Ukraine has legalised cryptocurrency as the country received donations worth tens of millions of dollars. The new market will be regulated by the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market. Crypto exchanges and companies that handle other virtual assets will have to register with the government.

07 Sep 2021

El Salvador becomes first country to adopt Bitcoin as official currency

It purchased 200 tokens earlier and another 200 more recently, ahead of its rollout as a legal tender. The country will accept payment in bitcoin alongside the US dollar, which has been El Salvador`s official currency since 2001.

25 Jun 2021

Bitcoin to become legal tender in El Salvador on September 7

El Salvador`s Congress on June 9 approved Bukele`s proposal to embrace the cryptocurrency, making El Salvador the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. Salaries and pensions will continue to be paid in US dollars, said Bukele, without specifying if that included salaries paid to state workers and private sector employees. According to Athena Bitcoin`s website, the ATMs can be used to buy bitcoins or sell them for cash.

09 Jun 2021

Crypto update! THIS country makes Bitcoin legal tender

The U.S. dollar will also continue as legal tender. Bitcoin must be accepted by firms when offered as payment for goods and services. Tax contributions can also be paid in cryptocurrency.

06 Jun 2021

Big news for crypto investors! THIS country is making Bitcoin legal tender

President Bukele said in a video shown at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami. The decision is expected to generate jobs and help provide financial inclusion to thousands. Mobile payments app Strike welcomed the decision.

18 Nov 2020

Storm Iota breaks up over El Salvador but leaves major flood risk

Storm Iota unleashed flash floods in areas already waterlogged with rain, forcing thousands across Central America to flee their homes. The strongest storm on record ever to hit Nicaragua, Iota struck the coast late on Monday.

30 May 2019

Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes off El Salvador coast: USGS

The US National Tsunami Warning Center said there was no warning in place for the coast of the western United States.

22 Jun 2017

6.8-magnitude quake hits Guatemala, second in eight days

San Marcos was hit by earthquakes in 2012 and 2014 that left dozens dead.

Malcolm Turnbull

15 Jun 2017

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull mocks Donald Trump over ''Russian guy'' at media party

Turnbull was one of the first foreign leaders Trump spoke to after he took office on Jan. 20.

25 Nov 2016

Hurricane, earthquake hit Central America

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega declared a national emergency to handle both potential disasters.

27 Aug 2016

Flags at half mast as Italy mourns earthquake dead

Flags flew at half mast across Italy today as the country observed a day of mourning for the victims of an earthquake that killed nearly 300 people.

31 May 2016

El Salvador gang truce mediator released from detention

El Salvador released on Monday Raul Mijango, the mediator of a controversial gang truce who was arrested in early May, but the legal proceedings against him will continue, authorities said.

09 Apr 2016

Panama Papers leak: Authorities raid Mossack Fonseca office, seize documents

Authorities in El Salvador on Friday raided the local offices of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, seizing documents and equipment, the country's attorney general's office said.

02 Jan 2016

New Year's homicide toll rises in El Salvador

The Central American nation of El Salvador is off to a bloody start to the new year after a shockingly violent 2015.

01 Jan 2016

El Salvador starts new year with 13 violent deaths

Thirteen people died in separate violent incidents in El Salvador on Friday, including five gang members who tried to gun down police, authorities said.

17 Dec 2015

El Salvador ex-football chief arrested in FIFA probe

He was apprehended in a seaside residential complex south of the capital by elite police officers.

11 Dec 2015

El Salvador court OKs extradition in FIFA scandal

Vasquez is facing trial for allegedly pocketing payroll taxes that his furniture company was supposed to pay for its employees.

30 Oct 2015

6 males, at least 3 from street gangs, killed in El Salvador

Authorities in El Salvador say at least one suspected Mara street gang member and three other males were found shot to death in house while two other suspected gang members died in an attack on a police station.

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