Bitcoin value rises over $1 billion as Japan, Russia move to legitimize cryptocurrency

Earlier this month, Japan began accepting bitcoin as legal currency with major retailers backing the new law. Consumer electronics retailing giant Bic Camera began accepting bitcoin last week. Bitcoin trading in Japanese yen is the second-most liquid market globally,...

No chance of Russia cutting ties with Assad, says former presidential advisor

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, has arrived in Moscow following the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting. That meeting included Middle East nations that have opposed the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad, which has received renewed international criticism...