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Strapped for cash, North Korea may be turning to Bitcoin to deal with international sanctions aimed at tightening the financial noose around its nuclear and missile programs. Pyongyang is venturing into cyberspace by launching a bitcoin ‘mining’ operation. Could Bitcoin, the best-known cryptocurrency used for purchasing goods and services online, become a major source of income for Kim Jong-un’s regime?

The Trump administration wants to embrace innovation by planning for it to the tune of $200 million in grant funding annually for programs that offer science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), and computer science education. A senior administration official says the program’s goal is to give every student in the US access to technology education.

India and Japan are teaming up to try and keep China, Asia’s dominant power, in check. That could include sending patrols into the contested South China Sea — which Beijing claims about 90 percent of — or helping to arm rival maritime claimants, such as Vietnam, so they can build a defense against Beijing.

How will Angela Merkel work with the alpha male leaders like Donald Trump and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan now that she’s been re-elected to an historic fourth term as German chancellor? With the US turning more isolationist, Britain mired in Brexit and France’s untested young president already slipping in the popularity polls, many see Merkel as the West’s most reliable leader.

VIDEO: A order signed Sunday puts eight countries on a travel restrictions list, including Venezuela and North Korea, which are not Muslim majority countries. And, this time, the restrictions do not expire and could last indefinitely. Here’s the scoop on President Trump’s new travel ban.

Basketball is an all-American game, but its global reach is evident when you consider that nearly a quarter of all NBA players come from other countries. You can find that diversity on the Washington Wizards roster, which includes players from France, Poland, and the Czech Republic, as well as two players with roots in Africa.