China is beating the U.S. when it comes to innovation in online money, posing challenges to the U.S. dollar’s status as the de facto monetary reserve. Nearly 80 countries — including China and the U.S. — are in the process of developing a CBDC, or Central Bank Digital Currency. It’s a form of money that’s
Month: July 2021
The UK’s former cyber security chief has raised the alarm over the sale of a Welsh microchip manufacturer to a Chinese-backed company. Ciaran Martin, the former chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), said the purchase of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia, a Dutch subsidiary of the Chinese company Wingtech, poses a greater
Senior ministers are set to discuss extending the rollout of daily COVD testing sites to ease the concerns of industry and frontline services by allowing further exemptions from isolation for critical workers. The COVID operations sub-committee of Cabinet will meet later to discuss if the number of jobs eligible for the testing regime should be
Tunisia’s president has been accused of staging a coup by his opponents after he dismissed the prime minister and froze parliament following violent demonstrations over the country’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement on Tunisia’s state television, President Kais Saied said he would assume executive authority with the support of a new prime
R Kelly is facing additional accusations in his sex trafficking case, including one that he had sexual contact with an underage boy that he met in a McDonald’s. In a court filing on Friday, federal prosecutors in the US revealed the latest raft of allegations (but not charges) against the rapper in his ongoing case.
If you’ve ever wondered how the reigning No. 1 DJ in the world, David Guetta, throws down live — the video below powered by Pioneer DJ will show you exactly how it’s done! The “How I DJ” series provides an in-depth look at the art of DJing, including musical, technical and creative approaches to the mix.
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Elon Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX was awarded a $178 million (roughly Rs. 1,324.80 crores) launch services contract for NASA’s first mission focusing on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa and whether it may host conditions suitable for life, the space agency said on Friday. The Europa Clipper mission is due for blastoff in October 2024 on
Turns out, Morgan Wallen is looking for a fresh start in more ways than one … he’s leaving the neighbors who called him a menace to the hood and heard him hurl the n-word after a late night out with friends. According to real estate docs, Wallen sold his 4-bed 3-bath home in Nashville earlier
24K-Production | iStock Editorial | Getty Images The crypto market is down 46% from its all-time high in May, but shrewd investors are celebrating the dip in prices. Because the IRS classifies digital currencies like bitcoin as property, losses on crypto holdings are treated much differently than losses on stocks and mutual funds, according to
The health secretary has apologised for saying people should no longer “cower from” coronavirus. Sajid Javid said he had deleted the tweet, which he posted on Saturday to say he had made a “full recovery” a week after testing positive for COVID-19. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world I’ve deleted a
Zopa, one of Britain’s biggest digital financial services providers, is in talks with investors about a £100m capital injection that will put it on course to become the country’s latest fintech ‘unicorn’. Sky News has learnt that Zopa has hired JP Morgan, the Wall Street investment bank, to advise on what is expected to be
Dr Angelique Coetzee is a GP in the South African capital Pretoria, where she has run a family clinic for the past 33 years. But she has never known anything like COVID-19. She said: “If you have never been in such a situation, you can’t imagine what it is like. We’ve been dealing with 30
Two weeks after the largest anti-government demonstrations in decades in Cuba, activist groups say more than 500 protestors are still missing. Thousands of people across the island marched through the streets in several towns and cities on 11 July, calling for democracy and sweeping economic reform in the country amid major food and medicine shortages.
News Liz Phair Cancels Tour Dates with Alanis Morissette and Garbage Cat Power will step in for Phair, who cited “unforseen circumstances” for the departure By Allison Hussey July 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter Liz Phair, May 2019 (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Liz Phair has canceled her appearance on an upcoming summer tour
The Dutch teenager who became the world’s youngest space traveller this week surprised billionaire Jeff Bezos on the flight by telling him he’d never ordered anything on Amazon.com. Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old physics student, accompanied Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos and 82-year-old female aviator Wally Funk – the oldest person to go to space –
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