Consumers who invest in cryptoassets “should be prepared to lose all their money,” the U.K’s Financial Conduct Authority warned cryptocurrency investors on Monday. That message came amid an 11 percent decline in the price of Bitcoin, the industry’s premier asset, whose value had tripled in the last three months. But it’s a warning that might…...
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Science, not politics, should rule Chinese vaccines donation — Pangilinan Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said the government’s task force against the COVID-19 pandemic should not use political goodwill as basis for approving a vaccine in the fight against the coronavirus. Senator Francis Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Pangilinan made…...
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Scammers are targeting those eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine through social media, email and phone calls. To avoid fraud, always begin your search on a county health department’s official website and never give out your bank information.Jan. 16, 2021...
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The Mumbai-based guitarist-producer infused his own voice as a fusion artist for the crime/drama biopic Anurag Tagat Jan 15, 2021 A decade ago, guitarist, vocalist and producer Achint Thakkar only had one EP to his name, as founder of psychedelic rock band Rosemary. Since then, he’d been slowly picking up more commercial projects as well…...
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The trial of the immediate past Chairperson of Kwara State Scholarship Board, Fatima Yusuf, and two others over N100 million Kwara bursary scam, has been adjourned due to the absence of Yusuf's lawyer, Y.O. Ahmed, in court. The court adjourned the case to January 26 due to the absence of the counsel to the first defendant.…...
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In settling a lawsuit with the parents of Seth Rich, the DNC staffer murdered in 2016, Fox News stipulated the settlement remain private until after the 2020 election, The New York Times reported. The multi-million dollar settlement was announced at the end of November, more than a month after it was reached on October 12,…...
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Top anti-vaccine advocacy groups received PPP funding from the Trump administration, The Washington Post reported. American distrust in the safety of COVID-19 vaccinations continues to pose a threat to public health. K. "Vish" Viswanath, a professor of health communication at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, told Insider that anti-vaccine groups are "likely…...
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Rebekah Jones, the Florida data scientist fired last year by the state's health department, has been arrested in Florida after she turned herself in. Jones, who worked on the state's COVID-19 dashboard, was fired over what she alleges was a refusal to alter data related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. State officials say…...
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has said troops “raided” the headquarters of his party, whose officials are preparing to launch a legal challenge to longtime President Yoweri Museveni’s declared victory in an election last week. “Heavily armed military and police have once again raided our party offices in Kampala,” said a Twitter update under the…...
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New Zealand17 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM5 minutes to readOverstayer Fiona Xiao is begging authorities to let her be legal for a day so she can lodge an appeal in her case to remain with her 5-year-old NZ citizen son Ivan. Photo / Dean PurcellNZ HeraldAn overstayer mother facing deportation is fighting to be made legal…...
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