Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is turning into a geopolitical test for Bitcoin as a digital currency in a time of crisis. So far, it appears to be passing. Bitcoin jumped more than 15% on Monday as the Treasury Department announced sanctions against Russia’s central bank and froze some Russian assets. The U.S. measures prohibit Americans … Read more
At a time when fossil fuel power plants are shutting down in favour of renewable energy, some plants in the US are getting a new lease of life to mine Bitcoin. Despite the known harmful impact on the environment, investors are pouring in money into reviving ageing fossil fuel plants.The idled Greenidge power plant in … Read more
According to Sujit Bangar, founder, Taxbuddy.com, most of the investors have multiple transactions in cryptocurrencies. “Important point to note is that we may sell a cryptocurrency at a profit or loss, but the TDS would certainly happen. However, we can claim refund of TDS on transactions involving loss,” he said. View Full ImageMint Arbitrage … Read more
AVENTURA, Fla., Feb. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With the announcement of more than $1.5 billion in exchange volume, Life Clips’ (OTC Pink: LCLP) (the “Company”) subsidiaries that make up the Belfrics group of companies, have significantly increased the year over year volumes on its exchanges and with it, an equally impressive increase in revenue … Read more
A Bitcoin (BTC) logo is displayed on a crypto currency ATM machine in a shop in Weehawken, New Jersey, U.S., May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Mike SegarRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterSAN PEDRO DE POAS, Costa Rica, Jan 11 (Reuters) – A small river in the middle of coffee plantations, sugar cane fields and a … Read more
A GUTTED student has told how they lost EVERYTHING by making one huge mistake after pumping their entire life savings into crypto. The naive investor said that for the past few years, they had been “slowly accumulating” different crypto coins. 1A student lost their savings after putting it all into cryptoCredit: Getty Taking to Reddit … Read more
RAWALPINDI: A person died due to Covid-19 in the district on Wednesday while as many as 11 people tested positive for the virus and 10 patients discharged from the hospitals after recovery. Malzoom Bibi, 55, resident of Taxila, was brought to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Dec 7 where she died on Wednesday … Read more
Police officers check the vaccination status of shoppers against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the entrance of a store in Vienna, Austria, November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi NiesnerRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comRegisterVIENNA, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Austria powered down public life on Monday as its fourth national COVID-19 lockdown began, making it the … Read more
Aren’t things a bit… weird right now? Aren’t they? A bit odd? Everywhere I look Britain seems to be glitching slightly, news melting under the gentlest light, people fixed in 10-minute yawns. Last week I was walking through central London on a frosty evening when, upon turning a corner, I found myself suddenly in the … Read more
Covid has caused the loss of 28m years of life, according to the largest-ever survey to assess the scale of the impact of the pandemic.The enormous toll was revealed in research, led by the University of Oxford, which calculated the years of life lost (YLL) in 37 countries. The study measured the number of deaths … Read more
Brigham & Women’s Hospital Working as a nurse during a pandemic has been a humbling experience. What I presumed would be a smooth intro to intermediate medical nursing quickly shifted when the pandemic hit four months into my first hospital job. All of a sudden, we were immersed in this deadly pandemic, and a few … Read more
Calls for the government to introduce extra measures to contain Covid have grown louder. At the last count these came from the NHS Federation, the British Medical Association, Macmillan Cancer, the behaviours and modelling subcommittees of the emergency science group Sage, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, the president of the Royal … Read more
European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yves HermanStability and Growth Pact governs states’ borrowingPandemic debts and climate costs forcing rethinkDeep divisions remain over how loose rules should beBRUSSELS, Oct 18 (Reuters) – So often the source of rows between its members, the European Union starts reviewing … Read more
England’s richest people are living for a decade longer than the poorest, and the life expectancy gap between them has widened to “a growing chasm”, research has revealed.The difference in expected lifespan between the wealthiest and poorest areas has more than doubled since the early 2000s, an analysis of official data by the King’s Fund … Read more