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Bitcoin recoups some losses after Musk-triggered tumble

Bitcoin popped back above $50,000 in Asian trade on Thursday, clawing back some of the 17% plunge that followed Elon…

5 years ago

Top scientists question the need for COVID-19 booster shots

COVID-19 vaccine developers are making ever bolder assertions that the world will need yearly booster shots, or new vaccines to…

5 years ago

When Biden meets Putin: old foes could cool off but not reset

The United States and Russia are lowering expectations for big breakthroughs at a superpower summit between U.S. President Joe Biden…

5 years ago

Top U.S. fuel pipeline recovering from devastating ransomware attack

After a six-day outage, the top U.S. fuel pipeline on Thursday moved some of the first millions of gallons of…

5 years ago

More than 4,000 Indians die of COVID-19 for second straight day

India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day on Thursday, while infections stayed below 400,000 for…

5 years ago

Taiwan proposes $7.5 bln in spending as domestic COVID-19 cases rise

Taiwan's government proposed on Thursday an extraT$210 billion ($7.52 billion) in spending to help the economy deal with the COVID-19…

5 years ago

Italy fines Google $123 mln for abuse of dominant position

Italy’s competition watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Google (GOOGL.O) 102 million euros ($123 million) for abuse of its…

5 years ago

Digital coin ether hits record high as 2021 gains near 500%

Cryptocurrency ether hit a record high on Wednesday, taking gains this year to almost 500% on the back of a…

5 years ago

U.S. removes Xiaomi from blacklist, reversing late China jab by Trump

The U.S Department of Defense will remove China's Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) from a government blacklist, a court filing showed, marking a noteworthy…

5 years ago

Uber, Lyft want more public subsidies to meet California EV mandates

California clean-air regulators want nearly all trips on Uber and Lyft ride-hailing platforms to be in electric vehicles, mandating costly…

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