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17.08 / 19:27
Health
Climate change
Germany's Scholz slams Abbas' '50 Holocausts' remark
Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed Mahmoud Abbas after the Palestinian president accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts”.
17.08 / 18:05
Sport
Health
Threat
Ukraine war: 'Likely Kyiv counterattack' in Crimea, Kerch Bridge threat, Zaporizhzhia conditions
Explosions at key Russian positions in occupied Crimea on Tuesday were "likely part of a coherent Ukrainian counteroffensive to regain control of the west bank of the Dnipro River," according to the US think-tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
17.08 / 18:05
Sport
Health
New Polish school textbook provokes anger over section on fertility
Poland's conservative government has been criticised over a new school textbook that appears to disparage in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment.
17.08 / 15:47
17.08 / 15:25
business
inflation
Time
UK hits double-digit inflation for the first time in 40 years
The inflation rate in the United Kingdom reached 10.1%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 10.1% in the 12 months to July 2022. It's a significant leap from 9.4% in June.
17.08 / 14:51
Health
Climate change
European Union
Brexit: UK starts legal action over exclusion from EU science programmes
The UK has launched a formal appeal against its exclusion from EU scientific research programmes, using a provision in the post-Brexit agreement, the British government has confirmed.
17.08 / 13:29
Sport
European Union
Why the sale of guns on Facebook in Iraq is so 'rife'
Facebook users in Iraq are exploiting the platform's lack of Arabic and Kurdish-language moderation policies in order to purchase guns online, according to a report.
17.08 / 13:05
UPS
Target
Continental
Record eurozone inflation: Which countries in Europe are being worst hit as energy prices soar?
The UK’s inflation rate has surged to a 40-year-high of 10.1 per cent in July, the Organisaton of National Statistics (ONS) reported on August 17.
17.08 / 12:47
cryptocurrency
CEO
Platform
Crypto.com
regulatory approval
regulatory
Crypto.com Gets UK Regulatory Approval
Authorities around the world are grappling with how to regulate the crypto sector.
17.08 / 09:11
ETF
interview
Bitcoin
Former JPMorgan, Barclays execs on why crypto jobs attractive even in bear market
Despite the ongoing cryptocurrency market decline and associated forced layoffs in major crypto firms, a career in crypto doesn’t turn less attractive to many traditional finance executives.
17.08 / 06:37
business
regulation
Bitcoin
Crypto.com secures UK registration for 'cryptoasset activities’
Digital asset exchange Crypto.com has just been given the green-light for “certain cryptoasset activities” in the United Kingdom, after receiving registration confirmation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Tuesday.
17.08 / 03:05
BURST
Michael Lewis: Banking has become a world of ‘pointless respectability’
Michael Lewis bursts onto the screen with smiles and hellos – bubbly, friendly, with a passionate, infectious enthusiasm that seeps out on the page, but is even more palpable in person (well, by video call). He gushes about London, how much it has changed since the seven-year period in the 1980s when he studied at the London School of Economics and then sold bonds at Salomon Brothers’ UK headquarters.
17.08 / 00:45
European Union
Migrants
Forest fires
NOT
'Europe not the cause of UK's problems', says UK PM frontrunner Liz Truss in leaked audio
The favourite in the contest to succeed Boris Johnson as the UK's next prime minister has been heard criticising the productivity and culture of British workers, who she says need "more graft".
16.08 / 19:03
business
Government
regulation
Huobi Global suspends derivative trading in New Zealand
Crypto exchange Huobi Global announced the suspension of derivatives trading in New Zealand. The statement from Huobi said the new restrictions against derivative offers are in light of compliance with local regulations.
16.08 / 18:45
Climate change
European Union
Tourism
Ukraine war: Crimea base explosions; Putin accuses US; and Moscow slams 'lies' over nuclear weapons
Russia has "no need" to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, its defence minister said on Tuesday, calling speculation that Moscow might deploy nukes "absolute lies".
16.08 / 17:49
Climate change
European Union
Tourism
Life sentence for schizophrenic German who killed six in Trier car-ramming attack
A man who killed six people by driving his car into a crowd of pedestrians in a German city in 2020 has been sentenced to life in prison.
16.08 / 15:05
Ukraine war
Bitcoin
Norway exports record as natural gas prices surge
Norway's exports reached a record in July, driven mainly by natural gas prices that have soared since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
16.08 / 15:05
Citi
Digital
Dreams
Bitcoin
Ukraine now ranks second in the world for crypto use. Which other countries have embraced it?
Long gone are the times when cryptocurrency was just a niche, far-fetched revolutionary ideal for the people who dreamed of achieving social change through technology, and those who could sniff a good investment.
16.08 / 15:05
Ukraine war
Bitcoin
Ukraine war: Multiple explosions tear through Russian military base in Crimea
Multiple explosions shook a Russian military base in Crimea on Tuesday, the latest in a spate of similar incidents on the occupied peninsula.
16.08 / 14:01
Provident
Platform
Intuit
Scalable Capital doubles client assets to €10 billion
The crypto offering came six months after Scalable Capital raised more than €150 million in a Series E funding round led by Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent."In just a few years, our assets went from zero to ten billion euro. We’re delighted about this milestone, especially in view of the current challenging market environment.
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