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The EU’s landmark regulation for crypto takes effect within the week – and it doesn’t seem that any major specialised players have succeeded in getting authorised.  

equity markets to record highs in the current financial year. The benchmark Nifty 50 index has delivered 10.5% returns since 1 April, and has outperformed the equity indices of several countries, including China, Mexico, Brazil, France, Canada, South Korea, Australia, Germany, the UK and Hong Kong. The benchmark indices of these countries have delivered returns between -8.2% and 2.9%.

Adidas has issued an apology to supermodel Bella Hadid for the “negative impact” of a shoe campaign that paid tribute to the 1972 Munich Olympics.The apology is the second from the sportswear brand, which just last week removed Hadid from the campaign and said it would be “revising” its advertising over criticism from Israel.Hadid, who is half-Palestinian, was photographed for Adidas’ relaunch of the retro SL72 trainers.The shoe was originally created to mark the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, where eight members of the Palestinian militant group Black September invaded the Olympic Village and killed two Israeli athletes. Nine other Israelis were taken hostage.The hostages, five Black September attackers and a German police officer were killed in a failed rescue attempt.After Hadid’s Adidas campaign was launched, Israel accused the 27-year-old model of antisemitism “and calling for violence against Israelis and Jews.”Hadid has faced criticism from Israel in the past, namely for her vocal pro-Palestinian support and her advocacy for relief efforts for Palestinians in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas conflict..@Adidas recently launched a new campaign for their shoes to highlight the 1972 Munich Olympics.Eleven Israelis were murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the Munich Olympics.Guess who the face of their campaign is? Bella Hadid, a half-Palestinian model who has a history… pic.twitter.com/IgdGq2OLmd— Israel ישראל (@Israel) July 18, 2024In a statement last week, Adidas said any connections to “tragic historical events” were “unintentional.”“We apologise for any upset or distress caused,” the company wrote.

countries, the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are expected to be a spectacular occasion. The Games will take place in Paris and sixteen other towns in the metropolitan region of France from now until August 11; there will also be an event in Tahiti. In commemorating the 100th anniversary of the inaugural Paris Olympics in 1924, France will host the Olympics for the sixth time this year, as per the reports of Yahoo Sports.

Paris Olympics 2024 have already begun with the opening ceremony underway along the river Seine, leading to the iconic Eiffel Tower. The teams participating at the Olympics this year including USA, France, Jamaica, Great Britain, and others will be eyeing the medal events that will start off in a matter of a few hours now.

PARIS—France’s rail network was the target of a massive act of sabotage Friday, the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, officials said, bringing service on several high-speed rail lines to a halt in outages that are expected to last for days. Officials said fires were set at around 4 a.m. local time at several places around the country’s rail network.

Germany’s busiest airport canceled more than 100 flights as environmental activists launched a coordinated effort to disrupt air travel across Europe at the height of the summer holiday season to highlight the threat posed by climate change

Interpol tip-off, officials reported.

men's basketball team at the Paris Olympics 2024 as Team USA are the clear favorites when it comes to the gold medal in basketball.

Bitcoin (BTC) is closing in on $67,000 once again as ether (ETH) is trading around $3,400. Notably, ether is down 1.6% Wednesday, a day after the launch of spot ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in U.S. markets.

Focus Features announces the release date for Steven Soderbergh's spy drama "Black Bag," starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. The film will hit theaters on March 14, 2025.

Meta's newsroom, the AI chatbot is now accessible in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Cameroon. Additionally, the chatbot's multilingual functionality has been upgraded to include French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, with plans to incorporate more languages in the future.Enhanced Image Generation and Editing FeaturesThe latest update also brings advanced image generation and editing features to the AI chatbot.

Meta AI is now available in seven new languages, including Hindi, according to the social media giant. The move, which extends capabilities of Meta's AI assistant in the multilingual domain, essentially means users will be able to also interact with Meta AI across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook in these new languages.

The Treasury Department is ordering the nation’s banking industry to start disclosing its holdings of Russian assets, with the goal of eventually seizing those billions of dollars in assets and selling them to aid the devastated Ukrainian economy

Venice city officials say the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros during a test phase this summer, and that decisions on how to proceed would be made in the fall after a full analysis of the data

Paris Olympics 2024 that is beginning on July 26 this year. United States have always been clear favorites at international-level basketball ever since the game was introduced at the Summer Games, back in 1936. As long as Olympic history goes back, USA have always secured a medal from this sport, except one particular year (1980), when they were boycotting the Olympics.

Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency, began this week on a bullish note, trading around $67,500 and reaching an intra-day high of $68,418.

Airbus has shortlisted eight sites in India to open its second assembly line in the country in partnership with Tata Advanced Systems (TASL), weeks ahead of the inauguration of the first, which is for the C295 transport plane. The second plant will make the H125 and will be the fourth for the single-engine helicopter after factories in France, Brazil and the US. It will produce around 10 helicopters a year with the first of these debuting in early 2026. Airbus expects the Indian subcontinent excluding Pakistan to be a market for about 500 such helicopters over the next 20 years. The H125 starts at a list price of '30 crore. «The FAL (final assembly line) in India will not only make us competitive in terms of lead time, delivery time, it will also help us address the growth of the Indian market and possibly the demand from neighbouring nations,» Olivier Michalon, executive vice president, global business, Airbus Helicopters, told reporters in the French city, location of the helicopter's first assembly line. He expects the model to be as successful in India as the Airbus A320 is with the country's airlines. «H125 is our A320,» he said.

LEH: Expanding its probe into the seizure of 108 kilogrammes of gold bars from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) along the India-China border, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) found that gold bars were smuggled from seven countries, including the United States, Canada, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Dubai, and were brought to Tibet, from where they were meant to be smuggled into India. A total of five suspects, including a couple who ran two cafes in upmarket Leh, have been arrested and taken to Ludhiana for interrogation by a joint team of the DRI, customs and Intelligence Bureau, officials told ET. They said the couple, identified as Tender Tashi and Tashi Dolma, recruited Tenzin Samphel, a native of Hanley in eastern Ladakh, who in turn hired two couriers, Tenzin Targy and Tsering Chamba, from Hanley. The interrogation of the suspects revealed the name of the alleged kingpin, who is believed to be based in Delhi and is presently on the run, according to the people.

According to JPMorgan analysts, any recent rebound in cryptocurrency prices should be viewed as tactical rather than the start of a lasting upward trend.

Bitcoin’s recent ascent to $67,567—its highest mark in a month—signals a potential shift in market dynamics. Currently trading at $66,762, this rally is underpinned by several key factors.