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14.07 / 20:19
business
Government
News
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi to resign over coalition crisis
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said he will tender his resignation on Thursday night, after his coalition government collapsed.
14.07 / 19:53
business
Ursula von der Leyen
Italy PM Mario Draghi survives confidence vote but coalition in doubt
Italian Premier Mario Draghi won a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday, but the future of his government was in doubt after the populist 5-Star Movement boycotted the vote, throwing his coalition into crisis.
14.07 / 18:43
business
Gas
Russian airstrike kills at least 20 people in central Ukraine
Russian missiles struck a city in central Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 20 people and wounding about 90 more, Ukrainian authorities said, in what the country's president has called “an open act of terrorism” on the country’s civilian population in areas with no military value.
14.07 / 14:41
14.07 / 14:35
Ethereum
solana
ethereum price today
Bitcoin
Crypto Price Today Live: Bitcoin trades below $20,000; Ethereum, Solana, Shiba Inu gain marginally
Barring the US dollar pegged USD Coin and XRP, all other major crypto tokens were trading in the green, but with limited gains in the last 24 hours. Ethereum, Solana, Shiba Inu and Unus Sed Leo gained a per cent each. The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading lower at the $870.34 billion mark, dropping close to two per cent in the last 24 hours. However, the total cryptocurrency trading volume gained about 4 per cent to $55.52 billion.
14.07 / 14:03
business
History
Ukraine plays symbolic role in France's Bastille Day parade
The war in Ukraine featured prominently in Bastille Day celebrations in France on Thursday, with thousands of French troops marching down the Champs-Elysees avenue alongside allies from Eastern Europe.
14.07 / 13:37
Crime
OTC
Police
Silver
No, Ukrainian Prosecutors Didn’t Just Seize 830kg of Silver from an OTC Crypto Gang – Here’s What Happened
Reports that prosecutors in the Darnytskyi District of Kyiv, Ukraine, have recently busted a gang of over-the-counter (OTC) crypto brokers – who allowed individuals in Russia and areas under Russian control to swap silver, cash, and land for cryptoassets – appear to be somewhat wide of the mark.
14.07 / 12:55
business
Technology
'Wake-up call': EU Ombudsman finds Commission guilty of maladministration over Pfizer texts
The EU's watchdog on Thursday criticised the Commission's handling of a request for the texts exchanged between President Ursula von der Leyen and the CEO of Pfizer as a "wake-up call" for EU accountability and upheld her finding of maladministration over the matter.
14.07 / 10:49
business
Technology
Estonian PM resigns to form new government
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas resigned on Thursday in order to form a new government coalition in the Baltic country.
14.07 / 09:25
business
Technology
Hungarians protest for second day against tax overhaul
Protesters in Hungary's capital blocked main traffic arteries for the second day in a row Wednesday in opposition to a tax overhaul pushed through this week by the country's right-wing governing party.
14.07 / 08:31
pandemic
Low
Brexit, working conditions and low pay: An inside look at Europe’s hotel staffing crisis
“It’s been a traumatic couple of years.” That’s how the CEO of a hotel loyalty programme sums up the COVID era. “But things are looking great now,” another Chief Executive Officer chimes in.
14.07 / 00:07
business
Technology
Ukraine war: Ten latest developments to know about in the conflict
Russian missile strikes in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv killed at least five people, Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday.
13.07 / 22:13
business
Prison
Katsiaryna Andreeva: Belarusian journalist sentenced to more than eight years in prison
A Belarusian court has sentenced a journalist to more than eight years in prison for reporting on mass opposition protests in 2020.
13.07 / 21:45
business
Sunak
Tory leadership: Sunak and Mordaunt lead race to succeed Boris Johnson after first vote
The race to succeed Boris Johnson as the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain — and therefore, as UK prime minister — tightened on Wednesday.
13.07 / 17:21
Target
Bank of Canada Surprises With Full-Point Rate Rise to Combat Inflation
OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada on Wednesday raised its policy rate by a full percentage point and judged that further rate increases are necessary, marking one of the most dramatic moves to date by a developed-world central bank to drive down inflation.
13.07 / 16:47
Yellen Pitches Russian-Oil Price Cap to Chinese Counterpart
TOKYO—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen discussed the possibility of placing a cap on the price of Russian oil during a virtual meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, in one of the first signs of American efforts to pitch China on a plan to limit Russia’s revenue from oil sales.
13.07 / 16:35
business
Trading
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Price
The search term ‘Bitcoin Crash’ is trending — Here’s why
Last year, the word “crypto” was trending all over the internet as the crypto market was generally flourishing.
13.07 / 16:11
Technology
Women
Time
committee
Pope Francis names women to bishops advisory committee for the first time
Pope Francis has for the first time named three women to serve as members of the Vatican committee that vets bishop nominations.
13.07 / 15:39
Technology
Refugees
Two-thirds of Ukraine refugees plan to stay put for now, according to UNHCR
Around two-thirds of refugees from Ukraine expect to stay in their host countries until hostilities subside and the security situation improves after Russia's invasion, a survey by the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has found. The survey was conducted between mid-May and mid-June.
13.07 / 13:43
Threat
Europe’s Economies Show Resilience as Fresh Energy Threat Looms
Europe’s economies showed resilience in May but remain vulnerable and could suffer a steep downturn should Russia stop supplying natural gas to the region.
13.07 / 13:37
European Union
Heatwave
Russia and Ukraine hold talks to ease grain export blockage
Military officials from Russia and Ukraine are due to meet in Istanbul on Wednesday, for their governments' first face-to-face talks in months. The session will be devoted to a United Nations plan to export blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea.
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