A slew of crypto-related accounts in China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform were blocked over the weekend, as Beijing stepped up a crackdown on bitcoin trading and mining. More actions are expected, including linking illegal crypto activities …
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Serena Williams Knocked Out of French Open; Federer Withdraws
Serena Williams turns 40 in September. Roger Federer hits that milestone the month before. No one knows how many more French Open appearances each will make, and this year’s tournament …
your ads here!Turkey Vows to Defeat ‘Sea Snot’ Outbreak in Marmara Sea
Turkey’s environment minister pledged on Sunday to defeat a plague of “sea snot” threatening the Sea of Marmara, using a disaster management plan he said would secure its future.A thick, …
your ads here!New York Film Industry Booming Despite COVID Pandemic
As New York COVID restrictions ease, Broadway is hoping to draw people back to the theater while the movie industry is expanding its footprint in the Big Apple. Evgeny Maslov …
your ads here!Meghan and Harry Welcome Second Child, Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana
The second baby for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is officially here: Meghan gave birth to a healthy girl on Friday.A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan said Sunday …
your ads here!UN: Contaminated Food Sickens 600 Million, Kills 420,000 Every Year
In advance of World Food Safety Day, U.N. agencies are calling for concerted action to ensure food is free of the toxins that every year cause the deaths of hundreds …
your ads here!US Senators in Taiwan Announce Vaccine Donation
A bipartisan delegation of three United States senators landed in Taiwan on Sunday and announced that Washington would donate 750,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to its ally.The high-profile delegation and gift …
your ads here!US Donates 750,000 COVID Shots to Taiwan
The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Sunday that the global count of COVID-19 cases has reached 173 million, while the death toll is approaching 4 million.India which has …
your ads here!Johnson to Call on G-7 to ‘Vaccinate World by 2022’
When the leaders of the world’s industrialized nations meet next week in Cornwall, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ask them to commit to “vaccinate the entire world against coronavirus …
your ads here!Microsoft Says ‘Tank Man’ Image Blocking Due to Human Error
Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine briefly not showing image results for the search term “tank man” on the anniversary of the bloody military crackdown …
your ads here!Scientists Should Probe Lab Leak Origin of COVID-19, Analysts Say
Analysts say there is increasing interest in determining whether the coronavirus leaked from a research lab in Wuhan, China, where the deadly virus was first detected in humans, as the …
your ads here!Cambodian Circus Adopts ‘No Pain, No Gain’ Attitude in Bid to Break Record
Choub Kanha, started her circus career at age 9, recently performed for more than 24 continuous hours in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the single longest …
your ads here!Global War on Ransomware? Hurdles Hinder US Response
Foreign keyboard criminals with scant fear of repercussions have paralyzed U.S. schools and hospitals, leaked highly sensitive police files, triggered fuel shortages and, most recently, threatened global food supply chains.Escalating …
your ads here!Essential Quality Crosses Finish Line First in Belmont Stakes
Favorite Essential Quality passed early leader Hot Rod Charlie to cross the finish line first Saturday in the Belmont Stakes.Essential Quality passed Hot Rod Charlie around the final turn and …
your ads here!Millions of Nigerian Twitter Users Blocked as Ban Takes Hold
Millions of Nigerians struggled Saturday to access Twitter, a day after authorities suspended the service in response to the company’s deletion of a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari for violating …
your ads here!Biden Turns to Obama to Help Boost Health Care Enrollment
President Joe Biden turned to his old boss, former President Barack Obama, on Saturday to help him encourage Americans to sign up for “Obamacare” health care coverage during an expanded …
your ads here!China Port City Imposes COVID-19 Restrictions
China’s Guangzhou city, a port city of more than 13 million people, on Saturday ordered more restrictions due to a rise in COVID-19 cases that began in late May.Of the …
your ads here!Chinese Scientists Developing Inhalable COVID Vaccine
Chinese state media report that scientists are developing an inhalable, fine-mist COVID-19 vaccine. The Chinese Food and Drug Administration has approved the vaccine for expanded clinical trials and is applying …
your ads here!Nigeria Suspends Twitter Over President’s Deleted Tweet
Nigeria’s government said Friday it was suspending Twitter indefinitely in Africa’s most populous nation, a day after the company deleted a controversial tweet President Muhammadu Buhari made about a secessionist …
your ads here!FDA Approves Obesity Drug That Helped People Cut Weight 15%
Regulators on Friday said a new version of a popular diabetes medicine could be sold as a weight-loss drug in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy, a higher-dose …
your ads here!UN Launches Decade of Ecosystem Restoration
The United Nations is marking World Environment Day with the launch of a decade dedicated to restoring the Earth’s ecosystem, which is rapidly approaching “the point of no return,” U.N. …
your ads here!Facebook Suspends Trump for at Least Two Years
Facebook said Friday it would suspend Donald Trump’s accounts for at least two years, retaining a ban on the former U.S. president that it imposed after determining he incited the …
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