Decentralized finance (DeFi) has been clogging the Ethereum network, but not in the way most analysts would have guessed. An architectural quirk in the most-used software version of Ethereum, Geth, has led to an uptick in the practice of spamming the network to secure trade profits over the last six […]
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In some ways, the 2020 election is shaping up much like the 2016 election. Polls show Biden in the lead just like they did for Hillary. And enthusiasm is on Trump’s side, just as it was in 2016. Although, according to GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, one difference is that enthusiasm […]
On Sunday, the World Health Organisation reported a global single-day record for new COVID-19 cases as 230,370 positive tests were reported worldwide over the past 24 hours. Asia-Pacific stocks jumped in Monday morning trade, according to CNBC News. Japan’s Nikkei 225 was 1.34 percent higher, driven by Softbank Group and robot maker Fanuc shares, which […]
Lauren Van Netta in her apartment in New Orleans. “We don’t have a whole lot of options that don’t involve risking our lives,” she says. “We need help. We really do.” Lauren Van Netta hide caption toggle caption Lauren Van Netta Lauren Van Netta in her apartment in New Orleans. […]
‘Unacceptable threat’ and ‘provocation’: European nations fume after US pulls out of talks on global digital tax …from Russia Today, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: The US pulled out of the digital tax talks with Europe when they were at the 11th hour. Gosh, might it have something to do with […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107951/66/1079516678_0:29:3000:1716_1200x675_80_0_0_79194fc18c785bd685b295d8d5bac19e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006231079694219-men-produce-higher-levels-of-antibodies-to-covid-19-reports-suggest/ The global death toll from COVID-19 is almost 470,000, with over 9 million cases detected globally; almost 4.51 million of those patients have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. NHS figures say that men seem to produce much higher levels of antibodies to […]
As the coronavirus lockdown is gradually eased in the UK, government ministers have been seeking to get people working again and kick-start the stalled economy, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak underscoring that the top priority is “to support people, protect jobs and businesses through this crisis.” UK Chancellor of the Exchequer […]
Health Editor’s Note: This study offers significant proof that smoking for African Americans is a real risk for strokes. A very good reason to try to stop smoking…..Carol NIH study links cigarette smoking to higher stroke risk in African Americans by NIH News Release African Americans who smoke are nearly […]
Covid-19 mortality rates among BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people in England are higher than for the white population, with black people most likely to contract the deadly disease, according to an official report. A review of “Disparities in the risk and outcomes of Covid-19” was finally released by […]
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: This Covid prison story came as no surprise. In both the pandemic preparation and the scramble for protection equipment and testing, the prisons and jails were at the end of the competition line. The rationale for the would […]
Russia’s Foreign Ministry will send letters to the Financial Times and New York Times demanding they retract reports which claim the actual death toll from Covid-19 in the country is much higher than the official figures. The editors-in-chief of those outlets will be handed the letters on Thursday through the […]
In the ever-curiouser markets of 2020, bitcoin is only slightly more volatile than the S&P 500 and nowhere close to the bumpy ride oil has been on. In early trading at 00:00 UTC, the world’s oldest cryptocurrency was in $8,800 territory before jumping as high as $9,125 on spot exchanges […]