The World Bank has looked at the benefits of smart contracts and found the blockchain instruments to be a “limited” financial tool. Source link
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said the ‘terrorists’ fueling violence in Belgrade will be arrested and held accountable, after the fourth day of protests saw more teargas and clashes with riot police. “I am proud of Serbia for enduring this,” Vucic said on Friday from Paris, where he was meeting […]
New Jersey pharmaceutical firm Becton, Dickinson and Company has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a fast, easy-to-use test for novel coronavirus infections. At first glance, the Veritor test system from BD, as the company is widely known, might seem like exactly the thing public-health officials […]
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that state governments have the right to penalize so-called ‘faithless electors’, members of the Electoral College who do not support the victor of their states’ popular presidential vote. Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the court’s Monday ruling that states have the right to instruct […]
Then-Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper speaks at an Iowa forum in 2019. Now the former Colorado governor is running for U.S. Senate — and locked in a battle for the Democratic primary. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Neibergall/AP Then-Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper speaks at an Iowa forum […]
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda came top in the first round of the presidential election, the majority of results showed on Monday. He fell short of the overall majority needed to avoid what looks set to be a tight run-off vote on July 12, Reuters reports. Duda, an ally of the […]
Sweden’s Riksbank has looked into the viability of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for its local market and declared mixed results. In a 96-page economic review, updated June 18, the world’s oldest central bank presents four models for supplying a digital version of the Swedish krona (e-krona) as well as […]
A COVID-19 patient is attached to a ventilator in the emergency room at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. A steroid treatment is showing promise in reducing mortality for patients on ventilators. John Minchillo/AP hide caption toggle caption John Minchillo/AP A low-cost anti-inflammatory drug appears to reduce the risk of […]
Google has claimed there is a perfectly benign reason for Winston Churchill’s photograph disappearing from its search engine – but many are unconvinced, as the iconic British PM is now in the eye of the protest storm. Eagle-eyed internet users raised hell after discovering that Churchill – who led the […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Some Russians imprisoned in the United States have been tested for the novel coronavirus and the results were negative, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov told reporters on Thursday. “Some of the prisoners already tested for coronavirus. Fortunately, results are negative”, Antonov said. Russia continues to urge […]
People in cars arrive at a drive-up COVID-19 testing site outside a Rite Aid in Toms River, New Jersey, on April 22. About 3 percent of Rite Aid stores are offering testing for the virus. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images People […]
US 22:05 GMT 21.05.2020Get short URL The 73-year-old judge, whose job was to supervise the election process and voter activities of his electoral divisions, was said to have boosted results for a number of candidates in recent years running for various judicial and elected offices at the local, state and […]
www.youtube.com 33,000 Floridians who took COVID-19 test may have incorrect results Nexstar Media Wire TAMPA (WFLA) — Health care company AdventHealth says as many as 33,000 Florida patients who took COVID-19 tests may have been told incorrect results, or received no results at all. The Florida company said over the weekend that […]
The President of Tanzania John Magufuli did not trust the World Health Organization or their coronavirus testing.President Magufuli is also a chemist. So President Magufuli submitted several samples to the WHO for testing. President Magufuli: We took samples from goats. We sent samples from sheeps. We took samples from pawpaws. […]
The iconic Champs-Élysées and its Arc de Triomphe stand eerily empty before V-E Day ceremonies Friday in Paris. The 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, which was expected to be a time for vast parades and celebration, instead unfolded in the shadow of France’s coronavirus […]
SEOUL—South Koreans may be proud of their record relegating coronavirus to the status of a relatively minor menace, but the kind of voluntary social distancing called for now is hard. If anyone doubted that, a new outbreak in one of Seoul’s legendary nightclub districts provides an unsettling reminder. South Korea […]