Bitcoin and ether are trending down as traditional markets closed in the red Wednesday. On a 24-hour basis, bitcoin (BTC) was in the red 4 percent Wednesday afternoon Eastern time and ether (ETH) was down 3 percent. Most other cryptocurrencies were off as well. Notable assets down in the dumps on CoinDesk’s big board include NEO (NEO) in the red 5 percent, bitcoin SV (BSV) slipping […]
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The chief surgeon and director at one of Haiti’s major hospitals was kidnapped on his way into work, triggering protests from the facility’s staff, who have refused to take any new patients until the doctor is freed. The surgeon, Dr. Jerry Bitar, was abducted soon after leaving his home for the Bernard Mevs hospital in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince on Friday, an administrator at the facility […]
The $2 trillion stimulus deal in the U.S. wasn’t enough to keep many cryptocurrencies from taking a dip Wednesday. Bitcoin (BTC) was down a more than 1 percent over the past 24 hours as of 20:00 UTC, and only NEO (NEO) was a gainer, up by less than 1 percent. Ether (ETH) is down 2 percent. Other cryptocurrencies flashing red on the CoinDesk digital asset board […]
With the deluge of headlines blaring the latest crisis sparked by the spread of the coronavirus, Mediaite has decided to dedicate at least one story per day to good news coming in from around the world. Social media campaign “The Great American Takeout,” which encourages people to support their local restaurants amid the coronavirus outbreak, successfully went viral on Tuesday. The food industry has been devastated […]
When former Vice President Joe Biden pulled off the most unlikely come-from-behind victory in modern political history on Super Tuesday, his campaign staff breathed a tentative sigh of relief, and not only because Biden now stood a decent chance of capturing the Democratic presidential nomination. These staffers also felt that victory might provide an opportunity to replace some senior campaign officials who had helped steer the […]
Stock markets around the world are starting the week mostly lower as the spread of the coronavirus continues to drag down the global economy, The FTSE index is down over four percent at the start of trading in London, while Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC have plummeted almost five percent. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source
Fox News’ 8 p.m. show Tucker Carlson Tonight won Thursday’s cable news ratings with 4,816,000 viewers– 970,000 of which were between the ages of 25 and 54. Tucker Carlson made waves after he slammed Senate Intelligence chair Richard Burr (R-NC) on the show over reports that Burr dumped stock just before the coronavirus crisis. Hannity at 9 p.m. came in close second with 4,803,000 total viewers and 958,000 […]
Things might be going from bad to worse for Elon Musk and his merry band of alternative energy cultists in China. While Musk is currently in the midst of criticism from the Chinese government related to a bait and switch he is pulling on vehicle hardware (while blaming the coronavirus), the Chinese government appears to be set on slashing additional alternative energy subsidies in 2020. China […]
Exile Iranian musicians critical of religious hardliners in Tehran converged this month to perform in the most unlikely locale: Saudi Arabia, Reuters reports. Taking place amid heightened tensions between the regional enemies, the event was promoted as cultural dialogue but also allowed the kingdom a subtle dig at Tehran, with Saudi-owned MBC Persia airing the concerts for Iranian viewers. The concerts in the al-Ula desert site […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave an update on the state’s coronavirus situation on Tuesday, opening up about the anger he incurred by ordering the closures of so many public spaces. In his press conference, Cuomo spoke about how New York, New Jersey and Connecticut agreed to close bars, restaurants, gyms, schools, and other types of crowded areas in order to reduce the possible spread of virus. […]
Fox & Friends used their Tuesday morning to become the latest cable news program to embrace social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic, striking a very different tone on the public health risk from just late last week. While the Fox & Friends hosts conducted the show from the same studio, Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade were all positioned in the different areas on set. […]
A London-based think tank has brought legal action against the Cardano Foundation for allegedly terminating a 2017 agreement. The Switzerland-based group supporting the blockchain and cryptocurrency project confirmed in a blog post Monday that Z/Yen had initiated legal proceedings against it. “It is our obligation to inform the Cardano community of legal proceedings recently initiated by the Z/Yen Group Limited (UK) against the Cardano Foundation (Switzerland),” […]
While it will probably not come as a surprise to anyone who read our earlier post to “Brace For A Record Decline in GDP“, but moments ago Goldman – which last week called the bear market just hours before it officially materialized, and cut its year-end S&P price target to 2,450 which the S&P almost hit late on Thursday – finally capitulated on its optimistic take […]
Congressman Devin Nunes offered some suggestions to Fox News viewers about going out to restaurants and pubs this morning with comments very much at odds with what Dr. Anthony Fauci has been publicly advising today. Nunes told Maria Bartiromo people should not overly panic, saying, “There’s no shortage of food in this country. People don’t need to go to the store and fight over a bottle […]
HomeWorld News 15 Mar, 2020 14:06 Get short URL Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and people close to him have been tested for the coronavirus, the PM’s office reported. None of those tested had symptoms of the disease. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, on his late-night Saturday program, riffed against CNN’s Jim Acosta‘s “idiotic emotional bias” against President Donald Trump, billing it a “CNN virus,” after the CNN White House correspondent questioned why Trump called the coronavirus a “foreign virus.” Gutfeld began, “Then there’s this clown who says calling it a foreign virus is racist.” Gutfeld then played a clip of Acosta asking why Trump called Covid-19 a […]
Syria has shut schools, cancelled most public events and minimised public sector hours to prevent any spreading of the coronavirus, as officials said the war-ravaged country was still free of the disease despite reports it was hiding cases, Reuters reports. Addressing a news conference on Saturday, Education Minister Imad al-Azab said schools would be shut until April 2 while Syria monitors for the virus, and said […]
The White House is holding a Covid-19 task force briefing on Saturday with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, and before it began, they took the unprecedented measure of having each member of the media tested for a fever. CNN’s Kristen Holmes tweeted about the move, which involved a member of the White House physcian’s office and a press aide take each reporter’s temperature. […]
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnel is taking heavy fire for keeping the chamber in long recess even after House approval of a bipartisan bill on emergency relief to coronavirus epidemics. McConnel took a hands-off approach to this week’s work on federal response to the disease, allowing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to negotiate what a bipartisan approach to the emergency would look like. He agreed to cancel […]
Horror novelist Stephen King’s latest hot take on the Covid-19 outbreak has not gone over well online, slamming President Trump’s response team for having the wrong race, age and gender – but netizens advised he stick to fiction. Weighing in during the president’s national emergency declaration on Friday – where Trump was joined by a group of health officials tapped to help with efforts to contain […]
The result of the Fed’s first emergency POMO is out. Less than half an hour after the NY Fed announced it would conduct six emergency POMOs staggered across the entire day on Friday, and amounting to a total of $37 billion in securities across the curve from 0 to 30 years, as per the following schedule: 20 to 30 year sector at 10:30 – 10:45 am […]
With the COVID-19 pandemic worsening throughout the world, CoinDesk is taking immediate action on Consensus 2020. As the organizers of Consensus and Blockchain Week NYC, our goal has always been to bring the community together to educate, grow, and create meaningful connections in a safe location. It is no longer possible to do that in a physical location. Nonetheless, we are seizing an opportunity to make […]
While Australian politicians are calling for ever more “draconian” social-distancing measures to tackle Covid-19, including school closures and axing public gatherings, a message in the sky provides a somewhat calmer suggestion. A sensible skywriter broadcast their straightforward message, to “wash your hands,” in the clouds above Sydney on Thursday. Skywriting has apparently become a popular method of communication amid the worsening coronavirus crisis, with another protester […]
Six states are holding primaries today – with Michigan awarding the most delegates, followed by Washington State, Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho and North Dakota. Results are expected to begin rolling in around 8 p.m. Eastern time. Former VP Joe Biden has 664 delegates under his belt going into tonight’s voting, while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) trails with 573. After Sanders’ lost an early delegate lead on Super […]