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Bitcoin briefly plunged below $10,000 late Tuesday afternoon on Coinbase, after first topping the psychologically key level in late November. Other major digital currencies also sold off sharply. Digital currency ethereum plunged 30 percent Tuesday, to below $1,000, while ripple fell below $1. In fact, nearly every major cryptocurrency suffered massive losses during the day.…
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The sister of a mum who kept her 13 children starving and shackled in a California ‘house of horrors’ said she thought it was « strange » no one was allowed to visit. Elizabeth Jane Flores, 41, from Tennessee, said she has not seen her sister Louise Anna Turpin for 19 years and knew something was « not…
January’s cryptocurrency selloff got fresh impetus on Tuesday when Bitcoin slumped as much as 25 percent, as the prospect of regulatory crackdowns appeared to spread. While the largest digital coin was down 25 percent at $10,338 as of 4:37 p.m. in New York, it was still at the lowest level since early December, according to…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Steve Bannon (centre) attended a House Intelligence Committee closed door meeting on Tuesday Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to US President Donald Trump, has been summoned to testify before a grand jury, US media report. He was reportedly subpoenaed by former FBI director Robert Mueller, who is leading an…
Syrian Kurdish fighters previously armed by the United States are no longer part of the battle against ISIL and the US-led coalition doesn’t support them, a US military official said on Tuesday. The comments were the first indication by American officials that US-led forces may not intervene if Turkey follows through with a promised cross-border military…
Kathmandu, Nepal – In Nepal’s far western Achham, a remote arid region where farming villages dot the foothills of the Himalayas, government and aid workers have walked from door-to-door for nearly a decade to advocate against chauupadi, an ancient Hindu ritual where women are banished from their homes during menstruation. Their ultimate goal is to…
It was originally settled as a stopover for reindeer herders who’d bring their animals to the town’s nearby hot springs. It cannnnn warm up in the summer. In July, the average temperature is around 58 degrees, but the town’s overall yearly temp is a coooooool 4 degrees.
The United States is cutting more than half of its planned funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, a source has told Al Jazeera. Washington will give the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) $60m in aid for Palestinians but will hold back a further $65m, a source knowledgeable with the…
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