Fri 10 December 2021: German auto giant Volkswagen said on Thursday that it would bulk up its investment in electric vehicles and digitalisation to 89 billion Euros ($101 billion) over the next five years. The 12-brand group will dedicate 56 percent of its 159 billion euros of investment to developing the cars of the future, […]
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Fri 10 December 2021: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday that global regulation of cryptocurrencies should be comprehensive, consistent, and coordinated. Crypto assets and associated products and services have grown rapidly in recent years. Furthermore, interlinkages with the regulated financial system are rising. Policymakers struggle to monitor risks from this evolving sector, in which […]
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Fri 10 December 2021: Austria’s conservative-led government has detailed its plan to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for those aged 14 and older, stating that non-compliance will result in fines of up to 3,600 euros ($4,071) per three months. “We do not want to punish people who are not vaccinated. We want to win them over […]
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Fri 10 December 2021: The name of the Islamic prophet, “Muhammad” has become the most popular boys’ name in the United Kingdom in 2021, a British website focusing on pregnancy and baby care has said in a blog post. “There was a change at the top of the girls’ chart as Olivia reclaimed the top […]
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Fri 10 December 2021: The British prime minister and his wife welcomed their second child on Thursday. Boris and Carrie Johnson’s spokesperson announced the birth of a healthy baby girl at a London hospital. “Both mother and daughter are doing very well. The couple would like to thank the brilliant NHS maternity team for all […]
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Thu 09 December 2021: According to research released on Thursday by the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), the amount of life insurance payouts in the United States reached a single-year high in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with a year-to-year increase reaching its highest level since the 1918 influenza pandemic. “Life insurance companies […]
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Thu 09 December 2021: The UK High Court is expected to rule on the US government’s appeal against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange’s extradition on Friday morning. The court recently heard an appeal of a lower court ruling refusing to extradite the journalist to face charges in connection with leaked secret US papers. BREAKING: Ruling on […]
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Thu 09 December 2021: The UK government announced on Thursday that roughly half a million birds have been culled this year as the country confronts its “largest-ever” avian flu outbreak. In addition to culling, new guidelines mandate that all captive birds be kept indoors and that strict biosecurity precautions be followed to prevent the virus […]
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Thu 09 December 2021: The greatest challenges to civilization, according to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, are declining birth rates and an underpopulated world. “I can’t emphasize this enough: There are not enough people,” Musk said during The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit on Monday. “One of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth […]
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Thu 09 December 2021: When Kaiwan Hussein, a 26-year-old from Iraqi Kurdistan, arrived in Germany on 23 November, after he slipped across the European Union border from Belarus, he sent a one-word WhatsApp message to his brother back home saying, “OK.” That was a signal for the family to authorise the release of a $3,500 […]
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