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Bitcoin crashes as Chinese Vice-Premier Liu vows to crack down on mining, trading
BTC/USD has dropped $38,000 in response to headlines saying that China’s Vice-Premier Liu He said to “resolutely prevent and control financial risks.” The senior official added that Beijing will crackdown on Bitcoin mining and trading activities. More broadly, Liu added that the government will severely punish those conducting illegal financial activities. Update: Bitcoin has extended …
Israel continues assault on Gaza for 2nd week as Netanyahu vows to quell Hamas rocket fire, “whatever it takes”
Tel Aviv — Israeli missiles continued to slam into the Gaza Strip on Monday after the deadliest day yet in the current fighting between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. At least 42 people were killed in Gaza on Sunday, including children, and several large buildings were destroyed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted …
Ossoff vows more virus relief if Dems win Senate
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the Senate runoffs in Georgia (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff is promising rapid passage of $2,000 stimulus checks for coronavirus relief if Georgia voters flip control of the Senate to Democrats. Ossoff told reporters outside an Atlanta polling site Tuesday that “history is unfolding …
Coronavirus live news: Biden vows to get vaccinated in public as South Korea reports highest cases in nine months | World news
9.11pm EST 21:11 South Korea reports highest cases in nine months South Korea reported 629 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest number in nine months. Of the new cases, 295 were from capital Seoul alone, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported. A woman hangs on a paper note to wish for her …
Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge after top nuclear scientist apparently assassinated
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who became the face of Iran’s controversial nuclear program, was killed in an apparent ambush in a district east of Tehran on Friday. Photos from the scene showed the shattered windshield of a car, and blood on the road. “There are two matters that people in charge should put in their to do list: 1- …
Ethiopia’s PM vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister says “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against the government of the country’s rebellious northern Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in a social media post on Tuesday said a three-day deadline given to the Tigray region’s leaders and special forces “has …
Georgia District Attorney vows to bring shooting of unarmed black man to grand jury
Georgia prosecutors said Tuesday they plan to present evidence to a grand jury for possible charges against men who chased, and eventually gunned down, an unarmed black man they believed was a burglar — but whose family say was simply jogging. Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was shot to death in Brunswick, a coastal city about midway …
Benny Gantz, Breaking Vows, Says He Would Serve Under Netanyahu
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was set to hold onto power after his chief rival, Benny Gantz, reversed himself Thursday and signaled that he would be open to serving in a Netanyahu-led government. Mr. Gantz, a former Israeli army chief who had vowed to bring Mr. Netanyahu’s long rule to an end …
Trump vows to reopen US economy even as deaths from coronavirus rise | World news
Donald Trump has said he was eager to reopen the US economy in weeks, not months, even as the death toll from the virus continued to rise. The president, who has been anxious about the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the US economy, made the remarks at a White House press briefing Monday in …