MicroStrategy Purchases 7,002 Bitcoin for $414.4 Million
The business intelligence firm currently holds around $3.57 billion worth in Bitcoin....
Administration tells some agencies they can delay firings of unvaccinated federal employees until after the holidays
The Office of Management and Budget is telling some agencies they can delay firing federal employees who refuse to get vaccinated until after the holidays,...
Dayton mass shooter acted alone in 2019 attack, FBI says
The FBI in Cincinnati said Monday that an investigation into the 2019 Dayton, Ohio, mass shooting found the gunman acted alone and was not aligned...
Biden says new Omicron variant is ’cause for concern, not a cause for panic’
President Joe Biden on Monday said the new Omicron coronavirus variant is “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic,” as federal health officials brace...
Ban MPs from paid consultancy roles, suggests standards committee
The Commons Standards Committee publishes its anticipated review of the conduct code for MPs....
The extraordinary life of Josephine Baker: Dancer, civil rights activist, and WWII spy
Josephine Baker will make history when she becomes the first Black woman inducted into France’s Panthéon. The US-born dancer served as a French spy in...
Former Citi banker launches $1.5B crypto fund, taps Algorand as first partner
The crypto economy continues to lure top talent from Wall Street. Matt Zhang becomes the latest industry veteran to jump ship....
India’s Minister Says There Are No Plans to Recognize Bitcoin as Currency
Sitharaman also confirmed that the government doesn’t collect data on crypto transactions....
Biden on Omicron: We’re going to fight and beat this variant
President Joe Biden delivers three messages to Americans as a growing number of countries report cases of the Covid-19 variant called Omicron....
There’s a new coronavirus variant circulating. Here’s what you can do to stay safe
As the world waits to learn how the Omicron variant might impact the global Covid-19 pandemic, it’s easy to get caught up in the unknowns....