Aussie crypto companies keen to embrace regulations says senator
Australia Senator Andrew Bragg says local crypto founders are keen to embrace regulation in a bid to propel the digital asset sector into the mainstream....
NYC mayor vows consequences for firefighters if they skipped work to protest vaccine mandate after 2,300 called out sick
Any firefighters feigning illness to protest New York City’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate are “doing an immense disservice” to the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio said...
DCG Reaches $10 Billion Valuation in Secondary Sale Led by Softbank and Capitalg
Digital Currency Group (DCG), a Manhattan-based, crypto-focused VC conglomerate, has reached a $10 billion dollar valuation in a secondary sale where existing investors sold part...
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio vows consequences for firefighters who duck work to protest mandate
Any firefighters feigning illness to protest New York City’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate are “doing an immense disservice” to the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio said...
‘I have no choice’: Miner’s dire working conditions reveal dark side of world’s coal addiction
South Africa is more heavily dependent on coal than perhaps any other country. But for the world to combat a climate catastrophe, countries like South...
China and Russia revive push to lift UN sanctions on North Korea
China and Russia are pushing the United Nations Security Council to ease sanctions on North Korea, reviving a similar previous attempt that had flailed in...
It didn’t go well for Texas at the Supreme Court
Law professor Mary Ziegler writes after Monday’s Supreme Court oral argument on SB8, Texas’s restrictive abortion measure, that while the justices’ questions implied that the...
At least 5 dead after multi-story building collapses in Lagos, Nigeria
People are feared to be trapped in the ruins of a 21-story building that collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria on Monday....
Why the world is still arguing over face masks, 20 months into the pandemic
The science behind masks is clear. Yet debates still rage in multiple countries over their use, and some regions have recently removed mandates that people...
US Navy submarine hit uncharted underwater mountain in South China Sea
A US nuclear-powered submarine that struck an underwater object in early October had hit an uncharted underwater mountain, an investigation found, forcing it to head...