Bitcoin drops under $30,000
LONDON: Bitcoin fell underneath $30,000 yesterday for the first time in five months, hit by concerns over China’s ongoing crackdown on the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.
LONDON: Bitcoin fell underneath $30,000 yesterday for the first time in five months, hit by concerns over China’s ongoing crackdown on the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.
ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat has overtaken Hong Kong as the world’s most expensive city for foreign workers, a survey showed yesterday.
WASHINGTON: The global economy has surpassed its pre-pandemic peak, data survey firm IHS Markit said Monday, as the recovery accelerates thanks to vaccination and the end of pandemic-related restrictions.
SYDNEY: An Australian company yesterday officially launched operations for Cambodia’s first commercial gold mine in the kingdom’s resource-rich northeast, officials said.
BERLIN: Germany on Monday opened an investigation against Apple over anti-competition practices, making the iPhone maker the fourth US tech giant to be hit by such probes.
BEIJING: Bitcoin tumbled more than 10 per cent Monday after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province.
WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on dozens of Belarusian officials in a coordinated move with Western allies to hit strongman Alexander Lukashenko after the forced landing of a commercial plane.
KUWAIT: The health ministry yesterday reported 1,935 new COVID-19 cases – its highest daily count – and seven related deaths in the past 24 hours. Ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said total cases reached 340,967 and the death toll 1,877.
WASHINGTON: While the United States and Europe waged a 17-year trade battle over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus, China poured money into its own commercial aircraft to take on the Western aviation duopoly.
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