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Wall Street Rallies On Tech Boost, European Shares End Flat

[ad_1] WASHINGTON/LONDON: Big Tech gave major U.S. stock indexes a boost on Tuesday and European shares ended largely unchanged as rising bond yields pressured technology stocks and a sharp fall in oil prices took the shine off bumper profits from oil company BP. The euro retreated as the European Central Bank tried to cool interest […]

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Brazil Plays Down British Flights To Falklands That Worry Argentina

[ad_1] BRASILIA: Brazil on Tuesday defended its decision to allow British military planes flying to the Falklands Islands to stop at Brazilian airports, landings that annoyed Argentina. The Brazilian Foreign Ministry said in a note to Reuters that while it backed Argentina’s sovereignty claims over the islands, that support does no affect its “important partnership”

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US Seizes $3.6 Billion of Stolen Bitcoin in Record Haul, Arrests Couple Involved in Crime

[ad_1] The US Justice Department announced Tuesday it had recovered more than 94,000 bitcoin stolen in 2016, currently valued at $3.6 billion, a record seizure. A couple accused of seeking to launder the bitcoin were arrested in New York, the department said. Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, were set to appear

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Everest’s 2,000-year-old Highest Glacier to Disappear in Middle of This Century: Nepal Researchers Warn

[ad_1] Researchers in Nepal on Tuesday warned that the highest glacier on the top of Mount Everest could disappear by the middle of this century as the 2,000-year-old ice cap on the world’s tallest mountain is thinning at an alarming rate. The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) here said that Everest has been

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UK PM Boris Johnson Under Fire Over ‘Trumpian’ Attack on Opposition Leader

[ad_1] Britain’s embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced renewed pressure Tuesday to apologise to opposition leader Keir Starmer for what critics have called a misleading “Trumpian” attack on him last week. Johnson — already facing calls to step down after months of scandals — accused Starmer of failing in 2013 as head of the country’s

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