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Bitcoin advanced 11% from Friday to $6,957.73 as of 9:01 a.m. Tokyo time, having earlier hit $7,585, according to Bitstamp pricing. The Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index is up 7.6%. Separately, Binance last week said hackers withdrew 7,000 Bitcoins wor...
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A fluorescent “dye” which helps doctors target brain tumours is being rolled out across the NHS in memory of Tessa Jowell, the Health and Social Care Secretary has announced. Around 2,000 brain cancer patients a year stand to benefit from the “pink d...
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Deaths from heart disease among under-75s are on the rise for the first time in 50 years, figures reveal. Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and obesity are all playing a role in driving up deaths among younger people, the British Heart...
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Toyota always knew how to build fun cars. Now they're doing it again.
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The 'Wheel of Fortune' hostess is hopeful her longtime friend will beat the disease.
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A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Sunday the U.S. military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now represents a target, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported. The U.S. military has sent forces, incl...
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The first seeds of SpaceX's Starlink project will soon be planted.On Saturday, Elon Musk tweeted out a photo of 60 satellites loaded into the fairing, or nose cone, of his company's Falcon rocket. The hardware represents a first step toward c...
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Actress Peggy Lipton has died at age 72 after reportedly suffering from colon cancer, the Los Angeles Times confirms. She was best known for ABC dramas Mod Squad and Twin Peaks.
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A few dark rumors implied that the accidents suffered by the YB-49 prototypes had not been accidental at all, but rather the result of sabotage. No meaningful evidence has ever emerged to substantiate these allegations.As the United States approached...
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Among the factors that buffeted the biggest IPO of the year: a broad stock market selloff in the morning and a weak earnings report posted by Uber’s primary rival, Lyft Inc. “While the trade war has caused overall stock market volatility, we believe...
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Environmental protesters spilled fake blood Sunday on the steps of the Trocadero, a Paris tourist landmark, in a stunt to highlight the accelerated loss of biodiversity on Earth, AFP journalists reported. As sightseers and police looked on, members...
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Bayer said on Sunday it was hiring an external law firm to investigate French media complaints that Monsanto, the U.S. seed maker it took over last year, had compiled a file of influential personalities. "This is not the way Bayer seeks dialogue wit...
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One million species face extinction, readers were told. Almost a third of the world’s reef-forming coral species, more than a third of its marine mammals, and 40 percent of its amphibian species could die out. Some 70 percent of all coral reefs cou...