Bitcoin has jumped past $30,000 as Elon Musk said Tesla is “most likely” to start accepting it as payment again. The electric carmaker said in May that it would no…
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Japan: Olympics opening ceremony director sacked for Holocaust joke
The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held. Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged…
USA: Jeff Bezos launches to space aboard New Shepard rocket ship
Billionaire Jeff Bezos has made a short journey to space, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard. He was accompanied by Mark Bezos, his brother, Wally…
EU: Authorities plan to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable
Proposed changes to EU law would force companies that transfer Bitcoin or other crypto-assets to collect details on the recipient and sender. The proposals would make crypto-assets more traceable, the…
Nigeria: Authorities secures release of 100 kidnapped mothers and children
The authorities in north-west Nigeria say they have freed 100 women and children – mainly mothers nursing infants – who were seized by bandits. The group were abducted on 8…
UK: Diamonds swapped for pebbles in London gem heist
A woman stole diamonds worth £4.2m from a jewellers by swapping them with pebbles using “sleight of hand”, a court has heard. Lulu Lakatos, 60, allegedly posed as a gemologist…
Australia: Anger as half of Australians in lockdown again
Anger is growing in Australia as 13 million people – about half the population – endure fresh lockdowns to quash Covid outbreaks. A third state, South Australia, joined Victoria and…
China: 12 dead and thousands evacuated in Zhengzhou Henan floods
Massive floods in central China caused by record-breaking rainfall have left 12 people dead and more than 100,000 evacuated from their homes. More than a dozen cities in Henan province,…
USA: Jeff Bezos to blast into space
Billionaire Jeff Bezos will blast into space on Tuesday, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard. He will be accompanied by Mark Bezos, his brother, Wally…
Nigeria: Gunmen seize 140 schoolchildren in Kaduna state
Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped at least 140 schoolchildren in the north-west of the country, police say. At least eight people were also abducted from the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy…