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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has declared his support for bitcoin, boosting the price of the cryptocurrency in the process. In an interview Sunday on audio-only social app Clubhouse, Musk said he should have bought the digital currency eight years ago. The audio was no longer available on Monday, but many listeners posted the interview on
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(CNN) — El Ejército se tomó el poder en un golpe de Estado en Myanmar el lunes, luego de detener a la líder civil del país, Aung San Suu Kyi, y a muchas otras figuras importantes del gobierno. En un discurso televisado, el Ejército anunció que se había entregado el poder al comandante en jefe
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Myanmar’s military seized power of the Southeast Asian country in a coup on Monday, after detaining the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and numerous other top government figures. In a television address, the army announced that power had been handed to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and that it was declaring a
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A portion of Lupine Lane is reopening for outdoor dining customers on Monday morning. It’s the pandemic component of Palm Desert’s restaurant and retail district just off El Paseo — the city has closed one block of Lupine Lane to provide a safe and Covid-compliant al fresco dining experience. It was originally set up to
Continue ReadingThe delay in confirming President Joe Biden’s Homeland Security secretary has left the department without clear direction as it confronts a series of stark challenges, including domestic terror threats, a massive cyber breach, uncertainty at the border and helping coordinate the distribution of Covid vaccines. Alejandro Mayorkas, the nominee for DHS secretary, will have a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — New restrictions requiring international travellers to quarantine in hotel rooms at their own expense if arriving or returning to the country are expected to come into effect “quickly,” according to a spokesperson from the Transport Minister. On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Canada has now recorded more than 20,000 deaths connected to COVID-19, marking another grim milestone in the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus. The death tally surpassed 20,000 when Quebec reported 31 more deaths on Sunday. Quebec’s announcement brought the national total to
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Places such as Bali, Berlin and Lisbon top lists of the best spots in the world for digital nomads to work remotely while living well — destinations that attract a global community of location-independent souls with Wi-Fi as strong as the espresso drinks and a lifestyle with an attractive quality to cost ratio. But if
Continue ReadingGlobal stocks and US futures advanced Monday as Wall Street prepared for what could be another week of rocky trading fueled by small investors on Reddit. Silver futures surged as online attention shifted to the precious metal. Dow futures were last up 177 points, or 0.6%, reversing course from a 0.8% tumble earlier. S&P 500
Continue ReadingMelvin Capital, a premier Wall Street hedge fund entangled in the frenzy over GameStop, lost 53% in January, a source familiar with the matter told CNN Business. Melvin, a major short-seller of GameStop, bet that the company’s shares would drop. But, on January 11, GameStop announced new board members who could help it with digital
Continue Reading Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover Jr. are conducting a spacewalk Monday to finish battery upgrades and install high-definition cameras outside of the International Space Station. This is the second spacewalk for the duo in just a matter of days. It began at 7:56 a.m. ET, with live coverage streaming on NASA’s website. The spacewalk
Continue ReadingSenator Elizabeth Warren doesn’t know who’s right and who’s wrong in the GameStop saga, and that’s driving her nuts. “We actually don’t know who all the players are in all this — whether there’s big money on both sides,” Warren told Dana Bash on “State of the Union” Sunday. “That’s why we need an SEC
Continue ReadingLeaders of five historically Black colleges and universities met with Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday to discuss the company’s relationship with the schools in the wake of anti-HBCU-graduate discrimination allegations made by a former Google employee. On December 21, ex-Google diversity recruiter April Curley tweeted that she had been fired by the company in
Continue ReadingTesla posted its first full year of net income in 2020 — but not because of sales to its customers. Eleven states require automakers sell a certain percentage of zero-emissions vehicles by 2025. If they can’t, the automakers have to buy regulatory credits from another automaker that meets those requirements — such as Tesla, which
Continue ReadingSay what you will about the GameStop mania. It does illustrate one positive thing about today’s stock market: There are still some people willing to invest in individual companies instead of merely tossing their money into index funds. The rise of Reddit’s WallStreetBets crowd and others taking advantage of no-fee trading on brokerages like Robinhood
Continue ReadingSamsung, the world’s biggest phone maker, is also one of the largest consumer electronics and appliance makers in the world, selling everything from televisions to refrigerators. So we were wondering: How much would it cost the ultimate Samsung fan if they could spend all they wanted on each of Samsung’s highest-end devices? In December —
Continue ReadingIf you felt like a new fried chicken sandwich debuted every day in January, you’re not far off. Some chains tried their best to slim down, while others did the exact opposite. The flurry of chicken sandwich additions are notable because several chains have eliminated a number of items over the past year to shed
Continue Reading Ever felt like ripping your ex’s head off? Well now you can. Sorta. For just $5, the San Antonio Zoo will name a cockroach after your former significant other and feed it to a bird, reptile or mammal. It’s part of the zoo’s “Cry Me a Cockroach” event on Valentine’s Day. And if your ex-boo
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Estados Unidos, en primer lugar, Brasil, en el segundo, México, en el tercero, India, en el cuarto, seguidos por Italia, Francia, Rusia, España, Irán y Alemania. De los diez países del mundo con más fallecidos por coronavirus, los tres primeros están en las Américas. La pandemia hoy suma casi 103 millones de casos
Continue Reading An Idaho man can now call himself a lotto winner six times over. Bryan Moss, from Meridian, won a $250,000 prize from a Crossword scratch game on Thursday, the Idaho Lottery said in a press release, marking his sixth ever lotto win. However, this marks his first top prize and “by far the largest,” Idaho
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