Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Visa recently unveiled a new platform for banks, dedicated to helping financial institutions issue and manage fiat-backed tokens such as stablecoins on blockchain networks. The platform is known as the Visa Tokenized Asset […]
President Biden crosses himself after Buck Paulk of Shiloh Pecan Farm, in Ray City, Ga., leads a prayer on Oct. 3, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP President Biden sent a formal letter to Congress late Friday night saying that a key loans program for helping disaster victims will run out of […]
Sky News has pulled out of an interview with Boris Johnson after its political editor was told she could not make an audio recording or transcript of the talk. The former prime minister had promised to “reveal what really happened during my time as [London] mayor, foreign secretary and PM” during the conversation next week […]
Jim Neumeyer is the owner of Beans & Barley, a staple cafe and shop in a Milwaukee neighborhood, talks to customers at his shop. Beans & Barley is a progressive space in the community. Keren Carrión/Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Keren Carrión/Newsportu Jim Neumeyer is the owner of Beans & Barley, a staple cafe and […]
Moment giant explosions seen near Beirut airport Israeli bombing caused large explosions just outside Beirut’s international airport during a further night of air strikes targeting Hezbollah in the city. The target was unclear but the airport borders Dahieh – Hezbollah’s stronghold in the capital. Plumes of smoke could be seen over the city as dawn […]
Getty Images The huge asteroid that hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not alone, scientists have confirmed. A second, smaller space rock smashed into the sea off the coast of West Africa creating a large crater during the same era. It would have been a “catastrophic event”, the scientists […]
Getty Images Many people who take up vaping have never been regular smokers The number of adults in England to have started vaping despite never having been regular smokers has reached one million, scientists estimate. This is a sharp increase on 2020, with disposable vapes having been available since 2021. The rise is driven mostly […]
BBC Dominika’s one-day-old daughter Emilia is part of the screening programme The entire genetic code of up to 100,000 newborn babies in England will be analysed by the NHS, with the aim of speeding up the diagnosis and treatment of more than 200 rare diseases. At present, newborns are given a heelprick blood test that […]
Getty Images Shortages of doctors mean the average GP in England has to care for 17% more patients than nine years ago, a BBC analysis shows. It means for every permanent GP there are more than 2,300 patients – a jump of nearly 350 since 2015, helping explain why access to general practice has been […]
Getty Images Fewer than one out of every 10 young adults in the UK smoke cigarettes – a steep drop from a quarter of 18-24-year-olds 12 years ago, according to official estimates. Smoking rates among UK adults have been falling over the past decade, with nearly 12%, or six million people, smoking in 2023, the […]