A German court on Wednesday sentenced an Iraqi preacher to more than 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking part in planning an attack in Germany and collecting funds and fighters for the Islamic State militant group. Prosecutors had accused the 40-year-old preacher, identified as Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah in court documents; of […]
The cryptocurrency Bitcoin has dropped below $50,000 as investors began to get a little nervous about the digital currency’s lofty valuation and some leveraged players took profit. The cryptocurrency dropped more than 14 percent on Tuesday, its largest daily drop in a month, to hit $46,568. That extends a sharp withdrawal from a record high […]
Airlines in the United States and Japan have grounded dozens of Boeing 777 aircraft after one of the jets suffered engine failure Saturday; sending debris crashing down over Denver. the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have also launched investigations into Flight UA328; a Boeing 777; that was heading from Denver to […]
South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions was suspended by a federal judge on Friday on its second day in effect. Judge Mary Geiger Lewis put a 14-day temporary restraining order on the law and will renew it until she can hold a more substantial hearing on March 9 to decide whether to keep it […]
CHICAGO: Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE on Thursday announced that they have initiated an international study; with 4,000 volunteers taking part in it; to assess the efficacy and safety of the Covid-19 vaccine in healthy pregnant women. Pregnant women are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19, and many public health officials have recommended some […]
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who had held the title for over three years until last month, regained his number one position with a net wealth of $191.2 billion, or $955 million more than Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reclaimed his lost title as the world’s richest person; after he knocked Tesla chief […]
A civilian contractor was killed and five others were wounded in a rocket attack Monday; at a U.S.-led military base in Kurdish northern Iraq that also left a U.S. service member with a concussion; according to U.S. officials. Three rockets landed inside the base while others fell on residential areas nearby which witnesses told local […]
WTO picks First Woman, African to lead WTO( World Trade Organization) on Monday 15 February 2021. A Nigerian economist, and former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was appointed director-general of the World Trade Organization by representatives of the 164 member countries. WTO appointed Okonjo-Iweala after the last remaining rival candidate, South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee, […]
Alphabet Inc’s Google has agreed to pay $76m over three years to a group of French news publishers to end a more than year-long copyright spat, documents seen by Reuters news agency show, a deal one news publishers’ lobby deemed unfair. The two documents, seen by Reuters and disclosed publicly for the first time; include […]
A company catering to women and led by women has made its 31-year-old female founder a billionaire. Bumble Inc., the owner of the dating app where women make the first move, sold shares in its upcoming trading debut at $43, valuing Chief Executive Officer Whitney Wolfe Herd’s stake at more than $900 million and lifting […]
