In recent times, China and Russia have pulled away from the West and grown closer to each other with ever-strengthening economic ties. The new paradigm marks a profound geopolitical shift, given that, until the events of 2014 in Ukraine, Moscow had spent around 25 years pursuing a path to Western …
Read More »New year, new record: Bitcoin pushes past historic new milestone of $30,000
The digital currency added over six percent to its value in the last 24 hours, according to data tracking by CoinDesk. It was beating its own records almost on an hourly basis on Saturday, finally jumping to a new historic high of $31,509. The cryptocurrency started last year at less …
Read More »Theft suspected after bulky historic 17th century cracked bell disappears without trace from Stockholm church
The so-called “Little Bell” tolled for Bromma parishioners for centuries before it was damaged during a belfry fire in 1974. It cracked, but the church decided to preserve it due to historic significance and placed it on display in front of the building. Sometime over the weekend a week ago …
Read More »British pound hits 2-year high after historic post-Brexit trade deal with EU
Sterling rose more than 0.8 percent, to around $1.3560, after the agreement was announced. It also climbed against the euro to just above €1.11. Earlier this month, the currency breached a 2020 high of $1.3624, a level it hadn’t reached since May 2018. The FTSE 100 also finished the day …
Read More »Bitcoin worth more than JPMorgan as crypto sets new historic peak above $22,000
Bitcoin jumped nearly 15 percent in one day and reached $22,327 early on Thursday, setting a new historic high. It was trading at around $22,200, according to Coindesk data as of 6:57am GMT. After the recent rally, believed to be driven by demand from larger institutional investors, bitcoin’s market cap …
Read More »Azerbaijan’s Aliyev praises ‘historic’ deal to end bloodshed, says TURKISH forces to join Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh
“Baku is glad that the long-term Karabakh conflict is coming to an end,” Aliyev said in the early hours of Tuesday local time (2300 GMT Monday). The agreement is in the interest of both Azerbaijan and Armenia and will lead to a lasting peace and end to bloodshed, he added. …
Read More »5 asteroids buzz by Earth TODAY, as NASA gears up for historic touchdown on asteroid Bennu
The first three of the day’s five space rocks have mercifully passed the Earth by without incident, according to the Asteroid Watch Widget that tracks asteroids and comets that will make relatively close approaches to our planet. 2020 TJ6, measuring 10m in diameter or roughly half a bowling lane, passed …
Read More »“Hung fresh carrot”. Analyst on the words of Putin about the “historic opportunity” housing
The head of Committee on intelligence of the Russian Guild of managers and developers (RHUD), the Chairman of the Committee on intelligence of the Russian Guild of realtors Michael Ferrets commented on the transfer guidelines for annual construction of at least 120 million square meters of housing from 2024 to …
Read More »The stock of money from the Russians crashed to a historic low
The financial situation of Russian households continues to roll down the ramp, despite the end of the period non-working days and promised government payouts for the unemployed and families with children, according to Finans.ru. By the end of may the amount of “free money” in the hands of the average …
Read More »Flight Of The Dragon. NASA astronauts arrived at the launch site before the historic launch to ISS
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken arrived to the space centre Kennedy in Florida and began preparing for the historic launch of Dragon spacecraft of the company Space X, which is on Wednesday next week should send them to the International space station. In the past, NASA has always …
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