July2021
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Bitcoin dropped 5.17% to $33,226.36 on Thursday
Jul 2, 2021Bitcoin dropped 5.17% to $33,226.36 on Thursday, losing $1,810.87 from its previous close. The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency is down 48.8% from the year’s high of $64,895.22 hit on April 14, reports Reuters. Ether ,... -
India named Dell Inc, Wistron Corp’s ICT, Flex Ltd and Foxconn’s Rising Stars to produce and boost exports of IT products
Jul 2, 2021India on Thursday named Dell Inc, Wistron Corp’s ICT, Flex Ltd and Foxconn’s Rising Stars as its choice of global companies in a $1 billion incentive plan to produce and boost exports of laptops, tablets and... -
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson to travel to the edge of space on July 11
Jul 2, 2021Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson will travel to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc’s test flight on July 11, Branson’s space tourism firm said on Thursday, beating out fellow aspiring billionaire astronaut Jeff Bezos.... -
India reached the grim milestone of 400,000 COVID-19 deaths on Friday
Jul 2, 2021India reached the grim milestone of 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday, half of them during a second wave in the past few months that overwhelmed the healthcare system and crematoriums. India has recorded 30.45... -
WHO sounds alarm on Euro 2020 as Covid cases soar
Jul 2, 2021The World Health Organization (WHO) called Thursday for better monitoring of Euro 2020 football matches as Covid cases rise again in Europe, fuelled by the deadly Delta variant that is racing around the globe. Hundreds of... -
Australia tightens border further to curb virus outbreak
Jul 2, 2021Australia has announced a dramatic cut in the number of people who will be permitted to enter the country Friday, as it struggles to hold coronavirus clusters that plunged major towns into lockdown. With almost half... -
Biden celebrates pandemic victory, but Covid could be the easy part
Jul 2, 2021President Joe Biden will celebrate America’s defeat of Covid-19 with a July 4th barbecue this Sunday, but the fireworks smoke will barely clear before the Democrat has to confront maybe even tougher challenges. About 1,000 guests... -
Germany, in July, to have 1 million electric cars on the road
Jul 2, 2021Germany will in July have 1 million electric cars on the road, hitting its target six months late, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told Tagesspiegel daily on Friday, saying subsidy programmes had boosted demand, reports Reuters. “We... -
Volkswagen of America sold more than 211,000 cars in Q1 of 2021
Jul 2, 2021Volkswagen of America said it sold more than 211,000 cars in the first half of 2021, its highest level for the period in nearly 50 years, and is on pace to sell more than 400,000 this... -
U.S. job growth likely picked up in June
Jul 2, 2021U.S. job growth likely picked up in June as companies, desperate to boost production and services amid booming demand, raised wages and offered incentives to lure millions of reluctant unemployed Americans back into the labor force....
