Twenty years after arriving in Europeans’ wallets, euro banknotes will get a new look with help from the public, a process officials hope will make citizens feel closer to the single currency. But the Austrian artist behind the original banknotes fears the redesign could spark national rivalries, something he painstakingly tried to avoid with neutral …
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Airbus and Boeing, two major airplane manufacturers, asked the Biden administration to delay the rollout of 5G cell service on Jan. 5, 2022, in a letter sent to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. According to the BBC, Airbus wrote in a statement that “Airbus and Boeing have been working with other aviation industry stakeholders in the …
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A year ago, NFTs were obscure virtual assets known only to tech geeks — but as video game companies enter the growing market, industry players hope they’re poised to go mainstream. Short for “non-fungible tokens”, NFTs are digital items whose certificates of authenticity and ownership are registered on blockchains, the technology behind cryptocurrencies. From art …
The spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 when the Federal Reserve and the ECB are rolling back bond purchases will add uncertainty to global markets already on edge by fears of stagflation — a situation of slower growth and rising inflation. Omicron could make the problem of stagflation worse by magnifying supply chain bottlenecks, …
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For more than two decades, promoters and purveyors of nuclear energy felt shunned at UN climate change conferences. At the COP26 summit underway in Glasgow, however, they have been welcomed with open arms, the UN’s top nuclear regulator told AFP. The spectre of Chernobyl and Fukushima, along with the enduring problem of nuclear waste, kept …
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Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa could fall within “months if not weeks”, an Oromo group allied with Tigrayan rebels told AFP Wednesday, as Washington announced it would send a US envoy to the country to hold talks. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been fighting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government for a year, has …
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