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The looming spectre of recession grips global stock markets as inflation and conflict in Europe take their toll on consumers. Europe's major stock markets were down more than two percent approaching the half-way stage after leading Asian indices closed down by a similar amount.…

Tether has faced repeated calls for a full audit of its reserves.Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty ImagesInvestors have withdrawn more than $7 billion from tether since it briefly dropped from its dollar peg, raising fresh questions about the reserves underpinning the world's largest stablecoin.Tether's circulating supply has slipped from about $83 billion a week ago to less than $76 billion on Tuesday, according to data from CoinGecko.The so-called stablecoin is meant to always be worth $1. But on Thursday, its price slipped…

The pager-sized stainless steel Springlife polarizer looks like not much more than a small metal box. The “sound healing energy” website that sells it claims that it’s made up of “special minerals and Earth substances” that attract and soak up “specific wavelengths of cosmic radiation.” It’s advertised as a way to block electromagnetic fields, though with no clear or proven explanation of how or why. It costs over $200, but you can buy a bigger one for over $350. But David Fancy, who believes he’s sensitive to…

Credit: Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-ND Source: Ferial Pearson and Steve Gill The national debate about LGBTQ issues in schools has come to the Midwest. In the wake of the passage of Florida's so-called "don't say gay" law, more than a dozen other states—including Missouri, Iowa, Tennessee and Ohio—have proposed similar legislation aimed at limiting how teachers discuss topics of gender identity or sexual orientation.…

US President Joe Biden's administration ramped up a national security probe into Russia's AO Kaspersky Lab antivirus software earlier this year amid heightened fears of Russian cyberattacks after Moscow invaded Ukraine, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.The case was referred to the Commerce Department by the Department of Justice last year, a fourth person said, but Commerce made little progress on it until the White House and other administration officials urged them to move forward in March, the three…

Therefore it is advised the one should not let down their Covid guard yet! WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove said," We believe we can end the Covid emergency by end of this year. This can be done by increasing the vaccination coverage and increasing access to life-saving tools and at the same time taking measures to reduce the spread. We cannot forget the possibility of more variants and all the future scenarios of how the pandemic may unfold." Earlier this week, WHO also pointed out that with the virus…

News of Tesla chief executive Elon Musk taking a board seat at Twitter has some Twitter employees panicking over the future of the social media firm's ability to moderate content, company insiders told Reuters.Within hours of the surprise disclosure this week that Musk, a self-described "free speech absolutist," acquired enough shares to become the top Twitter shareholder, political conservatives began flooding social media with calls for the return of Donald Trump. The former US President was banned from Facebook and…