The Wirecard logo is seen at the headquarters of the payment company in Aschheim, near Munich, southern Germany, on June 24, 2020. Christof Stache | AFP via Getty Images Wirecard’s dramatic fall from grace has put corporate governance and industry regulation in Germany firmly in the spotlight. The Munich-based payment …
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Trump denies reports that Russia paid the Taliban to kill US troops
TOPLINE President Trump went to Twitter early Sunday morning to break his silence on Friday’s bomb report in the New York Times A Russian military intelligence unit offered rewards to militants in Afghanistan for killing US soldiers, even when Democrats harshly criticized the Trump administration for failing to respond. WASHINGTON, …
Read More »CanSino COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Approved for Military Use in China
FILE PHOTO: This illustration, taken on April 10, 2020, shows small bottles labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military has been given the green light to use a COVID-19 candidate vaccine developed by its research …
Read More »Neptune rains diamonds, and now we can finally know how
Deep in the hearts of Neptune and Uranus, it could be raining diamonds. Now scientists have produced new experimental tests that show how this could be possible. The hypothesis is that the intense heat and pressure thousands of kilometers below the surface of these ice giants should separate the hydrocarbon …
Read More »Japan falls more than 2% as global death toll from coronavirus crosses 500,000
Stocks in Asia Pacific fell on Monday as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide continues to rise. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.3% on the day to 21,995.04, as shares of the heavyweight index Fast Retailing and conglomerate Softbank Group fell more than 2% each. The Topix index also …
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