Lowest weekly close since December 2020 — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

Lowest weekly close since December 2020 — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

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Bitcoin (BTC) begins a new week with a totally different feel to last as BTC/USD seals its lowest weekly close since December 2020. A night of losses into June 13 means that the largest cryptocurrency is now edging closer to beating its ten-month lows from May. The weakness has left…

2 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard die amid tensions

2 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard die amid tensions

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Placeholder while article actions load TEHRAN, Iran — Two members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace division died as “martyrs” in Iran in separate incidents over the weekend, Iranian media reported on Monday. The term is typically a designation given to those on important assignments. The deaths of the two…

NASA, Astra to Send Another Set of Satellites in Orbit After Failure of Previous Weather Mission

NASA, Astra to Send Another Set of Satellites in Orbit After Failure of Previous Weather Mission

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Rocket firm Astra Space’s mission to send tiny storm-monitoring NASA satellites to orbit on Sunday failed after a second-stage booster engine shut down early in space. The failure occurred roughly 10 minutes after a successful liftoff of Astra’s Rocket 3.3 at 1:43 p.m. ET (1743 GMT, or 11.30pm IST) from…

Pioneering Namibia MP, Indonesia family planning board, win 2022 UN Population Award — Global Issues

Pioneering Namibia MP, Indonesia family planning board, win 2022 UN Population Award — Global Issues

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The individual laureate is Member of Parliament Emma Theofelus, who is currently the Deputy Minister of Information in Namibia and the youngest-ever winner of the Award. The institutional laureate from Indonesia, BKKBN, is a non-ministerial Government agency that formulates national policies, implements family planning initiatives and mentors experts in the…

‘A Strange Loop’ Wins Best Musical as Tonys Celebrate Broadway’s Return
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‘A Strange Loop’ Wins Best Musical as Tonys Celebrate Broadway’s Return

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This year’s winners featured some Broadway veterans, including Patti LuPone, picking up her third Tony Award for her ferocious turn as an alcohol-addled married friend of the chronically single protagonist in “Company”; and Phylicia Rashad, winning her second Tony for playing a factory worker in “Skeleton Crew.” Among the other…

Gun Deal Is Less Than Democrats Wanted, but More Than They Expected
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Gun Deal Is Less Than Democrats Wanted, but More Than They Expected

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WASHINGTON — The bipartisan gun safety deal announced Sunday is far from what Democrats would have preferred in the aftermath of the racist gun massacre in Buffalo and the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, but it is considerably more than they hoped for initially. The proposal,…

Find Out if Nikki Got Engaged on Welcome Home Nikki Glaser?

Find Out if Nikki Got Engaged on Welcome Home Nikki Glaser?

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The finale of comedian Nikki Glaser‘s E! reality series was no joke.  Fans have watched her relationship with ex-boyfriend Chris Convy blossom over the course of Welcome Home Nikki Glaser?‘s first season, but she went into the June 10 episode more conflicted than ever. Nikki had been in her hometown of St. Louis,…