Facebook Inc plans to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra next year as part of its wider efforts to expand beyond social networking into e-commerce and global payments. Facebook said it has linked with 28 partners to form Libra Association, a Geneva-based entity governing its new digital coin, which it will launch in the first half… Read More Facebook set to launch Libra cryptocurrency next year
A strong and shallow earthquake struck Japan’s northwest coast around Niigata prefecture on Tuesday, triggering a small tsunami, shaking buildings and cutting power to around 9,000 buildings. The magnitude 6.4 quake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), lasted for as long as 20 seconds and damage included a landslide that struck a road, according… Read More Power cut, tsunami triggered as magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes northwest Japan
Egypt’s former president Mohamed Mursi was buried in a restricted family ceremony in Cairo early on Tuesday, a day after he suffered a fatal heart attack in court, his son said, as tributes poured in on social media. The first democratically elected head of state in Egypt’s modern history, who was deposed by the army… Read More Tributes pour in as former Egypt President Mohamed Mursi buried in Cairo
Gloria Vanderbilt, the ‘poor little rich girl’ who lived a life at the highest levels of fashion, society and wealth as an heir to one of the greatest family fortunes in U.S. history, died on Monday at the age of 95, her son, CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper, said. The network said Vanderbilt died at home… Read More U.S. fashion icon Gloria Vanderbilt dies at 95
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