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Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty ImagesBitcoin dropped on Wednesday to its lowest level since October 2024 amid a pullback in tech stocks, as the crypto bear market drags on.The price of bitcoin slid more than 4% to $59,548.19. Earlier, it hit a low of $59,023.98, its lowest level since Oct. 10, 2024. This is the third time this year that bitcoin has traded below $60,000.The flagship cryptocurrency, in roughly its eighth month of a bear market, is being squeezed from both macroeconomic and industry-specific headwinds. Capital has been rotating into AI stocks, hot IPOs and prediction markets. Meanwhile, inflationary…
Families are expected to get cheaper access to theme parks, zoos and museums as well as kids’ meals as a temporary VAT cut comes in to force on Thursday for the school summer holidays.Ticket prices at various attractions are among the activities where VAT will be reduced from 20% to 5% in what the goverment said would help with the cost of living.The cut begins on 25 June, in time for schools breaking up in Scotland at the end of this month, followed by Northern Ireland, England and Wales in July, until 1 September.But families, charities and firms said the…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026.Jim Watson | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to deploy U.S. resources to earthquake-stricken Venezuela after back-to-back tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck near the country’s northern coast, flattening buildings in the capital Caracas and prompting a state of emergency. “The U.S. stands ready, willing, and able to help,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Wednesday evening stateside. The president added…
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The report of Bell’s review, which was obtained by Jeremy Faust of Inside Medicine, shows Bell firmly sided with Florida. “Based on the foregoing, in my professional judgment, I recommend that the Federal Amended Quarantine Order be rescinded to allow Ms. Perryman to return to her home for the remainder of the 42-day quarantine period, if the Florida Department of Health agrees to accept responsibility for Ms. Perryman’s continued public health monitoring, to include remote symptom monitoring once daily,” Bell concluded. He wrote that it was “a reasonable and efficient approach that is consistent with the level of transmission risk…
Donald Trump has given his first public reaction to the prospect of the former Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham becoming prime minister.Campaigning during the Makerfield by-election, Burnham said the UK needed to avoid what he called the “polarised, poisonous politics” of the US. Asked his view of the current frontrunner to replace Sir Keir Starmer, Trump described him as “the mayor of a town” and said he had heard Burnham was “extremely liberal”. Source link
Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. Elke Scholiers | Getty ImagesIran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned shipowners on Wednesday that any new transit route through the Strait of Hormuz established without coordination with Tehran is “unacceptable and dangerous,” threatening actions against vessels that ignore its instructions. The stern warning underscores Tehran’s resolve to retain control over the Strait of Hormuz and to resist transits that bypass its authorization. It also highlights the lingering uncertainty facing shipowners navigating the Strait even after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum…
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Cerebras Systems CEO Andrew Feldman said Wednesday that investors “misunderstood” the artificial intelligence chipmaker’s margin guidance, as shares slid almost 20% after the company reported results for the first time since going public.Analysts at Mizuho and Wedbush raised their estimates following Cerebras’ earnings call. But the company forecast a narrower gross margin in its core business, excluding impact from customer warrants and data center pass-through revenues. The number was 47% for the first quarter, and it should be between 38% and 41% for the full year.”It is misunderstood,” Feldman said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” “You know, we laid…
Reeves emphasised the importance of the next leader sticking to her fiscal rules, which include ensuring day-to-day spending is funded through tax revenue by the end of the Parliament and reducing debt as a proportion of GDP. Burnham has previously committed to keeping the current government borrowing and spending rules in place.”The last government lost control of the public finances,” Reeves said. “It sent inflation through the roof and interest rates through the roof. So control of the public finances has a real impact on families today.”While Reeves said she had improved the flexibility in the government’s budget by increasing…