Amazon plans to accept Bitcoin payments this year, claims insider – Cointelegraph
Amazon is looking to fill the role of digital currency and blockchain product lead, fueling speculation about its intent to enter…
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New Zealand likely to have ‘record high imports’ of coal in 2021 – officials – RNZ
New Zealand is likely to import more coal this year than it has in any other year, in the midst of a government-declared climate…
30 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death reported in Manitoba on Sunday – CBC.ca
Manitoba’s five-day test positivity rate is now 3.2 per cent, the dashboard says, down slightly from 3.3 on Saturday.
Democratic Rep Proposes Space Tourism Tax Days After First Private Flights – The Daily Wire
Days after Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos launched successful tourism flights to space, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) proposed…
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Project cooks: ambitious Australian lockdown dishes from laksa to labneh – The Guardian
Exercise your patience then thoroughly reward it by tackling a multi-day made-from-scratch recipe – no sourdough starter required…
Woman shocked over ‘1 in 720 million’ find in box of eggs bought from Aldi – The Mirror
Christine Hill had been shopping in her local Aldi and picked up a box of eggs among her essentials. She posted her unlikely…
Montreal airport abandons dividing travellers at customs by vaccination status – CTV News Montreal
Montreal-Trudeau International Airport has dropped its practice of directing international travellers to different lines at customs…
Car crashes over sea wall in Parkgate – Cheshire Live
The car, a blue SUV style vehicle was left hanging over the low former sea wall at Parkgate promenade today
Staffing shortage? Bring in the teenagers: Workers ages 16 to 19 make up 33% of the US workforce – USA TODAY
The Associated Press reported that, in May, 33.2% of teens ages 16 to 19 were in the national workforce, the highest figure in…
Battery fires a setback to EV adoption – Stuff.co.nz
EV batteries made by LG Chem in Korea are proving problematic for two major car makers.