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Day: August 17, 2021

New Zealand Locks Down after One COVID-19 Case

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the nation on a three-day lockdown Tuesday after a single case of community-spread COVID-19 was confirmed in Auckland, the country’s largest city. The new case — New Zealand’s first in six months —

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Wildfire Smoke Impacts Air Quality Across US

While wildfires continue to scorch the land on the western side of the United States, smoke has spread far beyond the edges of the blazes. Areas as far east as New York and Washington, D.C., have witnessed hazy, smothered skies,

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New York City Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect

New York City’s vaccine mandate took effect Tuesday, requiring anyone 12 or older who enters restaurants, fitness centers, entertainment venues and other businesses to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19. The city’s website explains that people may use the U.S.

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Covid-19 vaccination reaches over 3.20 million people

The number of people vaccinated against Covid-19 has reached more than 3.20 million including 1.71 million given first doses and 1.48 million administered with second doses as of Aug 15, according to the Centre of Information and Education for Health,

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Global Crypto Exchanges Begin Phased Deployment of Veriscope: The Decentralized Solution to the FATF Travel Rule

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Shyft Core, in collaboration with Binance, Deribit, Bitfinex, BitMEX, Tether, Huobi and other collaborating Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), announced the launch of Veriscope, a decentralized compliance framework and smart-contract platform for VASPs to enable travel rule compliance. Participating exchanges

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