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  Last update: 15:28 GMT 14.04.2021

  15:28 GMT 14.04.2021

  Tech

  Former CIA Acting Director Praises Bitcoin Technology as ‘Boon for Surveillance’

  Bitcoin has been booming since last year, with the cryptocurrency making another record after surging over $62,500 this week.

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  Last update: 15:23 GMT 14.04.2021

  15:23 GMT 14.04.2021

  UK

  UK Needs More Time to Respond to EU's Accusations of Northern Ireland Protocol Breach

  Northern Ireland has been hit by social unrest of late, with loyalists showing their anger over the outcome of the Brexit agreement that introduced checks on goods arriving on the island from Great Britain. At the start of March, the UK government moved to unilaterally extend the grace period for certain requirements, but the EU isn't happy.

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  Last update: 13:49 GMT 14.04.2021

  13:49 GMT 14.04.2021

  US

  Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff Dies in US Prison, Report Says

  In 2009, the notorious financier received a maximum sentence of 150 years in prison following investment fraud charges.

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  Last update: 12:54 GMT 14.04.2021

  12:54 GMT 14.04.2021

  Tech

  Extreme Weather Like Drought, Floods Signals Looming Wars, Warns Study of Ancient Manuscript

  Amid increasing concerns voiced by some scientists that climate change is fraught with dangerous implications for the Earth’s natural ecosystem and the world economy, there may be other links to altering weather conditions that are no less threatening, claims a new study.

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  Last update: 14:20 GMT 14.04.2021

  14:20 GMT 14.04.2021

  Tech

  More Potential Signs of Life in Venus' Atmosphere Uncovered by Scientists

  The data the new research focuses on was originally obtained by a 1978 probe mission to Venus.

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  Last update: 11:39 GMT 14.04.2021

  11:39 GMT 14.04.2021

  US

  US First Lady Jill Biden to Undergo ‘Medical Procedure,’ White House Says

  The White House said that the Bidens will return after the appointment to “resume their normal schedule.”

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  Last update: 11:30 GMT 14.04.2021

  11:30 GMT 14.04.2021

  Military & Intelligence

  Watch: Russian Warships Deploy to Black Sea Amid US Destroyers' Arrival as Ukraine Tensions Grow

  Last week, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source confirmed to Sputnik that Washington had notified Ankara about plans to sail a pair of Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyers through the Bosporus into the Black Sea, where they are expected to be stationed between mid-April and early May for “routine” “freedom of navigation” operations.

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  Last update: 04:39 GMT 14.04.2021

  04:39 GMT 14.04.2021

  World

  Live Updates: US Intel Not Sure Where Covid-19 Virus Originated, Director Says

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection throughout the world has topped 2.96 million; over 137 million cases of the infection have been detected, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.