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A Dutch doctor has appeared in court after performing euthanasia on a patient suffering with severe dementia. The 74 year old patient was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease when she died in 2016, and prosecutors say the doctor did not do enough to verify consent. It is the first case of its kind since the Netherlands…
An individual who used a vape and was later hospitalised with severe respiratory illness, has died. Making them the first person known to die from an illness causes by vaping. It comes after the CDC launched an investigation earlier this month following reports of a mysterious lung disease affecting almost 100 people this summer across…
The Prime Minister is ordering urgent action to make sure children and young people in Britain are vaccinated against measles. The UK has lost its measles free status, three years after the virus was cleared from the country. The disease can be stopped through two doses of the MMR vaccine, but immunisation rates have been…
Over $240 million in proceeds from the alleged crypto scheme PlusToken have reportedly moved through four Bitcoin (BTC) transactions. Whale Alert, a Twitter account, that is definitely worth a follow, dedicated to reporting large cryptocurrency transactions, posted on the 17th of August that four transactions adding up to 22,923 BTC were likely the transactions of…
North Korea has rejected any further talks with South Korea, justifying this decision by saying its “completely the fault of South Korea’s actions”. It issued a statement in response to a speech by South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Thursday. Meanwhile, early on Friday North Korea test-fired missiles for the sixth time in less than…
Cyber criminals have stolen $4.3 billion in cryptocurrency from digital currency exchanges, investors and users in 2019. Blockchain security company CipherTrace gave its summary crypto-related theft in its Anti-Money Laundering report that it shared with Cointelegraph on Aug. 12. According to CipherTrace, outright thefts, scams and other kinds of misappropriation of funds from digital currency…
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