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While about 1.5 million Australians still use cash for 80% of in-person payments, the number of businesses accepting it has declined. (Unsplash pic) SYDNEY: Australia will mandate businesses selling essential items such as groceries and fuel to accept cash payments, joining countries from Spain to Denmark amid the growth in more preferable digital payment methods. […]
India’s financial crime agency will summon Flipkart and Amazon executives as it steps up an investigation into alleged foreign investment law violations, days after raiding some of the e-commerce firms’ sellers, a senior government source said. The planned action signals growing regulatory scrutiny of Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon when their sales are rapidly growing in […]
Looking after our musculoskeletal health can help us stay strong and active as we age. Dr. Vonda Wright describes ages 35 to 45 as “the critical decade” for developing healthy habits. Muscle declines as we age, so building up a store when we’re younger can help keep us mobile. Thanks for signing up! Access your […]
Iryna Ustenko | Istock | Getty Images The U.S. dollar strengthened against the Mexican peso and other major global currencies overnight as presidential election results came into focus. The greenback gained 2.9% against the Mexican peso, hitting its highest level since 2022. The dollar was also higher against the Swiss franc, Japanese yen and Chinese […]
A week after catastrophic floods, some families are unsure if their relatives are alive. The government has still not issued a public tally of the missing. Source link
“They’ve abandoned us,” said Charo de la Rosa as she joined dozens of people queueing outside the only surviving pharmacy in Alfafar, a devastated suburb of Spain’s third city Valencia. “I know of dead and missing people… they are neighbours, people you love, you grew up with them… and their cruel death could have been […]
Getty Images Volunteers attempted to clear mud in Valencia Amidst the shock and trauma in Valencia, the outpouring of solidarity is growing by the day. At a museum building in the city centre, vast numbers of volunteers were queuing up to receive supplies – buckets, mops, food and water – before boarding buses to the […]
Are the polls ‘improbably tight’? Some experts think so Robert Tait The US presidential election campaign enters its final weekend with polls showing Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in seemingly permanent deadlock and few clues as to which of them will prevail on Tuesday. At the end of another unruly week that began with Trump’s […]
Christian men and women use pornography more today than in 2016 when Barna spotlighted the sin among pastors and congregants, an updated study found in calling the church to be a place of healing for those impacted by the pervasive and destructive phenomenon. This time around, Barna teamed with Pure Desire Ministries and its partners […]
Support for the main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and other parties out of power is growing steadily against that of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ahead of the general election on Oct. 27, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday. Although 22.6 percent of respondents said they plan to vote for the […]