# Fiat-to-crypto onramp Simplex integrates SEPA Instant for European partners

# Fiat-to-crypto onramp Simplex integrates SEPA Instant for European partners

“# Fiat-to-crypto onramp Simplex integrates SEPA Instant for European partners ” Cryptocurrency payment provider Simplex has added SEPA Instant to its list of payment methods, giving European partners the ability to move funds into digital assets with greater ease and flexibility.  SEPA stands for Single European Payment Arena, which enables payment harmonization across the European…

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#Rescue boat with migrants on board asks EU to find a port

#Rescue boat with migrants on board asks EU to find a port

“#Rescue boat with migrants on board asks EU to find a port” ROME, July 6 – A charity group asked the European Union on Tuesday to find a port where it can dock to disembark hundreds of migrants it has rescued in the central Mediterranean over recent days. Some 572 people, including 183 minors, are currently onboard the Ocean Viking vessel, the SOS Mediterranee organization said…

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#Air taxi startup Volocopter gains key production certification

#Air taxi startup Volocopter gains key production certification

“#Air taxi startup Volocopter gains key production certification” Enlarge Image A prototype of an electrical air-taxi drone by German start-up Volocopter that takes off and lands vertically performs a non-passenger flight over Le Bourget airport, near Paris, France, June 21, 2021. REUTERS BERLIN – German flying taxi startup Volocopter said on Tuesday it was acquiring long-time partner DG Flugzeugbau,…

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#Hungary PM calls EU leaders ‘colonialists’ in LGBT law feud

#Hungary PM calls EU leaders ‘colonialists’ in LGBT law feud

“#Hungary PM calls EU leaders ‘colonialists’ in LGBT law feud” BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday accused European leaders of acting like “colonialists” in their criticism of a controversial law that’s seen as limiting the rights of LGBT people in that country. European Union leaders challenged Orban on the law at a summit…

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#Amazon’s carbon emissions surged while global pollution dropped

#Amazon’s carbon emissions surged while global pollution dropped

“#Amazon’s carbon emissions surged while global pollution dropped” Amazon said its carbon emissions surged 19 percent last year even as global pollution declined and the company publicly pledged to go green. The Seattle-based e-tailing giant — whose business exploded last year on surging demand for home-delivered goods from locked-down consumers — said it spewed out…

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#Media lies about critical race theory and other commentary

#Media lies about critical race theory and other commentary

“#Media lies about critical race theory and other commentary” Media watch: Three Press Lies About CRT “Sensing that they are losing control of the narrative on race, left-leaning media outlets have launched a furious counterattack” against critics of race theories, writes Christopher F. Rufo at The Wall Street Journal. “Liberal pundits . . . have begun spinning a…

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#EU countries condemn Hungary over anti-LGBTQ law

#EU countries condemn Hungary over anti-LGBTQ law

“#EU countries condemn Hungary over anti-LGBTQ law” Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, France and Ireland were among European Union countries condemning their peer Hungary on Tuesday for a new anti-LGBTQ law as the bloc zeroed in again on democratic failings in Budapest and its nationalist ally Warsaw. The new law banning the “display and promotion of…

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#EU opens antitrust probe into Google’s advertising business

#EU opens antitrust probe into Google’s advertising business

“#EU opens antitrust probe into Google’s advertising business” The European Union opened a formal antitrust probe into Google’s lucrative advertising business, signaling it will scrutinize whether the search giant is abusing its increasingly outsize market power. The European Commission, the legislative branch of the EU that is overseeing the investigation, said Tuesday is considering whether…

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