Day: May 9, 2022

The First Artist Collaboration for ‘Project B-Idol’ Music NFT to Be Produced by ‘INIMI’, the Music Artist Collective Directed by SUNNY BOY

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Limited-Edition Music NFTs To Launch On PlayMining NFT Premier Platform Featured Image for Digital Entertainment Asset Pte.Ltd SINGAPORE, May 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Singapore-based global GameFi company Digital Entertainment Asset Pte. Ltd (DEA) has unveiled the launch of its first artist collaboration for its upcoming NFT digital idol project titled “Project B-idol.” The […]

Exclusive: Biden sidelined global energy partners with record emergency oil release – sources

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Reuters UK

By Noah Browning and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON (Reuters) – The United States announced a record-sized release of emergency crude oil reserves in March without consulting partners in the International Energy Agency, leaving them scrambling to match with releases of their own, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Unilateral action by Washington to address global supply or price issues risks undermining the U.S. relationship with the IEA, the world’s energy watchdog that normally oversees international releases from emergency stockpiles, and could raise questions about the continued …

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Insight: South Korea hunts tungsten treasure in race for rare minerals

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Reuters

By Ju-min Park and Joe Brock SANGDONG, South Korea (Reuters) – Blue tungsten winking from the walls of abandoned mine shafts, in a town that’s seen better days, could be a catalyst for South Korea’s bid to break China’s dominance of critical minerals and stake its claim to the raw materials of the future. The mine in Sangdong, 180 km southeast of Seoul, is being brought back from the dead to extract the rare metal that’s found fresh value in the digital age in technologies ranging from phones and chips to electric vehicles and missiles. “Why reopen it now after 30 years? Because it means sover…

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From would-be pastor to ‘fighting cock’, S.Korean president Yoon carves own route to the top

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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – Yoon Suk-yeol seals his surge to the summit of South Korean politics on Tuesday when the man who once dreamt of becoming a pastor, but was nicknamed the ‘fighting cock’ for his tenacity as a prosecutor, is sworn in as president. Elected in March, the 61-year-old former prosecutor-general only formally entered the cut and thrust of Korean politics when he declared his run for the presidency last June. That came after he was courted by the conservative bloc for showcasing his uncompromising nature by filing bribery charges against a key aide to outgoing Presiden…

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New COVID-19 Cases Fall to 20,601

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New COVID-19 cases fell to around 20-thousand amid a continued downturn in infections.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Monday that 20-thousand-601 infections were confirmed throughout the previous day including 19 from overseas. The…