Japan’s samurai spirit still burns

The thousand-year-old Japanese festival of Soma Nomaoi began as a way to train mounted warriors. Photo: AFP TOKYO: Japan’s thousand-year-old samurai horse festival has survived wars, earthquakes and a nuclear disaster. Now it’s battling a new challenge — climate change. The Soma Nomaoi began as a way to train mounted warriors and it still looks the same…

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Why Zcash (ZEC) Network Looked Offline for Hours

Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz dismissed outage rumors and clarified that the Zcash network was fully functional. For a few hours on Wednesday Asia time, the Zcash blockchain appeared to have stopped producing new blocks, raising concerns that the network may be experiencing downtime. However, several observers clarified that the issue was not with the blockchain…

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Do not use these syringes, DRAP issues alert

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has declared several batches of auto-disable syringes manufactured by six companies as substandard and issued a medical product alert. In a statement, the DRAP has said 3ml and 5ml auto-disable syringes failed to meet required quality standards. The decision was based on testing carried out by the Central…

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Binance Exchange to Halt NFT Services, Move Management to Binance Wallet

Binance announced it is shutting down support for non-fungible tokens on Binance Exchange and moving NFT management to its self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet, Binance Wallet. The exchange said this will offer NFT holders “easier access to Web3 and decentralized features,” according to a Wednesday announcement. NFT Holders have until July 3 to withdraw their transferable NFTs…

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