Ten single-use plastic gadgets blamed for littered European seashores are banned within the EU beginning Saturday. Plastic straws, cutlery, cotton bud sticks, plates, stirrers, and balloon sticks are among the many blacklisted merchandise. ...

The world’s high cryptocurrency, bitcoin, is having fun with its second within the solar, however might quickly face main resistance by governments trying to rein within the decentralized forex, says the founding father of Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio. ...