The RAPS vaccine tracker is still saying that the Phase III trials for the vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech is still ongoing. Therefore I would assume that the full results are not yet out. The formalities such as certification will start only after the full results are analyzed. But if the effectiveness is more than 90%, it is going to be more than enough. Normally antiviral vaccines are considered effective if they have a success rate of more than 70%.

Trump is trailing by 14,746 votes and as per the latest data 77,000 ballots remain to be counted. The bad news for Trump is that a large section of these ballots are from Pima county, which is very blue leaning (I would assume most of the remaining ballots are from the city of Tucson). It is going to be very tough for Trump to win the state, but it is clear that the early call being made by Fox News was horribly wrong.

But here is the catch: provisional ballots are skewing heavily towards Trump. Among the 2400 or so provisional ballots accepted so far, Trump won 1,658 and Biden got 688. Data: https://results.arizona.vote/#/featured/18/0

Back then the Australian batting was quite weak and the Indian pacers did a lot of damage. This time the challenge will be tougher for the Indian bowlers. Also this time, the Australian pacers are in top form, especially Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc. Without Virat Kohli, it is not going to get any easy for the Indian batsmen. Can we expect another miracle from Cheteshwar Pujara this time?

Bumrah is the best bowler in T20 format right now. But the same can't be said about Boult. He has taken a lot of wickets in this edition of the IPL, but he leaked a lot of runs during crucial situations. Boult is one of those bowlers who are more suited to the test format. The biggest vulnerability for MI remains their spin department. If DC can make use of this vulnerability, then they can become the champions for the first time.

According to Earn.com, the median transaction fee has fallen to 330 Sat/Byte, which is lower than what we had a few days back. But depending on the size of your transaction, you may end up paying anywhere from $2 to $10, if you want a quick confirmation. You can try your luck with lower amounts, but don't blame me in case your transaction gets stuck for 2-3 days.

I have been in this field for more than 8 years. I would say that Bitcoin mining is economical only for large-players. For small and medium sized players, it is more profitable to purchase Bitcoins from the open market and keep invested. Hash power is going up with every passing day and you constantly need to upgrade your hardware. I don't think this is possible unless you are having huge capital.

LOL.. help from the United Nations? It is not UN's job to give free money to all the countries, so they can distribute it among the residents. If any of the governments want loan, then they should make a formal application to the donor groups. These donor groups can be a consortium of private individuals, or state-run agencies such as the ones from China and Japan.

Obviously the pandemic is not going to last forever. But we need to understand that a lot of people are facing joblessness and poverty as a result of this pandemic. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 lasted for more than two years. If COVID 19 turns out similar to that one, then we will be in a lot of trouble. The economy can't handle another year of downturn. Even the richest countries will face financial issues.

I don't think that they will do that, when they advertise that they are not going to charge any fee for purchasing cryptocurrency. These small amounts don't matter for PayPal, as they have a multi-billion capitalization. They can afford to splurge a few hundred million USD in promotional campaigns, unlike the cryptocurrency exchanges. And that's why I am saying that the entry of PayPal changes the status quo in the cryptocurrency market.

LOL.. not may remain now. Most of the white players have shifted to countries such as England and South Africa, and some have even ended up in New Zealand and associate nations such as USA. A few months back, there was an article in EspnCricinfo, which claimed that more than 50 South African players moved to England to play county cricket under Kolpak rule, during the last two decades. Can you believe this number? More than 4 dozen players giving up their dream of playing international cricket and signing contracts to play county cricket. They did that because they will never get a chance to play international cricket for South Africa under the quota system.

The list includes some of the top quality players, such as Morné Morkel, Duanne Olivier, Heino Kuhn, Marchant de Lange, Rilee Rossouw, Kyle Abbott, David Wiese, Simon Harmer and Hardus Viljoen. And yes.. Simon Harmer tops the list..

Agreed 100%. Greed always cause downfall. Even among my friend circle, I know a few people who lost everything as a result of gambling addiction. When they win small amounts in the beginning, they will get addicted to it. But then if they are unlucky, they will start losing consecutively and in the end they will be forced to take loans in order to cover their gambling habit.

Entire story sounds fishy to me. First of all, I don't think that Ross Ulbricht was the sole administrator of Silk Road. In all probability, more people were involved. I would assume that the other administrators have traded their Bitcoins for freedom. I am sure that there is no hacker named Individual X, and this identity was created by the FBI agents.

For traders, purchasing Bitcoins with PayPal is not feasible at this moment, because they are yet to enable the withdrawal option. PayPal may enable all the features only by mid-2021, and even then I don't expect their withdrawal and transaction fee to be any lower than that of the exchanges such as Binance and Huobi. Also, at this point it is not clear whether they will allow the trading of various cryptocurrencies in their platform.

Global economy is not the same as crypto economy, but from what I have seen, there is a strong link between the two. When people have excess cash or savings, they will be more open to investing in risky assets such as cryptocurrency. When that is not the case, they will prefer assets which are less prone to risk, such as bank deposits and treasury bonds.

As long as Kane Williamson is there, they will fancy their chances. Remember that this is a knock-out match and if they lose it then they are out of the tournament. So they will attack the Delhi bowlers, even if they lose half of their wickets. Playing defensively isn't an option here, with the required rate having climbed to more than two runs per ball.

If the OP is planning to invest in Bitcoins, then this is a good idea. He can set up a Bitcoin wallet and receive small amounts of BTC as payment to this wallet. Within a few months, hopefully he will be able to accumulate a good number of coins. But in case he is planning to immediately convert the BTC to fiat currency, then I would say that this is a bad idea. The exchange rates are volatile, and a lot of paperwork needs to be done.

In countries such as India and Brazil, sero-sample surveys have found that in some of the cities up to 60% of the population is having antibodies to COVID 19. That means that these people are unlikely to get infected again in the near future. So even if the government opens the economy, the spike in the number of new infections is going to be quite limited.

Delhi Capitals having the advantage here. Scoring anything above 160 can be very difficult in Abu Dhabi. 180 plus can be almost impossible to achieve. And on top of that, they have two of the best depth bowlers in Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada. In all probability, the final of IPL 2020 will be between the Mumbai Indians and the Delhi Capitals, unless SRH can perform some miracle.

Placing a bet on any election is different from getting involved in it. None of us like politics or the politicians. But even I place my bets occasionally on elections. It is as exciting as betting on sports matches. And this time, there is no doubt that the American presidential elections were really close. Trump would have won, if he had a little bit of luck. The winning margins in most of the crucial swing states were below 1%.

Your statement is factually inaccurate. There is no legal age for gambling in India, because gambling itself is illegal there. It doesn't matter whether you are 15 years or 35 years. Apart from one state, gambling is banned across India. None of the online gambling sites are based in India and they are mostly operating from the Caribbean nations or other small territories. So it will be very difficult for the authorities to take any legal action against them.