SINGAPORE, Dec. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Zcoin (zcoin.io), a privacy focused cryptocurrency is set to be the first cryptocurrency project to release Receiver Address Privacy (RAP) on a desktop wallet. RAP is an implementation of Reusable Payment Codes (BIP47) originally proposed by Justus Ranvier, which provides greater privacy by allowing users to share a single […]
Day: December 31, 2019
In First Annual Budget Since 1973, Fifth Committee Approves $3.07 Billion for 2020, Concluding Main Part of Seventy-Fourth Session
Delegates Clash over Funding for Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in SyriaThe Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) concluded the main part of its seventy fourth session on Friday, approving resources totalling $3.07 billion for 2020, it…
Botswana: Conservation Groups Keen to Lend Hand in Anti-Poaching Fight
With wildlife poaching on the rise in Botswana, the country’s government has appealed to conservation groups and the private sector to lend a hand to help protect targeted species. More than a dozen rhinos have been killed in the country since October,…
Scientists Link La NiAa Climate Cycle to Increased Diarrhea
A study in Botswana by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health scientists finds that spikes in cases of life-threatening diarrhea in young children are associated with La NiAa climate conditions. The findings published in the journal Nature…