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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 10: In this photo illustration, a visual representation of the digital … [+] cryptocurrency Bitcoin is displayed on January 10, 2024 in Paris, France. The first American Bitcoin ETF could be authorized by the SEC (Commissioner of the American Stock Exchange) as early as Wednesday January 10, 2024. Around ten of the largest financial asset managers in the world have filed an application with the SEC to launch a Bitcoin ETF. After blocking the entry of bitcoin on Wall Street for more than 10 years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should, barring any drama, authorize…

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A local newspaper revealed Saturday that socialist Venezuela is feeding political prisoners that were arrested after the nation’s sham election this summer rotten food and contaminated water, greatly endangering their health. El Carabobeño recounted testimonies from some of the families of more than 500 detainees presently imprisoned at the Tocuyito prison — one of the inmate facilities “raided” and emptied by the socialist regime in late 2023 and the location of one of the two “reeducation camps” for dissidents that dictator Nicolás Maduro announced in August. The families explained that they have only been able to see their relatives once…

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Major hardware supplier True Value has initiated Chapter 11 bankruptcy procedures and reportedly entered into an agreement to sell all of its operations to a rival chain, Do it Best Corp. The Chicago-based retailer, which has 4,500 retail locations across the U.S. and internationally, filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, company officials announced in a Monday press release.  “After a thorough evaluation of strategic alternatives, we determined that the sale of our business was the path forward to maximize value and best serve our retail partners and other stakeholders into the future,” said True Value…

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On Monday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Rep. Gabe Amo (D-RI) stated that 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris will “put forward policy positions that are moving the ball forward in a way that we aren’t able to because of the end of the Biden-Harris administration,” and responded to a question on if she needs to distance herself from President Joe Biden’s policies over the past four years by saying that she’ll articulate “why she is a continuation of the great things accomplished in this administration, but [is] a pathbreaking leader in her own right.” Amo said, “Well,…

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices slid 3% in early Asian trade on Tuesday after a media report said Israel is willing not to strike Iranian oil targets, which eased fears of a supply disruption, and after OPEC lowered its outlook for global oil demand growth in 2024 and 2025.Both benchmarks plunged 3% in early trade on Tuesday, following a 2% drop on Monday. Brent crude futures were down $2.27 at $75.19 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures fell $2.22 to $71.60 per barrel as of 0127 GMT.Prices have fallen about $4 this week, nearly wiping out cumulative gains made…

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The Duchess of Edinburgh has described distressing scenes of sexual exploitation, after meeting refugees from Sudan’s civil war who had fled to neighbouring Chad.”People are having to exchange food and water for sex, for rape. That is violence that is being enacted through conflict. It is being used as a bargaining tool,” said Sophie, after a visit to this conflict-hit region of Africa.She spoke to women who had travelled into Chad to escape the conflict across the border in Sudan.”These women have no option but to leave. And, even then, they’re lucky if some of them can get away, because……

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Kamala Harris tried something new at her rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Monday night: She put Donald Trump on the big screen. Midway through her stump speech, the vice president asked to “roll the tape” on short videos of Trump, featuring several recent clips of the former president speaking about “enemies from within,” suggesting in a Fox News interview that the military could be deployed on Election Day, and speaking in Erie just weeks earlier when he suggested “one rough hour” of policing as an antidote to crime. The Trump interlude in the middle of an otherwise standard rally address…

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Royal Caribbean, to its credit, has been consulting with crew members about their onboard. Both Icon of the Seas, the first Icon-class ship, and its newest cruise ship, Utopia of the Seas offer reimagined crew areas.That can be very important because many crew members can only access passenger areas when it comes to work. On older ships that can mean rarely seeing daylight, and having to make do with very limited facilities.Want the latest cruise news and deals? Sign up for the Come Cruise With Me newsletter.On Utopia of the Seas, that’s certainly not the case, and Jordan Bauth, a…

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Poland will temporarily ban refugees from seeking asylum in the country, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced. Tusk accused Russia and Belarus of deliberately channeling tens of thousands of migrants across Poland’s borders and into the EU.In a speech in Warsaw on Saturday, Tusk said that he would present his new migration policy – which includes “the temporary territorial suspension of the right to asylum” – to the EU after unveiling it at a government meeting on Tuesday. “I will demand this,” he said. “I will demand recognition in Europe for this decision.” It is unclear how Tusk’s proposal will be…

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Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times,Thousands turned out to the Bayfront Convention Center on Sept. 29 to hear former President Donald Trump speak. Hundreds more gathered outside the convention center to watch Trump’s speech on a jumbo display, while nearby stands were set up to register voters, hawk mail-in ballots, and hand out Trump-Vance yard signs and bumper stickers.There’s a reason for that: Erie County, which hosts the city of Erie, is a strong indicator of who will win Pennsylvania. Since 1980, with the exception of 1988, the county has backed the winner of statewide presidential races.While it…

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