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The price of Bitcoin hit a new all time high on Tuesday to reach $68,025 (€58,000) and the second-biggest digital coin, Ether by Ethereum surged by over 1 per cent from the previous day to $4814.80 (€4,153). Bitcoin rose over 3 per cent in the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap and beat its last…
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Sen. Ted Cruz said Texas could secede from the US if Democrats “fundamentally destroy” the country. Cruz said if things were to become “hopeless,” Texas should “take” NASA, the military, and its oil. He also joked that the podcast host Joe Rogan could become the president of the new state. Cruz was speaking at an event…
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Will Smith detailed the “spectacular” start of his relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith in his self-titled memoir and a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey. “We drank every day, and had sex multiple times every day, for four straight months,” Smith says in his memoir, set for release on Tuesday, according to Winfrey. “I started to wonder if this was…
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Well before the deadly chaos at his Astroworld music festival, Travis Scott had pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to two concerts where authorities said the rapper encouraged fans to rush the stage. Eight people died and hundreds more were injured at Scott’s music festival in Houston on Friday after the crowd of around 50,000 people surged…
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Pope Francis condemned an assassination attempt against Iraq’s prime minister as a “vile act of terrorism” and said Tuesday he is praying for peace in the country. The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, sent a telegram to Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi expressing Francis’ solidarity and prayers to al-Kadhimi’s family and those injured in…
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China’s leader Xi Jinping appears to be laying the foundation for a third term in power as top officials of the all-powerful Communist Party meet this week in Beijing. The official Xinhua News Agency said president and party General Secretary Xi issued a draft resolution on the party’s “major achievements and historical experience” at the…
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The Biden administration has charged two suspected hackers, nationals of Russia and Ukraine, respectively, in connection with a wave of ransomware attacks that targeted US companies earlier this year. The United States Justice Department announced the charges on Monday, saying it recovered $6.1m in ransom payments made to one of the suspects. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a 22-year-old Ukrainian,…
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The World Health Organization and the United Nations children’s agency have launched a four-day effort to vaccinate millions of children in Afghanistan against polio, the first campaign in three years. The programme, announced by the Ministry of Public Health and backed by the Taliban, aims to address the 3.3 million children who have gone unvaccinated…
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Newcastle have appointed Eddie Howe as new manager to replace Steve Bruce, who was sacked last month, making him the first permanent boss hired by the new PIF ownership. Graeme Jones has been in charge on an interim basis for the last few weeks, overseeing 1-1 draws with both Crystal Palace and Brighton as well…
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NFTs are an “important part of the future” of the gaming industry, game publisher EA told investors this week. The company’s CEO Andrew Wilson said EA’s sports franchises like FIFA and American football series ‘Madden’ were prime candidates for the introduction of the digital collectibles. “[Players] want more modalities at play inside the game, which…
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Disruption at UK universities is set to widen this winter after staff backed strikes over pay and working conditions, joining colleagues who voted for strikes over pensions earlier this week. A total of 58 institutions have now supported strike ballots, and they may be joined by others after the University and College Union (UCU) said…
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The number of people crossing the Channel by small boats in a single day reached a record number for this century on Wednesday, eclipsing the daily arrival figures during the summer. Despite the low November temperatures, at least 853 people came to the UK, the Home Office confirmed. The figure surpasses the previous daily record…
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The CBD market is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world and the UK is one of the biggest consumers of CBD products. According to the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI), the UK has ‘improbably’ become the world’s second-largest consumer cannabinoids market after the US, spending more on cannabis extracts domestically than vitamin…
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Of the lofty corporate mission statements issued from Silicon Valley, Tesla‘s stands out, with co-founder Elon Musk describing his venture as nothing less than an attempt to help avert a climactic apocalypse. The world’s reliance on fossil fuels is the “dumbest experiment in history”, he says, and describes the company’s mission as a planetary remedy:…
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Sebastian Klein, founder of the Angel Forever Foundation, presented a suicide talk Thursday night at Doudna Fine Arts Center’s Black Box. Klein spoke of struggles of suicide and drug abuse, and offered advice to those who are struggling with suicidal thoughts or behaviors. When talking about the stigma around suicide and mental health Klein said,…
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