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Donald Trump’s triumphant return to the White House signals a potential golden era for cryptocurrencies, whose influential backers heavily supported his presidential bid.After years of ascendancy following bitcoin’s emergence, the cryptocurrency industry had fallen into a “crypto winter,” plagued by scandals and hostile regulatory oversight.But Trump’s impending presidency has spurred an enthusiastic market response, with …

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US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Saturday at the APEC summit in Peru, in what will likely be their last encounter before Donald Trump returns to the White House, US officials said.The meeting will be the third between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies and their second since …

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US President-elect Donald Trump thanked President Joe Biden for pledging a smooth transfer of power as the victorious Republican made a historic return visit to the White House on Wednesday.”Politics is tough, and in many cases it’s not a very nice world. It is a nice world today and I appreciate it very much,” Trump …

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Bangladesh’s interim leader on Wednesday slammed the “humiliating” fight for climate finance at the COP29 talks, demanding rich countries and emitters pay for the problems they caused.Muhammed Yunus, who leads one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, said countries who bear little responsibility for global warming were being forced to haggle for help adapting to …

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Donald Trump will make a triumphant return to the White House to meet President Joe Biden on Wednesday, in the Republican’s first visit since departing under a torrent of scandal nearly four years ago.Trump’s meeting with Biden comes as he moves swiftly to name his administration, including the world’s richest man Elon Musk as head …

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Some of Britain’s most notorious cases have been tried at London’s Old Bailey, including those attracting the death penalty until the punishment was abolished in the 1960s.This week, capital crimes returned to the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, with a musical protest proclaiming the innocence of a prisoner who has spent decades on …

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Russia escalated its attacks on Kyiv early Wednesday, launching waves of drones and missiles in its first combined aerial assault on the capital in more than 70 days, authorities said.The attacks came as Washington and Seoul echoed warnings from Ukraine that North Korean troops had begun “engaging in combat operations” alongside Russian forces on the …

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Germany’s embattled Chancellor Olaf Scholz, mired in a government crisis, traded blows with his rivals Wednesday in combative parliament speeches as all sides ready for elections in February.”I will certainly not regret having proposed compromises every day and until the end, until the last common day of this government coalition,” a defiant Scholz told the …

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The ceremony is short: a man walks up to a desk and signs a few papers before a serviceman in army fatigues shakes his hand and welcomes him into the Ukrainian armed forces.”Glory to Ukraine,” said Igor Rusakevych as he signed up as a volunteer Tuesday with the Ukrainian Legion that Kyiv has created for …

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US top diplomat Antony Blinken warned Wednesday that the deployment of North Korean troops alongside Russian forces on the Ukrainian border demanded a “firm response,” during talks with top EU and NATO officials.The secretary of state was in Brussels to confer with Washington’s allies on ramping up support for Kyiv before Donald Trump reclaims the …

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