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Why is Trump’s election as US president prompting a Bitcoin surge? 

12 November 2024

Bitcoin surged to a record high of $89,000 on Tuesday as investors pumped money into cryptocurrencies following the elec...

French newspapers take legal action against Elon Musk’s X over content use 

12 November 2024

News|Social Media Several major French newspapers have decided to take legal action against social media giant X, accusi...

COP29 host Azerbaijan brands oil and gas ‘gift from God’ 

12 November 2024

Azerbaijan’s president has branded oil and gas a “gift from God” as he welcomed delegates to the COP29 climate sum...

At least 35 killed in China car ramming 

12 November 2024

News|Crime At least 35 people were killed and 43 injured after a car ploughed into a crowd outside a sports centre in Ch...

Moldova formally protests alleged Russian election meddling 

12 November 2024

News|Russia-Ukraine war Moldova has handed a note of protest to the Russian ambassador to Chisinau over alleged interfer...

Photos: Israel pounds Beirut suburbs with heavy daytime air strikes 

12 November 2024

Israel’s military has pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs with air strikes, mounting one of its heaviest daytime attac...

How Marco Rubio has shapeshifted to embrace Trump’s foreign policy 

12 November 2024

The buzz in Washington is growing: United States President-elect Donald Trump, reports suggest, is about to pick Florida...

British-German painter Frank Auerbach dies at 93 

12 November 2024

Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany to Britain as a child, has died at age 93, his representatives say. One of...

Climate action will continue despite Trump’s return, US envoy tells COP29 

11 November 2024

US climate envoy John Podesta has called on governments to believe in the United States’ clean energy economy, saying ...

At least 30 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israeli tanks enter Nuseirat 

11 November 2024

At least 40 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza in Israeli attacks, including a drone strike on people sitting at ...