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Bitcoin is jumping again, setting another new high above $99,000 overnight. The cryptocurrency has been shattering records almost daily since the U.S. presidential election, and has rocketed more than 40% higher in just two weeks. It's now at the doorstep of $100,000. Cryptocurrencies and related investments like crypto exchange-traded funds have rallied because the incoming Trump administration is expected to be more “crypto-friendly.” Still, as with everything in the volatile cryptoverse, the future is hard to predict. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in central Mississippi and the state’s Delta and Gulf Coast areas will return to the polls Tuesday to resolve two judicial races in which no candidate received the vote majority needed in the Nov. 5 general election to avoid a runoff.

Calmness filled the city on a recent afternoon, a bane of any tourism economy.

The $19.5M Presidio Heights abode features one of SF’s rare residential swimming pools.

Locals sidle up for affordable drinks and snacks.

The Thanksgiving blockbuster owes a great deal to Palo Alto.

China is going to expand visa-free entry to citizens of nine more countries as it seeks to boost tourism and business travel to help revive a sluggish economy. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday that travelers from Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Estonia, Latvia and Japan will be able to enter China without a visa starting Nov. 30. That will bring to 38 the number of countries that have been granted visa-free access since last year. The permitted length of... Читать дальше...

Japan has approved a $250 billion economic stimulus package centered around initiatives intended to boost incomes. The broad plan passed by the Cabinet on Friday is the centerpiece of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s recently installed administration. It provides support for digital innovation in the world’s fourth largest economy, subsidies to defray for rising energy costs and help for low-income households. The plan is designed, the government says, to instill a sense of “well being” in the Japanese people. Читать дальше...

Global stocks are higher following gains on Wall Street after market superstar Nvidia and other companies said they’re making even fatter profits than expected. U.S. futures edged lower while oil prices rose. The Shanghai Composite index dropped over 3%, driven by the semiconductor stocks. On Thursday, the S&P 500 pulled 0.5% higher after flipping between modest gains and losses several times in the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite edged up less than 0.1%. Banks... Читать дальше...

Germany’s popular defense minister has taken himself out of contention to become the country’s next leader. His decision clears the way for Chancellor Olaf Scholz to seek a second term in an early election after a week of arguments that exposed deep divisions in his struggling party. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in a video Thursday night that he has informed the center-left Social Democrats’ leadership that he is “not available for a candidacy for the office of chancellor.” He said that... Читать дальше...

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te will visit the self-governing island’s allies in the South Pacific, where rival China has been seeking diplomatic inroads. The Foreign Ministry announced Friday that Lai would travel from Nov. 30 to Dec. 6 to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau. The trip comes against the background of Chinese loans, grants and security cooperation treaties with Pacific island nations that have aroused major concern in the U.S., New Zealand, Australia and others over Beijing’s moves to assert military... Читать дальше...

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their exact causes of death have not been released. A New Zealander also has been sickened. The U.S. State Department issued a warning to travelers to be “alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning.” But what is methanol, and how do you avoid it?

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Ketut Nita Wahyuni lifts her folded hands prayerfully to her forehead as a priest leads the temple gathering. The 11-year-old is preparing to perform the Rejang Dewa, a sacred Balinese dance.

Indigenous leaders from the Wampis Nation in Peru are urging lawmakers at the House of Commons in London to ban international banks’ support for Amazon oil activities they say harm their ancestral rainforests. HSBC bank, JPMorgan Chase and Santander helped finance the Peruvian state-owned oil company Petroperu as it sought to upgrade a coastal refinery. In the last decade there have been dozens of leaks along a pipeline that serves the refinery. The banks say they adhere to environmental guidelines... Читать дальше...

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist Civic Coalition is holding a primary to choose a candidate who will run in the nation’s presidential election next year. Party members are choosing between Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski. The winner of the party primary will face a field of several candidates. The date of next year's presidential election has not been set but it is expected to take place in May, with a runoff two weeks later if no candidate receives an outright majority. Читать дальше...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday during a visit to Guyana that his government views the South American country as key to its energy security.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Jackson Unger earned a 32-save shutout, Rilen Kovacevic scored twice and the Moose Jaw Warriors downed the Saskatoon Blades 4-0 on Thursday in Western Hockey League action.

The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "Texas Cash 5" game were: 11, 13, 19, 31, 34

The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "Texas All or Nothing Night" game were: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 17, 20, 21, 23

The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "New Mexico Pick 4 Plus Evening" game were: 1, 1, 7, 9

The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "New Mexico Pick 3 Plus Evening" game were: 0, 0, 8

The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "New Mexico Roadrunner Cash" game were: 8, 9, 16, 22, 33