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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Printed balloons with Chinese flag are placed on U.S. flag in the shape of U.S. map outline, in this illustration taken February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this month called off his trip to Beijing, he chose his words carefully. China’s launch of a spy balloon on a high-altitude journey over the United States was unacceptable and irresponsible, he said, but he was postponing – not canceling – his visit. A week later, China’s balloon has been shot down, the trip…

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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view shows an election poster from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with top candidate Franziska Giffey for the upcoming repeat Berlin state elections in Berlin, Germany January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 2/2 BERLIN (Reuters) – Berliners return to the polls on Sunday, choosing a government for the city state for the second time in 18 months after, for the first time in German history, a court ruled the election invalid because of irregularities. The vote could turf left-wing mayor Franziska Giffey out of office well before the end of her term and complicate life…

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4/4 © Reuters. Supporters of Cyprus presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides are seen in front of a poster, at the campaign headquarters a day ahead of the presidential elections, in Nicosia, Cyprus, February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 2/4 By Michele Kambas NICOSIA (Reuters) -Cyprus went to the polls in a runoff presidential election on Sunday, pitting two career diplomats against each other in what could be a cliffhanger vote that has split the political right. Nikos Christodoulides, 49, is a former foreign minister while Andreas Mavroyiannis, 66, was chief negotiator in peace talks with Turkish Cypriots and a former permanent representative…

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© Reuters. One of the founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) copycat NFT collection RR/BAYC has filed an opposition notice against 10 trademark applications from Yuga Labs. The move marks another strange twist in the ongoing intellectual property dispute between BAYC creators Yuga Labs and RR/BAYC founders Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen. Opposition example. Source: USPTOContinue Reading on Coin Telegraph Source link

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6/6 © Reuters. Rescue workers try to rescue a 15-year-old girl trapped under the rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 10, 2023. @fire – Internationaler Katastrophenschutz/Handout via REUTERS 2/6 By Maya Gebeily, Ali Kucukgocmen and Khalil Ashawi ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria (Reuters) -Exhausted rescuers pulled dwindling numbers of survivors from earthquake rubble in Turkey and Syria on Saturday five days after one of the region’s worst natural disasters whose death toll neared 26,000 and looked set to rise far higher. Some rescue operations were halted after reports of looting. Facing questions over his handling of…

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Oli Scarff/Getty Images News BP’s (NYSE:BP) surprise announcement that it has scaled back climate targets and now plans to produce more oil and gas for longer has angered climate-focused investors, but the company’s stock price has gained 19% in the four days since the news, reaching its best levels in nearly four years. “The decision that BP has made is regrettable, [taking] into account that the targets were approved by investors at the last annual meeting,” said Angela Quiroga, environmental and ESG analyst at BP shareholder Union Investment. Last May, BP (BP) won shareholder support for its strategy of cutting…

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Stablecoin issuer Holdings is relying on the services of a major Wall Street firm to manage its Treasury portfolio, according to a Feb. 10 report by The Wall Street Journal. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Journal reported that financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald is helping Tether oversee a $39 billion bond portfolio comprised of United States Treasury securities. The report indicates that some firms on Wall Street are willing to support crypto service providers despite ongoing regulatory concerns facing the industry. Continue Reading on Coin Telegraph Source link

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