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Bitcoin is at the doorstep of $100,000 as post-election rally rolls on

Nov. 21, 2024 08:39 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin topped $98,000 for the first time Thursday, extending a streak of almost daily all-time highs since the U.S. presidential election. The cryptocurrency has rocketed more than 40% in just two weeks. Now, bitcoin is at the doorstep of $100,000 and investors do...

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment

Nov. 21, 2024 08:09 AM EST

U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document...

Trump's against climate action. But some right-wing governments are all for it

Nov. 21, 2024 07:56 AM EST

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — They’re political soulmates except when it comes to climate. President-Elect Donald Trump praised Hungary’s right-wing populist leader Viktor Orbán as respected, smart and a “strong man” in his winning 2024 campaign. During Hungary’s rotation at...

Southeast Asian defense chiefs discuss regional security with US, China and other partner nations

Nov. 21, 2024 07:51 AM EST

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian defense chiefs met Thursday with their counterparts from China, the United States and other nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more...

What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans people

Nov. 21, 2024 04:49 AM EST

Wednesday is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which focuses on trans people who have lost their lives because of violence. Here is what to know. What is Transgender Day of Remembrance? Transgender Day of Remembrance is marked every Nov. 20 and began in 1999 to honor Rita...

Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets

Nov. 21, 2024 04:32 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — Former publisher Jimmy Lai denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in his second day of testimony Thursday at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. The 77-year-old founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily...

One Tech Tip: How to get started with Bluesky

Nov. 21, 2024 04:04 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Looking for a new social media platform because X, Threads and Mastodon just aren't cutting it? You could try Bluesky. People seeking to avoid chaos, noise and political bluster in the aftermath of the U.S. elections are noticing a different mood on the Bluesky...

Police report reveals assault allegations against Hegseth

Nov. 21, 2024 02:24 AM EST

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday. Hegseth,...

Trump's incoming chief of staff is a former lobbyist. She'll face a raft of special interests

Nov. 21, 2024 00:04 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — As incoming White House chief of staff, one of Susie Wiles ’ vexing challenges will be policing the buffet line of powerful interests who want something from Donald Trump. It’s a world she knows well. During Trump’s first presidency, she lobbied for many of...

US to give antipersonnel mines to Ukraine to help slow the Russian advance

Nov. 20, 2024 23:41 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will give Ukraine antipersonnel mines to help it slow Russia’s battlefield advances, marking the second major shift on U.S. military support for Kyiv in days. After allowing Ukraine to use longer-range...