Paris got 46 hours of sunlight in November. The weather wasn’t particularly cold, it was only slightly wetter than usual, but definitely grey. As for France’s political climate, the gridlock’s enough to make the natives want to hibernate. Source link
President Emmanuel Macron is to name a new prime minister on Friday, aides said, after days of deadlock over finding a candidate to replace Michel Barnier whose ousting by parliament pushed France into a fresh crisis. FRANCE 24’s Clovis Casali reports from Paris. Source link
The Cardano ecosystem offers access to decentralized exchanges and DeFi platforms. At the end of December, ADA holders must ratify the approval of the new Constitution. On December 5, 2024, the Cardano (ADA) community approved the new Constitution that will determine a more decentralized governance and encourage the participation of ADA holders, the token native … Read more
It is the first time that BlackRock has issued a recommendation of this style on exposure to BTC. At BlackRock they believe that, if BTC is widely adopted, “it could be less risky.” BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, recommended an exposure of up to 2% in bitcoin (BTC). This is the first time that … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday was returning early from a trip to Poland as pressure grew to name a new prime minister a week after MPs topped the government. FRANCE 24’s Clovis Casali reports from outside the Élysée presidential palace. Source link
West Palm Beach: US President-elect Donald Trump invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to attend the swearing-in ceremony next month. Trump has threatened to impose heavy tariffs on Chinese goods, but despite this he invited Xi to his inauguration. Trump is considered a strong opponent of China. Even during his election campaign, he described China … Read more
Thomas Peterffy, founder of the retail brokerage firm Interactive Brokers, spoke out regarding the increase in the price of bitcoin (BTC). After having pointed out, years ago, that cryptocurrencies had no intrinsic value, he now recommends making investments in these assets. And although he confessed that he has “a little bit of bitcoin” since 2021, … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron was expected Thursday to name a new prime minister a week after MPs topped the government, shortening a visit to Poland amid a torrent of criticism over the prolonged political crisis, explains FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman. Source link
The regime of Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez al-Assad managed to stay in power for five decades by exercising brutally repressive methods inspired in part by Alois Brunner, a notorious Nazi war criminal who made a life for himself in Damascus as a confidant of the Assad clan. Source link
