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Why Crypto-Treasury Stocks Fall Faster Than the Assets They Hold
Is the “crypto treasury” strategy a double-edged sword for investors? Not long ago, companies marketed crypto-treasury stocks as a straightforward investment. They purchased shares to gain exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) or other digital assets while benefiting from the liquidity and regulatory oversight of public markets. In rising markets, this approach was effective. Shares of companies with substantial crypto holdings frequently…
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Charting brain cell epigenomics to reveal origins of psychiatric disorders
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: In a revealing Genomic Press Interview published today in Genomic Psychiatry, Dr. Maria Margarita Behrens recounts an extraordinary scientific journey that wound through four countries and multiple disciplines before arriving at fundamental questions about how the…
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2026 begins with an increasingly autocratic United States rising on the global stage
The U.S. military operation in Venezuela and capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026, topped off months of military buildup and targeted strikes in the Caribbean Sea. It fulfills President Donald Trump’s claim to assert authoritative control over the Western Hemisphere, articulated in his administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy. Some national security experts say U.S. military action in…
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Wife groped, husband beaten, son stripped
New Delhi: A long-standing dispute over gym ownership turned fatal for a Delhi family when the establishment’s 52-year-old owner and his son were dragged, stripped and beaten in full public view by a group of men in Laxmi Nagar, while his wife was allegedly molested by the accused. Rajesh Garg and his 26-year-old son, Vasu, were allegedly violently attacked in…
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Venezuelan Opposition leader offers to share Nobel with Trump
María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Opposition leader, has declared her intention to share the honour with US President Donald Trump, days after American forces toppled longtime strongman Nicolás Maduro, even as Trump dismissed her political prospects. Speaking to Fox News on Monday, January 5, Machado described ouster of Maduro as “a huge step for humanity, for…
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10 Greatest Movies Turning 20 in 2026, Ranked
It’s now officially 2026, which means, among other things, that the year for cinephiles will be filled with retrospectives of films hitting their respective decade anniversaries. That’s good news for anyone wanting to revisit or watch for the first time the best films made 20 years ago, because 2006 was an absolute banger of a year at the movies. There…
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Trump pushes back against Democrats’ criticism of Maduro raid
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least 24 Venezuelan security officers were killed in the dead-of-night U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face drug charges, officials said Tuesday. Venezuelan officials announced the death count as the country’s acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, pushed back on President Donald Trump, who earlier this week warned…
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Respiratory illnesses remain high across Virginia, health officials warn
As of last week, about one out of four people visiting emergency departments and urgent care clinics in Virginia had respiratory illnesses, including flu (influenza), COVID-19, and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), according to Virginia Department of Health data. And while the week that ended on Jan. 3 was slightly better than the one before, it’s not time to relax —…
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Why I spent a week on a South Pacific island with my best friend’s husband
I ask Andy Cory how he came to live on the remote South Pacific island of Niue tending hives abuzz with one of the world’s most isolated populations of honeybees. A 100-square-mile dot on the map located roughly between the Cook Islands and Fiji and home to less than 2,000 people, Niue is way out there. But the towering New…
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Unveiling genetic links between schizophrenia and osteoporosis
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A comprehensive genetic investigation led by Dr. Feng Liu at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital has uncovered striking molecular connections between schizophrenia and bone health, identifying 195 shared genetic loci that may explain why psychiatric patients…
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