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How the UK Plans to Regulate Crypto Like Traditional Finance
Key takeaways The UK plans to bring cryptocurrency within the financial services perimeter by October 2027, shifting toward a structured regulatory regime. The Financial Conduct Authority has launched consultations to define standards and requirements for crypto firms, with final rules expected in 2026. The new framework marks a move away from basic Anti-Money Laundering registration toward a detailed licensing system…
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Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies at 92
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a fixture of Western Colorado politics for decades, died Tuesday of natural causes surrounded by his family, his daughter Shanan Campbell confirmed. Campbell represented Colorado in the Senate for two terms after serving in the House of Representatives and the state legislature. He was 92. Campbell is best known for his long political career,…
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What growing up in war does to a child’s brain
Fergal KeaneSpecial correspondent BBC Content warning: this article includes details about the impact of conflict on children in war zones and descriptions of injuries that some readers may find distressing. The first thing was that Abdelrahman’s dad was killed. The family home was struck by an Israeli air strike. The boy’s mum, Asma al-Nashash, 29, remembers that “they brought him…
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Telangana seeks toll free travel on Hyderabad–Vijayawada route
Hyderabad: Telangana Roads and Buildings (R&B) minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy has written to Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, urging temporary toll exemption on the Hyderabad–Vijayawada National Highway to ease traffic during the Sankranti festival. Reddy seeks toll-free travel on specific dates In his letter, Komatireddy requested permission to allow free movement of vehicles through the Pantangi, Korlapahad, and Chillakallu…
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10 Deep Movies You Might Have Missed
There’s no simple escapism here; it’s time to get deep with these ten great, thought-provoking films that may have flown under your radar… It’s time to get deep. The beauty of cinema is just how eclectic and wide-ranging your choice of viewing is. You want simple escapism, you’re covered. You want gruelling depictions of war, that’s covered too. Twisting narratives…
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HC stops new construction near dargah, graveyard in Yamuna floodplain
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said people cannot be allowed to make houses or sheds under the pretext of a graveyard or for any other purpose in the Yamuna floodplain and prohibited any new construction adjacent to the Nau Gaza Peer Dargah. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora issued the interim order…
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Scientists obtain first 3D images inside Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano
POPOCATÉPETL VOLCANO, Mexico — In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active and whose eruption could affect millions of people. Its mission: figure out what is happening under the crater. For five years, the group from Mexico’s National Autonomous University has climbed the volcano with kilos of…
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Treasury Targets Iran-Venezuela Weapons Trade
Sanctioned Company Linked to Sale of Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Combat Drones to Venezuela WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is targeting 10 individuals and entities based in Venezuela and Iran, including a Venezuelan company that has contributed to Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) trade with Venezuela. “Treasury is…
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10 Movies That Have Aged Poorly For Off-Screen Reasons
Some films are remembered less for what appears on the screen and more for everything that happened around them. In some cases, production disasters or unsafe sets overshadow the story entirely. In other cases, the actions or behavior of the people behind the camera have made it impossible to separate the work from its creator. This list highlights films whose…
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America’s world turned upside down
It has been a dark and stormy year, although not in as benign a sense as the much-mocked melodrama by Edward Bulwer-Litton from which this paraphrase of his opening line derives, nor as funny as the Peanuts cartoons that played on it. The year has blended dangerous geopolitical turmoil and extraordinary political destructiveness with a powerful surge of technological development…
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