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Kalshi hit $13.5 million in a single day of World Cup trading fees on June 24, the latest data point in a regulatory contest that the CFTC's July 27 comment deadline has
Spot gold settled near $3,972 an ounce on Friday, its first close below $4,000 since November 2025. The breach came as the May PCE report pushed Fed rate-hike odds higher and Trump's Iran ceasefire framework drained gold's three-year war premium.
A representative of the Meta company said that the company impartially moderates content in Russian and Ukrainian. Jacob Turowski, director of public policy for Central and Eastern Europe at Meta Corporation, owner
A US court on Thursday decided to confiscate $5.4 million belonging to sanctioned Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeev. District Court Judge Paul Gardef’s ruling in Manhattan federal court was the first forfeiture of
This year should be the time when there will be no more obstacles to start negotiations on Ukraine’s full EU membership. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on February 2, speaking
International politicians, public figures and journalists have called on Georgian authorities to provide Georgia’s third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, with adequate treatment. Reaction from the global community followed after footage of convict Mikheil
On Thursday, the Baltic states and Poland called on international sports organizations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the Olympics and other sporting events while the war in Ukraine
US lawmakers have urged the Department of Energy to release documents detailing how Russian hackers attacked US nuclear labs last year. The call, made by the chairmen of the House Oversight Committee
A heated discussion about the possible admission of athletes from Russia and Belarus to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in a neutral status can be considered stopped for some time. The IOC
The EU intends to establish an international center in The Hague to investigate Russian crimes in Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during
The South Korean Sports and Olympic Committee (KSOC) intends to contact the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for further clarification regarding the potential participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Asian
The sports successes of Natalia Spiridonova are followed not only by the inhabitants of the Pskov region, but also by many Russian citizens. In major domestic competitions, the girl began to participate
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