Author: Press Room

On January 12, Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency, is staying bullish as it’s breaking above the $17,500 level. While Ethereum’s (ETH) price is consolidating in a narrow range of $1,320 to $1,345 levels. whereas Ripple is on a bullish run, having surged over 5% to $0.3700.The initial market panic that followed Sam Bankman-FTX Fried’s exchange’s collapse in early November appears to be subsiding. For the first time since FTX went bankrupt, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Bitcoin posted for the next three months is fetching a premium above the prevailing spot market price. The return on the premium suggests that…

CNN  —  House Republicans are spotlighting the issue of abortion as they roll out their legislative agenda in the new Congress – a move that comes after the Supreme Court’s highly consequential decision last summer to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. The GOP-led House voted on Wednesday to pass a bill that would require health care providers to try to preserve the life of an infant in the rare case that a baby is born alive during or after an attempted abortion. The bill is not expected to be taken up in the Democratic-controlled Senate, but passage…

The metaverse, an ever-evolving concept for a ubiquitous 3D digital realm, has recently taken center stage as a crucial component of the highly-anticipated Web3 era, heralding the next chapter of the internet. Major tech players such as Facebook and banks like Citi are investing heavily in this space, including in Web3 metaverse gaming, with some experts predicting the industry could be worth up to $13 trillion by 2030. However, there are also skeptics who believe the hype around the metaverse is premature, and that developers have yet to create tangible products that people will use.One project that aims to do…

CNN  —  President Joe Biden’s legal team found another batch of classified government records following the initial discovery of classified documents at his former think tank office in Washington this past fall, people briefed on the matter told CNN on Wednesday. Searches for additional documents took place after Biden’s lawyers found the initial classified documents in early November, the people said. One of the sources told CNN that effort led to the discovery of additional documents of interest to federal officials reviewing the matter. NBC News first reported the new batch of classified documents. The discovery of the classified documents…

German police continued a crackdown on anti-coal protesters who are camped out in an abandoned town slated to be demolished for the expansion of coal production.A large force of German police surrounded the western German town of Luetzerath on Wednesday and continued blocking any new protesters from coming into the village. The police then moved in to continue forced evacuations of anti-coal protesters encamped there, according to a report from France 24.”They took the first aid team out of the camp by force,” said Mara Sauer, a spokesperson for the activists, according to France 24. “Only some were able to…

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to members of the news media outside of a Steering Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2023. Leah Millis | ReutersHouse Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday said he would not urge embattled Republican Rep. George Santos to resign from Congress, hours after local GOP officials tore into the New York legislator and pushed him to step down.”Look, the voters decide,” McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters on Capitol Hill when asked whether he would welcome Santos’ resignation if it was offered, according to NBC News.”That’s what his decision is to make,”…

Source: YouTube

TikToker and model Remi Bader shared her experience when she stopped taking Ozempic, a drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes that has quickly become one of the latest weight loss trends.Bader, 27, said in an episode of the “Not Skinny Not Fat” podcast aired on Jan. 10 she was prescribed Ozempic for “before it was trendy.””I’m like, almost annoyed that it’s this trendy thing now when I went on it for actual issues,” she said.Bader said her doctor had recommended the drug shortly after it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2020 to help with pre-diabetic…

CNN  —  Rep. Barbara Lee of California told her colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus during a closed-door meeting Wednesday that she plans to run for the Senate, multiple sources told CNN. This comes a day after Rep. Katie Porter of California announced a 2024 Senate bid, launching her campaign for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat in what could be a crowded Democratic primary. One source close to Lee told CNN she has no intention of announcing her run right now amid the storms in California, as well as out of respect for Feinstein, but she plans to run. Politico first…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Tatjana Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90” music video, has died.She was 56.Patitz’s death in the Santa Barbara, California, area was confirmed by her New York agent, Corinne Nicolas, at the Model CoOp agency. Nicolas said the cause was illness, but did not have further details.Patitz, who was born in Germany, raised in Sweden and later made her life in California, was known as part of an elite handful of “original” supermodels, appearing in the Michael video along with…