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European Union ministers on Tuesday endorsed giving Bosnia and Herzegovina the status of being a candidate to join the bloc.The decision has to be approved by the leaders of the EU’s 27 members, who will gather in Brussels for a summit on Thursday.”This sends a strong signal to the Western Balkan region and above all, to the citizens of Bosnia & Herzegovina,” Austrian EU minister Karoline Edtstadler wrote on Twitter.Candidate status is a largely symbolic designation which recognises that Bosnia and Herzegovina is on track to begin the lengthy and complex accession process. It does not, for instance, automatically trigger the…

Freedom Caucus firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo, has won her bid for re-election against Democrat Adam Frisch, an automatic recount confirmed Monday.The race was decided by 546 votes, fitting a pattern in the 2022 midterm elections when strong supporters of former President Trump finished with closer-than-expected margins or lost elections in swing districts.Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced the results Monday evening. Frisch gained a total of four votes in the recount, not nearly enough to catch up and overtake Boebert’s lead. An Aspen City Councilman, Frisch had already conceded the race last month after the first tally put him…

BNB, otherwise known as Binance Coin, the Binance cryptocurrency exchange’s utility token and the native token to the Binance Smart Chain, was last trading with losses of around 3.0% on Tuesday and was down closer to 6.0% over the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap. BNB/USD was last changing hands around $268, down from above $280 as recently as the weekend, but has recovered over 5.0% from intra-day lows around $253.For now, BNB is holding above support in the $250 area which has held since the summer months. But BNB price predictions are becoming more pessimistic as fear, uncertainty and…

NEW DELHI: Indian troops prevented Chinese soldiers from entering Indian territory on Dec 9 during a border scuffle that led to injuries on both sides, India’s defence minister said on Tuesday (Dec 13), in the first such clash since 2020 between the Asian giants. The incident occurred in the Tawang sector of India’s northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, which borders China’s south and is also claimed by Beijing. The Indian troops “illegally crossed the line to block” a routine patrol of Chinese border troops, a spokesperson from the Western Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said on…

New England Patriots wide receiver Nelson Agholor appeared to help out a clearly injured teammate during the team’s win over the Arizona Cardinals on Monday night.The play in question occurred in the first quarter. Mac Jones took the snap and was looking for DeVante Parker down the field. Parker caught the ball but landed on the ground face first. It appeared Parker was struggling to get up off the ground and was in a daze. Agholor took a knee on the ground and yelled toward his sideline to try stopping the play and getting some help for Parker, who was…

The three youngsters – Jack Johnson, 10, an 11-year-old named locally as Thomas and an eight-year-old – died after falling through the icy waters of Babbs Mill Lake in Solihull on Sunday Several fundraisers have been launched for the families of three schoolboys who died after falling into a frozen lake. Searches of Babbs Mill Lake, in Kinghurst, Solihull, are continuing into a third day as a six-year-old boy remains in hospital fighting for his life in a critical condition. Two cousins, aged eight and 10, and an 11-year-old died after plunging through the ice on Sunday afternoon. The 10-year-old…

CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump’s tax returns have been a long-standing mystery to American voters. But now that House Democrats finally have access to six years of Trump’s taxes, speculation is growing about what could happen next. On one hand, there is mounting political pressure to share the information with the public, while on the other hand, Democrats are weighing the potential fallout if there’s not a treasure trove of financial entanglements as anticipated. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can get “5 Things You Need to…

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US securities regulators have charged Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors in his recently bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the first move in an expected onslaught of criminal and civil charges following his arrest in the Bahamas late on Monday.The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday it had charged Bankman-Fried with defrauding venture capitalists and other equity investors who pumped $1.8bn into Nassau-based FTX, the majority of whom are based in the US, since May 2019.“We allege that Sam Bankman-Fried built a house of cards on a foundation of deception while telling investors that it was one of the safest buildings…

The Competition Tribunal is expected to hear closing arguments Tuesday in a case meant to decide whether the $26-billion merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. will be blocked. The oral arguments are expected to be the hearing’s final step before Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton mulls the testimony he has heard over the last month and releases a decision.The matter wound up before Crampton after Rogers announced its intention to buy Shaw in March 2021 and the Competition Bureau decided the deal’s approval would result in increased cellphone bills and poorer service. To ease the bureau’s…