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The European Commission on Thursday called for a change in the rules on the import, export and transit of firearms for civilian use to clamp down on trafficking and keep better track of the number of such weapons in the bloc.About 35 million illicit firearms are in the hands of civilians in the EU, according to estimates by the Commission, amounting to 56% of the estimated total of firearms. Around 630,000 of these firearms are listed as stolen or lost in the Schengen Information System.”Firearms trafficking feeds organised crime within the EU and breeds political instability in the EU’s neighbourhood.…

The demand to buy US Series I savings bonds this week has been so great that it temporarily crashed the Treasury web site where those bonds are purchased. That could mean some investors’ requests may not be processed in time to lock in the bond’s 9.62% rate by the October 28 deadline. TreasuryDirect.gov was alerting users to that possibility on Thursday, citing “unprecedented” volumes. “We cannot guarantee that your bond purchase will be completed before this deadline if your account or purchase requires additional customer support for issues such as identity verification.” Treasury said Thursday it has since fixed the…

Terra’s Luna Classic (LUNC) has recently seen a price increase that took it from the lowest point this month, at $0.0002282 to $0.0002513. While a fairly low increase, it is still notable, as it suggests that the project might be recovering, especially after recent news involving a 4-year plan to bring back value to the token.However, the increase was then suddenly interrupted, possibly by the recent development that has seen the minting of 200 million LUNC.Terra sees the minting of 200m LUNCThe surprise comes due to the fact that Terra Classic is now trying to burn LUNC tokens in order…

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Like most cryptocurrencies, Chia (XCH) saw a major price decline over the past year. However, in recent weeks and even months, most of the crypto market has been struggling to shake off the bears and grow again. Chia, however, has had less success in this field, and even in the last three months, the token saw almost no attempts at recovery; it just kept sinking deeper and deeper to the current price of $31.58.With that being the case, many are calling it a dead altcoin, and investors are looking toward new, more promising alternatives.Dash 2 Trade (D2T)The first altcoin to…

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London CNN  —  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is no longer expected to attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next week due to “other pressing commitments,” a Downing Street spokesperson said on Thursday. The UK will still be represented by other senior ministers, as well as by COP26 President Alok Sharma, at the climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, the statement said. “The government is absolutely committed to supporting COP27 and leading international action to tackle climate change and protect nature,” a Downing Street spokesperson said. “The Prime Minister is not expected to attend the summit in Egypt due…

The late Chadwick Boseman was the heart and soul of the first Black Panther film, so the new sequel film, Wakanda Forever, naturally has a hole that simply cannot be filled. “At first, I was filled with dread at the thought of filming without Chadwick [Boseman], but by re-inhabiting the Black Panther world that we all loved so much, we were able to pay homage to him and share in the loss,” Lupita Nyong’o, who portrays Nakia in the Marvel franchise, told Vogue last week. For the movie’s big Hollywood premiere last night, a few cast members then decided to…

We’ve all encountered the odd, wacky, or downright weird trend on TikTok. But when Bobbi Brown logged on and saw almost an entire pot of her new foundation—Jones Road What The Foundation—being slathered liberally over TikToker Meredith Duxbury’s face, she was slightly taken aback.“My first thoughts were, ‘Oh no! Someone posted a negative review of a product I love.’ But when I watched the video, I saw that she was definitely not someone who would love the finish of this product, and on top of that, she used it in a ridiculous way that didn’t make sense,” Brown tells me.…

Tanner Firl doesn’t understand why anyone would need a budget.”It never made sense to me,” the 29-year-old tells CNBC Make It. “Most people have a problem not spending money. We have almost the opposite problem.”Firl and his wife, Isabel, who live in Minneapolis, are practically allergic to spending money on anything they don’t see as a necessity, a shared attitude that plays into the couple’s financial strategy.Firl is part of the FIRE — short for financial independence, retire early — movement, and specifically adheres to a strategy known as “lean” FIRE. Practitioners of this version of FIRE look to supercharge…