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Next week, NATO will hold a ministerial meeting, where the possibility of intercepting Russian missiles over Ukrainian territory may be discussed. Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski mentioned this on TVN24, as reported by Ukrinform. “This is a matter for coordination and discussion among our allies. We have a new NATO Secretary General. There will be another NATO ministerial meeting next week, and this issue might be on the agenda,” Sikorski said. He explained that the debate on intercepting Russian missiles over Ukraine is connected to questions about “where the right to self-defense begins and ends.” “Do we only have the…

After closing out his fourth season as the number one rider in the world, Tadej Pogačar has extended his contract with UAE Team Emirates – which already went through 2027 – for another three years through 2030.The Tour de France and Giro d’Italia winner and reigning world champion has been with the team since turning pro in 2019 and is now committed to the team for the majority of his career.Teammate Pablo Torres is the only other rider with such an extensive deal, with his also lasting through 2030. It’s only short of Wout van Aert’s lifetime contract with Visma-Lease…

President Biden’s use of the word “garbage” has prompted a political controversy in the waning days of the presidential campaign. Ting Shen/AFP hide caption toggle caption Ting Shen/AFP Shortly before Vice President Harris took the stage to deliver the closing argument for her campaign, promising to turn the page on division in the country, President Biden undermined that sentiment with a remark in a video call with a Latino voting group. In Biden’s remarks, it sounded like he was calling supporters of former President Donald Trump “garbage.” Republicans have latched on to those comments, saying Biden had called half the…

Through the third quarter of 2024, buyers who were underwater on their trade-ins—that is, owed more on their loans than their cars were worth—were deeper in the red than ever before. Edmunds research revealed that the average amount of negative equity on an underwater trade-in was a staggering $6,458, up 11% from 2023 and the highest amount recorded in the past five years. This isn’t as widespread as it first seems; only 43% of new-car buyers even had a trade-in at all, and of that 43%, over three-quarters of them were either break-even, paid off, or had positive equity on…

A molecule in lizard saliva may make it easier to find certain tumors in the pancreas. Insulinomas — benign tumors that can cause low blood sugar and sudden fainting spells — are notoriously hard to detect using current scanning methods. But by using a tweaked variant of a protein found in Gila monster saliva as a radioactive tracer, a new type of PET scan found the tumors in 95 percent of confirmed cases, researchers report in the October Journal of Nuclear Medicine. PET scans used now to detect such tumors had just a 65 percent success rate, the team found.…

In Kharkiv, nearly 100 apartment buildings damaged by Russian shelling are currently undergoing restoration. Since February 2024, 51 buildings have been restored. Director of the Department for Improvement, Restoration and Reconstruction at the Kharkiv City Council, Kostiantyn Lyska, announced this at a public discussion “Restoration of Kharkiv: a common vision and strategy of the authorities and the community,” an Ukrinform correspondent reports. According to him, about 600 houses have sustained structural damage. “Since the department’s establishment in February of this year, we have completed the restoration of 51 houses with minor damage, including roofs damaged in strikes. Additionally, windows have…

Bitcoin price extended gains above $90,000. BTC is now consolidating gains near $90,000 and might attempt another increase in the near term. Bitcoin extended its increase and traded above the $92,000 zone. The price is trading above $87,500 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a key bullish trend line forming with support at $87,200 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could continue to rise if it stays above the $85,400 zone. Bitcoin Price Sets Another ATH Bitcoin price started a fresh increase above the $88,000 level. BTC cleared the…

The Kherson Regional Military Administration has showed the consequences of a nighttime enemy attack on apartment blocks in Kherson. The video was shared by Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin, Ukrinform reports. “Completely burnt out apartments, smashed windows, balconies, walls and people who still can’t get over what they have experienced. Last night, the Russian army shelled high-rise buildings in the Tsentralnyi district of Kherson,” Prokudin wrote. The regional governor recalled that the Russian invaders killed two civilians. Two more adults and one child were injured. A report from the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in the Kherson region indicates…

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