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☆ The Fed just made its last rate hike of the year. Here's what it means and what happens next.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Fed Chair Powell took an aggressive stance at the podium Wednesday, effectively saying the central bank isn't done hiking rates. The Fed signaled it won't be taking its foot off the gas anytime soon with policy, but markets of late have been acting like a so-called Fed pivot is all but guaranteed. "Powell's very hawkish comments didn't get a very hawkish reaction from the market," Wright maintained. But the more the market ignores the Fed, the longer the Fed will have to keep monetary policy restrictive, which ultimately raises the odds of a recession. "We're likely to see head-fakes like this where the market looks for a Fed pivot," one strategist said.

☆ Taliban carry out first public execution since returning to power in Afghanistan
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Sahar Akbarzai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Taliban on Wednesday put an alleged murderer to death in the first public execution held in Afghanistan since the Islamist group returned to power. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the man was shot three times by the father of his alleged victim in an execution attended by senior Taliban officials in southwestern Farah province. The man had been accused of stabbing the victim to death in 2017 and stealing a cell phone and bicycle. It is the first public execution since Kabul fell to the Taliban following the withdrawal of US forces from the country in August 2021. During the Taliban’s earlier period of rule, from 1996 to 2001, public executions were common, as were other violent punishments.

☆ ‘There’s no rules. It’s crazy’: New money in NCAA recruiting leaves elite athletes ripe for exploitation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kit-Ramgopal-Byline.Jpg | Kit Ramgopal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +15 min

Instead, the coveted junior recruit was benched, due to a decision from the state’s governing body for high school sports. Meanwhile, in a growing number of states, including California, even high school athletes can enter contracts. But boosters can pay prospective students through NIL deals, as long as the money is not contingent on enrollment or athletic performance. A University of Miami booster has earmarked $10 million to sign players to NIL deals through his companies. Cunningham’s message to high school athletes is “the grass isn’t always greener,” even in California.

☆ Jakobs makes first start for Senegal in Qatar showdown
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Shady Amir | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DOHA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Defender Ismail Jakobs gets his first start of the tournament for Senegal and Meshaal Barsham gets the nod in goal for Qatar as the two sides meet in their second Group A game at the 2022 World Cup. Senegal manager Aliou Cisse swaps Jakobs in for the injured Cheikhou Kouyate and Pape Abou Cisse is replaced by Famara Diedhiou, while Qatar boss Felix Sanchez makes three changes from the side that lost 2-0 to Ecuador. TEAMS:Qatar: Meshaal Barsham, Pedro Miguel, Abdelkarim Hassan, Ismail Mohamad, Hassan Al-Haydos (captain), Akram Afif, Karim Boudiaf, Homam Ahmed, Assim Madibo, Boualem Khoukhi, Almoez Ali. Senegal: Eduoard Mendy, Youssouf Sabaly, Kalidou Koulibaly, Abdou Diallo, Nampalys Mendy, Famara Diedhiou, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Ismail Jakobs, Krepin Diatta, Ismaila Sarr, Boulaye Dia. Reporting by Shady Amir, additional reporting by Nick Said and Philip O'Connor; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ In bankrupt Lebanon, locals mine bitcoin and buy groceries with tether, as $1 is now worth 15 cents
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +32 min

Others arrange clandestine meetings via Telegram to swap the stablecoin tether for U.S. dollars in order to buy groceries. In Jan., police raided a small crypto mining farm in the hydro-powered town of Jezzine, seizing and dismantling mining rigs in the process. But mining crypto tokens to earn a living is not for everybody. Younes tells CNBC that he initially moved 15% of his money into bitcoin, and he kept the remaining balance in cash. Lebanon has six bitcoin ATMs — one in Aamchit and five in Beirut, according to metrics offered by coinatmradar.com.

☆ Frustrated pharmacists are opting out of the insurance system, saving some customers hundreds of dollars a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Headshot_Small.Png | Adiel Kaplan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +14 min

Hux has owned Pickerington Pharmacy, which takes nearly every kind of insurance, since 2016. For some drugs, especially name-brand medications without generic alternatives, the insurance pharmacy, Pickerington, will most likely be the better bet. For other drugs, particularly those that have recently gone generic, it will be the all-cash pharmacy, Freedom. Or is it the noninsurance world?”For Kitchen, a retired registered nurse with arthritis and fibromyalgia, it was the noninsurance world of Freedom Pharmacy. By cutting out the middlemen, Freedom Pharmacy is far cheaper to operate.

☆ Irakul a emis un mandat de arestare pe numele lui Donald Trump pentru uciderea locotenentului lui Soleimani
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-07 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Un tribunal din Irak a emis joi un mandat de arestare naţional împotriva preşedintelui american în exerciţiu Donald Trump, în cadrul anchetei asupra uciderii lui Abou Mehdi al-Mouhandis, puternicul comandant al forţelor pro-Iran din Irak, omorât anul trecut împreună cu generalul iranian Qassem Soleimani, informează AFP, citat de Agerpres. În iunie 2020, Iranul a emis un mandat de arestare şi a cerut emiterea unei “notificări roşii” către Interpol pe numele lui Trump pentru uciderea generalului Soleimani, procedură ce nu a avut succes până acum. Soleimani, a acuzat Donald Trump, “spunea că ‘vom ataca ţara voastră, îi vom ucide pe oamenii voştri'”. '”, a continuat preşedintele Trump pentru a justifica uciderile, calificate drept “ilegale” şi “arbitrare” de Agnes Callamard, raportoare specială a ONU asupra execuţiilor extrajudiciare. Tribunalul pentru anchete din Roussafa, sectorul estic din Bagdad, “a decis să emită un mandat de arestare împotriva preşedintelui în exerciţiu al SUA, Donald Trump, conform articolului 406 al Codului Penal irakian”, detaliază un comunicat al Autorităţii judiciare.

Persons: Donald Trump, Qassem, Trump, Drona, Agnes Callamard, irakian Moustafa Organizations: Agerpres, ONU Locations: Irak, american, Iran, Bagdad, Roussafa, SUA, irakian

☆ Mii de irakieni au cerut răzbunare la un an de la asasinarea generalului iranian Soleimani
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-03 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

'Nu Americii! ', 'Răzbunare! Agent al americanilor! Un vot al parlamentului irakian pentru expulzarea lor, anunţat în agitaţia de după atacul din 3 ianuarie 2020, a rămas fără răspuns. În noiembrie, SUA au anunţat totuşi că vor retrage 500 de soldaţi din Irak la 15 ianuarie, scrie agerpres.ro.

Persons: Satan, Mustafa al, Donald Trump, Abu Mehdi Locations: irakian, Irak, Bagdad, Orientul Mijlociu, SUA

☆ Un individ a încercat să incendieze Biserica Tuturor Naţiunilor din Ierusalim
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-04 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Un bărbat a încercat vineri să incendieze Biserica Tuturor Naţiunilor din Grădina Gethsimani, în Ierusalimul de Est, înainte de a fi arestat, a anunţat poliţia israeliană care a declarat că privilegiază pista criminală, informează AFP. "Unităţile de poliţie au arestat un bărbat de 49 de ani care a turnat lichid inflamabil în interiorul bisericii", a anunţat purtătorul de cuvânt al poliţiei israeliene, Micky Rosenfeld, într-un comunicat, fără a face alte precizări, scrie agerpres.ro. Potrivit unui purtător de cuvânt al Bisericilor de pe Pământul Sfânt, Wadie Abou Nassar, suspectul este "un evreu ortodox". "Îi mulţumim lui Dumnezeu pentru stingerea rapidă a focului", a subliniat el într-un comunicat, îndemnând poliţia să ancheteze "serios" asupra incidentului şi evocând posibile "motivaţii rasiste". Biserica este construită pe locul unde, potrivit religiei creştine, Iisus Hristos a fost capturat.

Persons: poliţie, Dumnezeu, Iisus Hristos Organizations: Israelul Locations: Est, suspectul, Gethsimani, Măslinilor, Sfânt, Israel, Ramallah

☆ Bodybuilder Rene Campbell wants to change the view of what women should look like
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-02 | by ( Noura Abou Zeinab | For Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Rene Campbell has dedicated most of her life to sculpting her once diminutive frame into one that, she says, goes "completely against what society thinks a woman should look like." "I was constantly feeling under pressure through the media that women needed to look a certain way." "My bodybuilding journey made me realize that I needed to do things for myself," says Rene Campbell. Then, she attended a women's bodybuilding show and became intrigued by the way these seemingly confident women held themselves. I may look this way but, at the end of the day, I am a woman.

☆ Eating disorders: Olympic high jumper Priscilla Frederick-Loomis pressured to 'perform better' and lose a few pounds
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-06 | by ( Noura Abou Zeinab | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

And you’re adding on top of all that body shaming.”Loomis competes in the women's high jump final at the Pan American Games in August 2019 in Lima, Peru. Dr. Brooks is the vice president and chief clinical officer for the Renfrew Center, a US-based clinic specializing in eating disorders treatments. Over Brooks’ 30 year career, she has treated many patients who suffer from eating disorders and acted as the eating disorders specialist in the HBO film Thin. “We are really understanding more and more that eating disorders are not just a White, suburban women’s disease, and that, you know, for a long time the belief was that women of color, particularly Black women, were protected culturally from developing eating disorders,” said Dr. Brooks. Three years later she placed fifth in the high jump at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.

☆ Women sport stars' fight for body acceptance
▼ + stars: | 2020-06-10 | by ( Noura Abou Zeinab | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

She also wants to start a wider conversation about the issues surrounding women and body acceptance. Okoro says that Van Commenee then asked her about her weight. Which is fine for say tennis, in the 80s, where all women look the same. “They are women first, athletes second,” Dr. Emily Matheson, a research fellow at the Centre for Appearance Research, told CNN Sport. Okoro has also drawn inspiration from women athletes in rugby and football.

☆ 16 best hotels for Christmas celebrations
▼ + stars: | 2015-12-03 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

On Christmas Eve, there’s a Season’s Greetings Dinner ($125 per adult; $55 per child) and a service in the resort’s chapel. On Christmas Day, puzzles and board games, indoor planetarium presentations and a Christmas musical will keep families entertained. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner will be served at both Olivella and The Oak, and there’s a grand buffet on Christmas Day at The Farmhouse ($195 per adult, including wine; $65 for children 12 and younger). Eloise, the hotel’s famous fictional resident, lends her name to a children’s tea available for $118 per child. The Circle will host a buffet brunch on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ($285 per person; $100 for children 12 and younger).

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