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☆ Millennials are fueling a Pokémon renaissance and moving mad money in an industry where baseball cards used to reign supreme, says the honcho of collectibles grading
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe COVID pandemic was an unprecedented boom for the Pokémon card business. Few can forget the $3.5 million YouTuber-boxer Logan Paul blew on a pack of Pokémon cards that turned out to be GI Joe collectibles. He estimated that last year, PSA graded at least 6 million Pokémon trading cards out of the total 14 million it processed. It's made a lifetime total of more than 64.8 billion Pokémon cards since 1999, and production has been accelerating rapidly since the pandemic. Most customers wait a maximum of two months for their graded card, which returns with a rating between 1 and 10.

Persons: —, Logan Paul, It's, Ryan Hoge, Hoge, Pokémon, John Keeble, Jens Ishoey Prehn's, IDA MARIE ODGAARD, Ritzau Scanpix, Yu Organizations: Service, Sports, Business, Nintendo, Getty, PSA, IDA Locations: London, Niva, Denmark, AFP, Japan, California, Tokyo, California , New Jersey

☆ Copenhagen stunned by devastating stock exchange fire, as police launch probe into blaze
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Police launched an investigation Wednesday into the fire that tore through Copenhagen’s famous stock exchange building, causing the collapse of its spire and damaging centuries-old artwork and architecture. “It gives me hope because we have decided to rebuild the stock exchange because it’s part of European history as a trading continent,” he said. The old stock exchange – located only a few minutes walk from Christiansborg Palace – dates back to 1625. It was built in the Dutch Renaissance style at the request of King Christian IV and had recently been undergoing renovations with its facade covered in scaffolding and protective coverings. It has been at the heart of Danish business since then; while it no longer houses the Danish stock exchange, it serves as the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce.

Persons: Brian Belling, Liselotte, ” Belling, “, it’s, Eva Simoni Lomholdt, Ida Marie Odgaard, Ritzau Scanpix, Brian Mikkelsen, King Christian IV, Mette Frederiksen, ”, Jakob Engel, Schmidt Organizations: CNN — Police, Firefighters, ” Police, Ritzau Scanpix, Reuters, Residents, Notre Dame Cathedral, Getty, Danish Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce Locations: Copenhagen, Danish, Ritzau, Ritzau Scanpix Denmark, Børsen, Paris, Denmark, AFP, Palace

CNN —Denmark’s old stock exchange was engulfed in a massive fire on Tuesday morning, with video from the scene showing flames ripping violently through the historic building in the center of the capital. Footage showed huge plumes of black smoke billowing from the Copenhagen landmark as emergency responders worked below. Ida Marie/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople salvage a painting from the old stock exchange after a violent fire broke out on Tuesday morning. Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty ImagesThe old stock exchange – located only a few minutes walk from Christiansborg Palace – dates back to 1625. The Danish Chamber of Commerce, which is based in the building, described the scene as “a terrible sight.”File photograph of the Old Stock Exchange building.

Persons: CNN —, Ida Marie, Ritzau Scanpix, Ida Marie Odgaard, King Christian IV, Jakob Engel, Schmidt, Luke MacGregor, Frank Trier Mikkelsen, Mikkelsen Organizations: CNN, Getty, Danish, of Commerce, Old Stock Exchange, Bloomberg Locations: Copenhagen, AFP, Palace, Danish

☆ Crown Prince Frederik: Who is the new King of Denmark?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —He’s been known as the Crown Prince of Denmark since the age of three, but on Sunday, he will leave Copenhagen’s Christiansborg Palace as King Frederik X, sovereign of Europe’s oldest monarchy. Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik will take over from his mother, Queen Margrethe II, when she formally steps down as monarch on Sunday. His forename was chosen in line with the Danish royal custom of the heir apparent being named either Frederik or Christian. Crown Prince Frederik began his military education in 1986 in the Queen's Life Guard Regiment. “Crown Prince Frederik is a much more informal person than his mother,” said historian Lars Hovbakke Sørensen.

Persons: CNN — He’s, Prince of, King Frederik X, Queen Margrethe II, Danes, Margrethe, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Denmark’s, Prince Frederik, Hasse Nielsen, “, ” Birgitte Borup, Berlingske, “ Queen Margrethe, Borup, Frederik, ”, Frederik André Henrik Christian, Prince Henrik, Christian, Prince Joachim, Joergen Jessen, Ritzau Scanpix, Frederik Henriksen –, Frederik –, –, “ Pingo, Ida Marie Odgaard, King Charles III, Lars Hovbakke Sørensen, Trine Villemann, ” Chance, Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, Mary didn’t, Mary, VII's, Queen, ’, John Donaldson, Susan Moody, Ian Waldie, Isabella, Vincent, Josephine, Queen Margrethe, Villemann, Frederik ”, Princess, Wales, she’s Organizations: CNN’s Royal, CNN, Life Guard Regiment, Getty, Aarhus University, Harvard, UN, Danish, Frogman Corps, International Olympic, Copenhagen Cathedral Locations: Prince of Denmark, Copenhagen’s, Europe’s, Danish, Copenhagen, Normandy, France, AFP, Paris, New York, Greenland, Denmark, Faroe Islands, “, Sydney, Australia

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy vetoes asset declaration law containing loophole
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a press conference with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (not pictured) in front of the presidential palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 6, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday vetoed a parliamentary bill that sought to retain closed asset declarations for officials. Lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Telegram the parliament would vote on the bill again around Sept. 20. A public petition asking Zelenskiy to veto the amended measure had rapidly gained tens of thousands of signatures, far above the required 25,000 needed for presidential consideration. Fighting graft is also a requirement for Ukrainian accession to the European Union, and Ukraine's government has declared it a priority alongside repelling Russia's invasion.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Mette Frederiksen, Ritzau Scanpix, Ida Marie Odgaard, Zelenskiy, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Max Hunder, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Denmark's, REUTERS, Rights, Monetary Fund, European Union, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy, allies call for greater focus on war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a press conference with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (not pictured) in front of the presidential palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 6, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSept 11 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his allies urged Ukrainians on Monday to keep their focus squarely on the war effort 18 months into Russia's invasion, an indication that authorities in Kyiv were steeling for a long campaign. Zelenskiy has long called for greater focus on the war effort and pledged to intensify a crackdown on corruption as part of Ukraine's bid to join the European Union. The campaign prompted the dismissal of Ukraine's defence minister last week and has also seen the detention of a business magnate who was once Zelenskiy's mentor on fraud charges. But appeals by Zelenskiy and his lieutenants are now more strident as Ukraine's military presses its steady, but relatively slow, counteroffensive in Russian-occupied areas.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Mette Frederiksen, Ritzau Scanpix, Ida Marie Odgaard, Zelenskiy, David Arakhamia, Annalena Baerbock, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Ron Popeski, Pavel Polityuk, Jamie Freed Organizations: Denmark's, REUTERS Acquire, European Union, EU, NATO, Thomson Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Soviet

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Putin killed mercenary boss Prigozhin
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a press conference with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (not pictured) in front of the presidential palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 6, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Russian leader Vladimir Putin was behind the death of mutinous mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in an unexplained plane crash with his top lieutenants last month. Zelenskiy, who provided no evidence to back up his assertion, made the comment in passing at a conference in Kyiv as he was asked a question about the Russian president. It has called the suggestion that Putin ordered the deaths of Prigozhin and his men an "absolute lie". Many critics of Putin have died in unclear circumstances during his 23 years in power, or narrowly escaped dying.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Mette Frederiksen, Ritzau Scanpix, Ida Marie Odgaard, Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Zelenskiy, Prigozhin, Putin, Dan Peleschuk, Tom Balmforth, Timothy Organizations: Denmark's, REUTERS, Rights, Kremlin, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Russia

☆ US FDA reviewing concerns over Logan Paul's PRIME energy drink
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Youtube personalities Logan Paul of the U.S. and rapper KSI of Britain, meet fans during a Prime soft drink promotional event in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 27, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS/File PhotoJuly 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it is reviewing concerns raised by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer against a popular influencer-created energy drink. Prime Energy contains 200 milligrams of caffeine per 12 ounces, equal to six cans of Coca-Cola or nearly two Red Bulls. Canadian health officials told Reuters on Wednesday the energy drink should not be sold in Canada as the product exceeds the acceptable caffeine limits. The Canada health agency is aware that some stores in Canada may be selling Prime Energy without approval and it is actively working to address this issue, a spokesperson said.

Persons: Logan Paul of, KSI, Ritzau Scanpix, Ida Marie Odgaard, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, Logan Paul, Khushi Mandowara, Mrinalika Roy, Shounak Dasgupta Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, YouTube, Prime Energy, Red Bulls, Reuters, Energy, Thomson Locations: Britain, Copenhagen, Denmark, U.S, Canada, Bengaluru

[1/2] Youtube personalities Logan Paul of the U.S. and rapper KSI of Britain, meet fans during a Prime soft drink promotional event in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 27, 2023. PRIME Energy contains 200 milligrams of caffeine per 12 ounces, equal to six cans of Coca-Cola or nearly two Red Bulls. According to a warning on the company's website, PRIME Energy is not recommended for children under the age of 18, women who are pregnant or nursing, or individuals who are sensitive to caffeine. PRIME also sells a non-caffeinated hydration drink in similar packaging. Schumer said the packaging and marketing of the two drinks were so similar that parents were unknowingly buying the highly caffeinated energy drinks for their children.

Persons: Logan Paul of, KSI, Ritzau Scanpix, Ida Marie Odgaard, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, Logan Paul, Laura Sanicola, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Bull, YouTube, Food and Drug, Red Bulls, Thomson Locations: Britain, Copenhagen, Denmark, New York City

☆ UK paper group bids to throw out Prince Harry and others' privacy lawsuits
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Prince Harry's autobiography Reserven, also called Spare in english, is ready for sale at the Boghallen bookshop in Copenhagen, January 10, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERSLONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The publisher of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper is applying to dismiss lawsuits brought by Prince Harry, singer Elton John and other individuals alleging phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy. A spokesperson for the publisher did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The law firm representing the people bringing the case also did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. The action is one of an number of legal cases that Prince Harry is currently bringing against British newspapers.

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