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The U.S. outlined a new carbon-credit plan that aims to pump billions of dollars into developing countries’ energy transition, while some businesses expressed caution over investing in the program. On Wednesday, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry presented the program, called the Energy Transition Accelerator, at United Nations climate talks in Egypt. The program, he said, aims to enlist investors in efforts to reduce emissions across entire regions or countries by paying developing nations to shut down fossil-fuel energy sources and accelerate the construction of renewable energy.

“We cannot move on from the 2020 election,” he said at a debate in April during the GOP primary. Marchant has said he would not have certified the 2020 results in the state, which Biden won. Republican Tudor Dixon — who has said the 2020 election was stolen — is running for governor against Democratic incumbent Gretchen Whitmer. Matthew DePerno, who is running for attorney general against Democratic incumbent Dana Nessel, has also repeatedly espoused debunked conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election results in Michigan. DePerno has also argued that any Michigan resident should have the right to demand a vote audit of the state’s election results.

LONDON/SINGAPORE, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The in-house token of major crypto exchange FTX slumped on Tuesday, losing one-third of its value and dragging down other major digital assets, as investors appeared to take fright at talk of pressure on FTX's financials. The FTX token - which gives holders discounts on FTX trading fees - was last down more than 33% at $14.68, its lowest since early 2021. The token, known as FTT, is the 30th largest digital coin, with a value of $2 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin , the biggest digital token, was down 6.42% at $19,342.00, its lowest in two weeks, and was on course for its worst day since mid-September. Reuters was unable to independently verify the accuracy of the report, or the origin of the leaked balance sheet.

LONDON/SINGAPORE, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrencies fell heavily on Tuesday and the in-house token of major crypto exchange FTX slumped by almost a quarter as investors appeared to take fright at talk of pressure on FTX's financials. Bitcoin , the biggest digital token, fell as much as 6% to $19,351, its lowest in two weeks, and was on course for its worst day in since mid-September. Ether , the next largest, fell over 6%. FTX has come under pressure after Changpeng Zhao, head of rival exchange Binance - the world's largest - said on Sunday his firm would liquidate its holdings of the FTX token due to unspecified "recent revelations." The FTX token - which gives holders discounts on FTX trading fees - was last down almost 23% at $17.11, its lowest since early 2021.

☆ Cryptoverse-Elon Musk frees the bird and the dog coin flies
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Vidya Ranganathan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has put fresh wind in the sails of dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency he catapulted to fame. It was trading at about $0.07 on Oct. 27 before Musk tweeted "the bird is freed" to announce his ownership. Not bad for a coin that was created as a "joke" satirizing wild speculation in the crypto market and named after an internet meme of a Shiba Inu dog. Its share of the $1 trillion global crypto market cap through the year until the end of October was 1%, a fraction of bitcoin's 39%, according to CoinMarketCap. Bets that Musk may allow crypto payments with dog tokens were kindled by his tweet last week of a picture of the Shiba Inu dog wearing a Twitter T-shirt.

☆ Cryptocurrencies slide as concerns over FTX exchange rattle markets
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SINGAPORE, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrencies fell heavily on Tuesday and the native token of crypto exchange FTX collapsed by 15% as investors appeared to take fright at talk of pressure on FTX's financials. Bitcoin , the biggest cryptocurrency by market value, was down 4% at $19,750 and was having its worst day in about two months. FTX has come under pressure after the head of rival exchange Binance said on Sunday his firm would liquidate its holdings of the FTX token due to unspecified "recent revelations". FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said the exchange was "fine" and that concerns were "false rumours". However the FTX token was last down about 15% at $18.76 and figures from analytics firm Nansen showing a one-day net outflow from FTX of about $630 million suggested account holders were also getting their money out.

Efforts to investigate the 2020 election and institute changes to the state’s election procedures — the promises that helped propel DePerno onto the political map and won him former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. In Arizona, GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake has repeatedly called the 2020 election “rigged” and “stolen” during the primary only to spend most of the general election talking about immigration, education, the economy and crime. After trailing in earlier polling, both Lake and Masters appeared neck-and-neck with their opponents in the campaign’s final days. Doug Mastriano, the GOP nominee who was outside the Capitol on Jan. 6 and whose campaign paid to bus people to the pro-Trump protest that proceeded the riot, has kept the 2020 election near the forefront of his campaign. “It’s people like her,” Whitmer said of Dixon, who has baselessly raised doubts about the 2020 election results, “who are the greatest threat to our democracy right now.”Dixon has defended her use of such rhetoric.

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt—U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is planning to propose a new carbon-credit program that aims to ramp up funding from businesses and governments in wealthy economies to help developing countries cut back on fossil fuels. Mr. Kerry said in an interview that he plans to make the proposal at the United Nations climate-change conference in Egypt on Wednesday, adding that he was still consulting with representatives of other countries on the size and structure of the program.

Geopolitical strife and energy market turmoil have upended prospects for reaching a global agreement to accelerate efforts to limit climate change, with many big economies failing to submit faster timetables for emissions reductions ahead of next week’s United Nations summit. With only days to go before world leaders and negotiators convene in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El Sheikh for COP27, few countries have followed through on the sweeping agreement struck at last year’s conference in Glasgow. That accord urged national governments to submit more ambitious plans to the U.N. by the end of this year to wean their economies off fossil fuels and take other measures aimed at limiting global warming.

Rogers' launched the deal to buy Shaw in March 2021, but the competition bureau blocked it saying it would lessen competition in a market which has among the highest wireless prices in the world. He said since the competition bureau sits under the minister, it is a signal to the bureau to settle. The competition bureau did not reply to an email seeking comment. Champagne's announcement comes as the companies start a two-day mediation process starting Thursday at the Competition Tribunal. Competition bureau has said the sale of Freedom Mobile to Quebecor is not sufficient to overcome its concerns about market concentration.

☆ France’s Nuclear Reactors Malfunction as Energy Crisis Bites
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Matthew Dalton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS—France is falling behind in its plans to return the country’s fleet of nuclear reactors to full power this winter after a rash of outages, raising fears that one of Europe’s key sources of electricity won’t be ramped up to counter Russia’s squeeze on the continent’s energy supplies. The nuclear fleet was designed to act as the front line of France’s energy security. Since Moscow cut the flow of natural gas to Europe—plunging the continent into its biggest energy crisis since the 1970s oil shock—France’s vaunted nuclear fleet has been about as effective as the Maginot Line, the French fortifications that did little to stop the German invasion during World War II.

☆ Covid-19 vaccines will be on the 2023 vaccine schedule, but that doesn’t mean they’re required in schools
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Covid-19 vaccines will be part of recommended immunization schedules in 2023 for both children and adults, after a unanimous vote by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The board members addressed concerns from the public that adding Covid-19 vaccinations to the schedule would force schools to require the shots. This discussion does not change that.”In fact, Covid-19 vaccines are explicitly banned from being included in school mandates in at least 20 states. “Mandates may not do anything to those people who would pull their kids out of public school,” Hackell said. Schools are public spaces with a level of control, and 95% vaccination coverage is a goal with intent.

PARIS—Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets across France on Tuesday to demand higher wages to cope with rising energy bills and broader inflation, a sign of the political turmoil facing President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders as the war in Ukraine rages with no end in sight. Striking teachers, railway and health workers are planning to march in dozens of cities across the country, joining protests led by refinery workers who have been on strike for several weeks, choking fuel supplies nationwide and hobbling the country’s refining system. Around 28% of the nation’s gas stations have run out of either gasoline or diesel. Long lines have formed at stations that have supplies, and prices have risen sharply.

☆ Russia is making excuses for why it can't stop US-made HIMARS from shredding its military in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russian forces have struggled to counter Ukraine's use of US-made HIMARS rockets. One Russian defense blog has an explanation: HIMARS has a secret feature that prevents Russian artillery from targeting it. "This greatly distinguishes American systems from conventional MLRS [multiple launch rocket systems], where the projectiles fly along a ballistic trajectory. "Unless the radar happens to be looking in the right place at the right time, it will not detect a HIMARS launch," Cranny-Evans said. While this Avia article appears groundless, Russian defense blogs — which often have links to the Russian government and military — can be quite illuminating.

☆ Oil Refinery Strike Grips France Amid Energy Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Matthew Dalton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Workers on strike outside an Exxon Mobil oil refinery in Port-Jerome-sur-Seine, France, on Wednesday. PARIS—A strike by French refinery workers has choked fuel supplies nationwide, deepening the country’s energy crunch as temperatures drop and Europe grapples with a sharp cut in Russian natural-gas supplies. The CGT, France’s far-left union, decided on Wednesday to continue a strike that has hobbled the country’s refining system. The union also moved to extend the strike to a refinery in Donges on the Atlantic coast owned by TotalEnergies SA. The government on Tuesday ordered employees at a fuel depot owned by Esso -SAF ES, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corp., to return to work, invoking rarely-used legal powers to end strikes.

☆ Study tries to see if child vaccines and asthma are linked
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Even if a link were ever found, the life-saving benefits of the vaccines are still likely to outweigh the asthma risk, said Dr. Matthew Daley, the study’s lead author. But it’s possible that if the results are confirmed, it could prompt new work to redesign vaccines, he added. Dr. Paul Offit, of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, worried that the flawed study will needlessly scare some families away from proven vaccines. Several previous studies didn’t find a link between aluminum-containing childhood vaccines and allergies and asthma. About 4% of U.S. children under 5 have persistent asthma.

☆ Bitcoin falls below $19,000 as cryptos creak under rate hike risk
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Bitcoin , the biggest cryptocurrency by market value, fell about 5% to a three-month low of $18,387. read moreRepresentations of virtual currency Bitcoin are placed on U.S. Dollar banknotes in this illustration taken May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoThe token's value has fallen amid some speculation that remarks last week from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler implied the new structure could attract extra regulation. "A lot of the hype has come out of the markets since the Merge," he said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Tom Westbrook; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

(video) „Este o nouă zi pentru America.” Are loc ceremonia de investire în funcția de președinte a lui Joe BidenPreședintele ales al SUA, Joe Biden, a postat miercuri pe Twitter că este „o nouă zi” pentru America, cu puțin înainte de învestitura sa în funcție, transmite AFP, notează AGERPRES„Este o nouă zi pentru America”, a postat pe Twitter fostul vicepreședinte al lui Barack Obama în această zi a tranziției de putere. După ce a asistat la o slujbă în catedrala St Matthew din Washington alături de liderii republicani și democrați din Congres, el urmează să se îndrepte spre Capitoliu pentru a depune jurământul, în jurul prânzului. Fostul președinte Donald Trump a plecat cu avionul prezidențial Air Force One spre reședința sa din Florida, de la Mar-a-Lago, alături de fosta primă doamnă Melania Trump. Deși nu va participa la ceremonia de învestitură, fapt fără precedent în ultimii 150 de ani, Trump a respectat măcar o tradiție, aceea de a-i lăsa o scrisoare lui Joe Biden, care nu se știe în posesia cui se află, transmite AGERPRES.

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☆ How the Tesla Model 3, with a $40,000 base price, stacks up against the $100,000-plus Tesla Model S
▼ + stars: | 2020-05-18 | by ( Matthew Debord | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Tesla sells two sedans, the Model S and the Model 3. The Model S is a more luxurious midsize four-door that can almost stretch to full-size duty. Since 2017, Tesla has officially been selling two sedans, the Model S and the Model 3. Both are fully electric, but with the arrival of the base, $40,000 Model 3, there's now a wide price difference between the cheapest Tesla four-door and the most expensive Model S, which can cost over $100,000, depending on the configuration. The bottom line is that you currently have more options with the Model 3, but the Model S is more premium and serves up better performance — if you pay extra for it.

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