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De Braziliaanse oud-president Jair Bolsonaro heeft voor de verkiezingen van volgend jaar zijn steun uitgesproken voor zijn oudste zoon Flávio Bolsonaro als presidentskandidaat. Dat maakte het hoofd van hun Liberale Partij bekend en Flávio heeft dit zelf bevestigd op X.

Candidatul PSD la Primăria Capitalei, Daniel Băluță, a contestat, vineri seară, ultimele sondaje de opinie, despre care afirmă că ar reprezenta „o manipulare” și chiar „un blat între AUR și PNL”.

De Soedanese stad El Fasher in Darfur wordt door waarnemers van satellietbeelden omschreven als "een enorme plaats delict". De paramilitaire Rapid Support Forces (RSF), die de stad zes weken geleden innamen, zouden proberen sporen van massamoorden te verwijderen.

Vizita premierului Bolojan la Budapesta, la scurt timp după ce Viktor Orban a revenit de la Moscova, a fost criticată în spațiul public. Analistul de securitate Gabriel Done susține că Ungaria este importantă în contextul strategiei regionale pe care România ar trebui s-o dezvolte.

Postal: Bullet Paradise has been scrapped and the developer is shutting down after gamers claimed the trailer used generative AI assets.

Curaçao is tijdens de loting voor het WK 2026 gekoppeld aan Duitsland, Ivoorkust en Ecuador. De ploeg van bondscoach Dick Advocaat debuteert op een mondiale eindronde.

Polymarket has begun building an internal market-making unit to provide liquidity as it relaunches in the U.S., echoing Kalshi’s model, whose house desk has already faced criticism and a proposed class action alleging conflicts with customers’ bets. The post Polymarket to Launch In-House Trading Desk That Bets Against Users: Report appeared first on Cryptonews.

Any negotiations on peaceful resolution of Russia-Ukraine war and achieving a just peace must be on Ukraine’s terms.

Muslim and Arab countries, in a joint statement released on Friday, underscored their “absolute rejection” of any attempts to displace Palestinians from their land. Israel announced on Wednesday it would unilaterally open the Rafah crossing to allow residents to flee the Gaza Strip, a move swiftly rejected by Egypt as Cairo insisted on lifting the blockade in both directions to relieve the besieged Palestinian territory. Egypt refused to facilitate what critics fear is the forced displacement of Palestinians, insisting on adherence to the terms of the United States-brokered peace plan, which mandates full humanitarian access. The Rafah crossing, the only vital artery to the outside world for the residents of Gaza not controlled directly by Israel, has been shuttered for months, strangling the flow of life-saving aid. The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar expressed concern over the use of the Rafah crossing to expel Palestinians....

Hoewel beleggers in Amerika geen cadeautjes uitpakten, was de stemming ook daar positief. 

James Butterfill counters claims about Tether’s solvency, pointing to a multibillion-dollar surplus despite new criticism from Arthur Hayes and S&P Global. Concerns about stablecoin issuer Tether’s financial stability resurfaced this week after BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes warned the company could face serious trouble if the value of its reserve assets were to fall. But CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, pushed back on those claims. In a Dec. 5 market update, Butterfill said fears over Tether’s solvency “look misplaced.” He pointed to Tether’s latest attestation, which reports $181 billion in reserves against roughly $174.45 billion in liabilities, leaving a surplus of nearly $6.8 billion. Read more

De Arubaanse premier Mike Eman annuleert zijn bezoek aan Nederland. Als reden geeft hij ‘de voelbare spanning in de regio’. Amerika heeft in de afgelopen maanden een grote militaire macht opgebouwd voor de grens met Venezuela. Aruba ligt enkele tientallen kilometers van het Zuid-Amerikaanse land.

Bitcoin’s chance of hitting $100,000 before New Year’s Eve depends on investors’ reaction to the Fed policy pivot, and the market’s response to soaring BigTech and AI company debt. Key takeaways: The Federal Reserve’s move away from quantitative tightening and rate cuts creates liquidity, making fixed-income assets less attractive. Surging tech credit risks, as evidenced by high Oracle debt protection costs, prompt investors to seek alternative, scarcer assets like Bitcoin. Read more

Bitcoin miners face record margin pressure as proxy stocks sink, Kalshi lands $1B funding and Ether derivatives volumes overtake Bitcoin on CME. Bitcoin (BTC) miners are learning the hard way that “number go up” doesn’t always trickle down. Even with Bitcoin prices still elevated by historical standards, mining margins have been sharply squeezed, with some industry analysts describing the current climate as the “harshest margin environment” on record. Balance sheets are shrinking, leverage is being reduced, and companies such as CleanSpark are moving to pay down Bitcoin-backed credit lines. The strain is spilling into public markets. Bitcoin miners and other BTC “proxy” trades have come under heavy pressure, highlighted by the collapse in shares of American Bitcoin. Not every corner of the market is retreating, however. Capital is flowing into crypto-adjacent platforms, with prediction market Kalshi recently raising $1 billion at an $11-billion valuation after a tenfold increase in trading volumes since 2024,...

Proiectul strategic semnat de România cu Grecia și Bulgaria, care prevede construirea unei autostrăzi și a unei căi ferate pe ruta Salonic–Alexandroupolis–București, promite minuni, dar ar avea mai degrabă efecte limitate, este de părere expertul în securitate, Claudiu Degeratu.

Koploper ADO Den Haag en achtervolger SC Cambuur hebben vrijdagavond geen fout gemaakt in de Keuken Kampioen Divisie. RKC Waalwijk-spits Jesper Uneken scoorde tegen het VVV-Venlo van vader Peter.

FC Groningen heeft vrijdag na een zware week een welkome overwinning geboekt in de Eredivisie. De Groningers wonnen met 0-2 bij Excelsior, drie dagen nadat de ploeg de eerder gestaakte wedstrijd tegen Ajax had verloren.

Jan Smit en Paul de Leeuw geven hun fans deze pakjesavond een cadeautje. Een duet, dat ze samen zongen tijdens Beste Zangers, is vanaf vrijdag eindelijk te streamen. Jan Smit mocht in Sint & De Leeuw ook nog bij Sinterklaas op schoot.

FC Groningen kende tegen Excelsior opnieuw alle mogelijke moeite om te scoren, maar keerde voor het eerst sinds oktober wel weer huiswaarts met een zege (0-2). In de slotfase kreeg Groningen-rechtsback Marco Rente nog een opmerkelijke rode kaart: zijn tweede gele prent wegens tijdrekken.