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Gal Hirsch's appointment as hostage coordinator was meant to shield Netanyahu from criticism and suggest to hostage families that their loved ones' fate depended on their compliance. The families are justified in demanding his resignation

Vandaag bespreken we in Dagkoers de plannen van het aankomende minderheidskabinet Jetten en de eventuele benoeming van Kevin Warsh als voorzitter van de Fed. 

A Moscow court has reportedly ordered BitRiver CEO Igor Runets to remain under house arrest as investigators pursue tax evasion charges. The founder and CEO of Russian Bitcoin mining firm BitRiver, Igor Runets, has reportedly been detained and charged with multiple counts of tax evasion.  According to reports from local media outlets such as RBK and Kommersant on Sunday, Runets was detained on Friday and is facing three charges for allegedly concealing assets to evade taxes. The outlets cite court documents from the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow indicating that Runets was charged on Saturday and ordered to be placed under house arrest the same day.  Read more

Bitcoin’s decline is mirroring SaaS stocks, proving that it is unlikely a crypto-specific narrative is driving the recent selloff, one analyst argues. A major market downturn that saw crypto markets lose $250 billion in total capitalization over the weekend is due to a shortage of US liquidity, rather than any crypto-specific problem, argues Raoul Pal, founder and CEO of Global Macro Investor.  “The big narrative is that BTC and crypto are broken. The cycle is over,” Pal said on Sunday, explaining that this can’t be the case because Software as a Service (SaaS) stocks have fallen in tandem.  SaaS stocks and Bitcoin (BTC) have moved in lockstep recently, both dropping significantly, which is notable because both are “long-duration assets,” as their value is based heavily on expected future cash flows and adoption, making them sensitive to liquidity conditions and interest rates, he said. Read more

MIRPUR: Thousands of people converged on a playground in this lakeside city on Sunday to pay their last respects to President Barrister Sultan Mahmood, as Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) bade farewell to a veteran leader who rose to prominence at a relatively young age and went on to play a long and decisive role in the region’s politics. The 70-and-a-half-year-old president, who breathed his last in an Islamabad hospital on Saturday evening after protracted illness, was accorded a gun carriage funeral — a state honour reserved for figures the state considers of exceptional national importance. On Saturday, the coffin was transported directly from Islamabad to the president’s ancestral village of Chechiyan, located about 15 kilometres on the outskirts of Mirpur. On Sunday, it was brought in a large vehicular procession to the Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Stadium in the heart of the city, where it was draped with the AJK’s national flag and placed on a military gun carriage before being taken into the packed ground amid ...

Птицы вида вислохвостого дронго (Dicrurus adsimilis) из пустыни Калахари способны намеренно врать другим животным ради собственной выгоды. В частности, когда хотят отхватить лакомый кусок пищи у сурикатов.

Bedouin residents of Mukhmas arrived Sunday to rebuild homes torched by settlers but were stopped by Israeli soldiers, who said the area was a closed military zone. When asked about an Israeli man who photographed the houses, a soldier responded, 'He can do whatever he wants'

Chappell Roan heeft een wel heel opvallende entree gemaakt bij de uitreiking van de Grammy Awards. De Amerikaanse zangeres, genomineerd voor twee prijzen, verscheen topless op de rode loper.

Pe fondul amenințării dronelor FPV inamice, livrarea echipamentului și muniției către poziții a devenit tot mai periculoasă. Pentru a proteja soldații, armata ucraineană a început să folosească roboți tereștri – numiți NKR – pentru logistică și evacuarea răniților.

A foreign investment in a Trump crypto firm reportedly preceded a reversal in U.S. AI chip restrictions, prompting corruption allegations.

Veronica Miona este co-fondator și administrator al Școlii Fitness Scandinavia. Mamă a doi copii, a trecut de la practica personală la formare profesională, urmând programe precum Yoga Alliance 200h, cursurile susținute de Beko Kaygee la Indian Yoga Academy și formarea de 300h în Kundalini Yoga.

В ночь на 2 февраля российские войска наносят массированный удар беспилотниками типа "Шахед" по Украине. Взрывы раздавались в Харькове, Запорожье и недалеко от Черкасс.

De burgemeester van Portland, in de Amerikaanse staat Oregon, heeft immigratiedienst ICE verzocht om de stad te verlaten. Volgens de burgemeester gebruikten federale agenten buitensporig veel geweld tijdens een vreedzaam protest dit weekeinde. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in ons liveblog.

De douane heeft zondag tijdens een controle een grote hoeveelheid cocaïne ontdekt in een koelcontainer met mango’s, meldt het Openbaar Ministerie (OM). De koelcontainer was afkomstig uit Peru en kwam via Panama in de Rotterdamse haven aan.

The latest crash came after US President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to replace Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, sending Bitcoin down to $75,892 late on Sunday. Strategy founder Michael Saylor has hinted his firm added to its Bitcoin holdings after the cryptocurrency slid more than 13% over the weekend, briefly pushing the company’s large BTC position into the red.  “More Orange,” the Strategy executive chairman posted to X on Sunday alongside a chart showing his firm’s $55 billion worth of Bitcoin purchases since August 2020. Saylor often posts the chart as a signal that his company has bought or plans to buy Bitcoin. It would mark Strategy’s fifth Bitcoin (BTC) purchase this year, with its largest coming on Jan. 20, when it bought 22,305 Bitcoin. Strategy is by far the largest Bitcoin treasury company, with over 712,647 Bitcoin under management Read more

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana's decision to exclude Supreme Court President Isaac Amit, leading the National Unity Party, the Democrats party and Yisrael Beiteinu to pull out from the event, comes amid a coalition boycott of the president since his appointment

Furnizorii de energie, inclusiv E.On, Engie, PPC Energie, Premier Energy și Nova Power&Gas, au început să afișeze ofertele de preț pentru perioada de după 1 aprilie, când se va renunța la prețurile plafonate.

On Saturday U.S. President Donald Trump said that India will purchase Venezuelan oil rather than oil from Iran.

Het Kennedy Center sluit vanaf juli voor twee jaar zijn deuren wegens een omvangrijke renovatie. Dat heeft de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump zondag aangekondigd.