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Bitcoin soared to an all-time high, briefly surpassing $106,000, fueled by optimism over Donald Trump’s pro-cryptocurrency stance ahead of his return to the White House. The cryptocurrency has gained more than 50% since Trump’s election victory on November 5.

Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky ‘approved’ The takeover by Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group from current owner International Distribution Services will be announced on Monday, the BBC reported The sale of Royal Mail’s parent company to a Czech billionaire has been approved by the Government, according to a BBC report. The takeover by Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group from current owner International Distribution Services will be announced on Monday, the BBC reported. Mr Kretinsky is believed to have made several concessions to gain approval, including allowing workers to get a 10% share of any dividends paid out to him.…

Israel announced plans to shut its Dublin embassy, accusing Ireland’s government of “extreme anti-Israel policies.” Foreign Minister Gideon Saar criticised Ireland for supporting South Africa’s legal action at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses Israel of “genocide.”  

Full transparency must always surround public appointments as there are legitimate questions about the circumstances in which the DUP politician Mervyn Storey was named last week as the new chair of the Education Authority (EA) board. MPs are able to circumvent the democrat process to appoint almost anyone to senior positions of influence. Mps often do this to have a trusted source in the civil service but also to reward loyalty. Mr Storey is a senior DUP figure who lost his seat Mervyn Storey was named last week as the new chair of the Education Authority (EA) board in Northern…

Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday that he is expected to lose.Defeat would pave the way for the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy to hold an early election in February.Mr Scholz’s notoriously rancorous three-party government collapsed on November 6 when the chancellor fired his finance minister in a long-running dispute over how to revitalise Germany’s stagnant economy and the minister’s pro-business party quit the coalition.That left the remaining two centre-left partners without a majority in parliament.Leaders of several major parties agreed that a parliamentary election should be held on February…

The workers of Barcelona’s cleaning and garbage collection services have called a strike that will begin at 10:00 p.m. on Sunday the 22nd and will end at 10:00 p.m. on December 25th. Jaume Collboni’s government team has been mediating for days with the four companies that have subcontracted the city’s cleaning to prevent the image of these festivities from being that of an unhealthy Barcelona full of garbage. The threat is getting closer due to the opposing positions maintained by the cleaning companies and the UGT union.In Barcelona, ​​4,500 cleaning workers work, many of them while the city sleeps, in…

The PSOE spokesperson in Congress, Patxi López, accused the judges this week of acting with “political activism” Read The filing of a dozen complaints against Pedro Sánchez and his ministers in the Supreme Court dismantles the accusations of ‘lawfare’

It’s election season. After the SPD and the Union, the Greens are now also disseminating details of their election program to the public. One point: In the future, the Greens want to use the capital market, similar to the FDP, to stabilize the pension fund and slow down the increase in contributions.The health insurance companies should be relieved of the burden by financing non-insurance services more through taxes, so that the contribution increases for employers and insured persons are mitigated.Various media report on the draft election program; excerpts from it are also available to the dpa agency. What’s inside?Pension –…