Bitcoin falls 5% to $95,519

(Reuters) – Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, fell 5% to $95,519 at 2103 GMT on Monday. Bitcoin is down 7.1% from the year’s high of $103,647 on Dec. 5. (Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai)

US races to find captive journalist Austin Tice after Syria regime collapse

By Erin Banco and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials were pressing on Monday for information about Austin Tice and to secure the release of the American journalist captured in Syria 12 years ago. Washington’s hostage-affairs envoy Roger Carstens was in Beirut as part of intensive efforts to locate Tice, according to the State Department, …

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China’s plans for large new London embassy rejected by local officials

LONDON (Reuters) – China’s plans for a new large embassy in London were rejected by local officials on Monday on the grounds it could pose a security risk to nearby residents, putting pressure on the national government to reject the planning application. The Chinese government purchased Royal Mint Court, a historic site near the Tower …

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India’s market regulator warns against trading in unlisted securities via unauthorised platforms

BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s markets regulator on Monday warned investors against making transactions with unauthorised electronic platforms offering unlisted securities of public companies. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in a press release, said certain electronic platforms and websites were violating rules by facilitating transactions in unlisted securities of public companies, as these …

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Ghana electoral commission declares ex-President Mahama election winner

By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Bate Felix ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s electoral commission on Monday declared ex-president and main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama winner of Saturday’s presidential election with 56.55% of the vote, according to provisional results. Mahama’s main rival, vice president and ruling-party presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia, already conceded defeat on Sunday in …

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Exclusive-Qatar opens contacts with Syria’s HTS group, source says

By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) -Qatari diplomats spoke with Syria’s leading rebel faction, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, on Monday, an official briefed on the developments told Reuters, as regional states race to open contact with the group after its rapid offensive toppled Bashar al-Assad. Qatar plans to speak with Mohamed al-Bashir, an HTS leader, on Tuesday, …

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Factbox-What is the UnitedHealthcare business that was led by slain CEO Brian Thompson?

By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) -Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s insurance unit, was fatally shot in midtown Manhattan last week in what police described as a targeted attack by a masked assailant lying in wait just before the parent company’s annual investor conference at a Hilton Hotel. Authorities arrested Luigi Mangione, 26, in …

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ByteDance, TikTok seek temporary halt to US ban pending Supreme Court review

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China-based ByteDance and its short-video app TikTok on Monday asked an appeals court to temporarily block a law that would require that parent company ByteDance divest TikTok by Jan. 19 or face a ban, pending a review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The companies filed the emergency motion with the …

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