Celsius to return $48 million of customer funds, major chunk still in question

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Strikes hit south Beirut after Israeli army warnings
A series of air raids struck Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, official media reported and AFPTV footage showed, a day after heavy bombardment as the Israeli army said it targeted Hezbollah sites.Also Sunday, the NNA said the Israeli army targeted villages in southern Lebanon, including seven strikes on Jibsheet in less than two hours.
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Starship launch: Megarocket to fly for 6th time from SpaceX's Starbase in Texas
SpaceX's Starship megarocket is set to takeoff on its sixth uncrewed flight test as early as Monday evening from Boca Chica, Texas.
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Massive Russian strikes across Ukraine trigger blackouts and kill at least five people
Russia has launched one of the largest aerial attacks on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said, hitting energy infrastructure across the country, killing at least five people and causing widespread damage.
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Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel's attacks in Gaza constitute 'genocide'
Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the pontiff's jubilee year. It's the first time that Francis has openly urged for an investigation of genocide allegations over Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. In September, he said Israel's attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been “immoral” and disproportionate, and that its military has gone beyond the rules of war.
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How different a commander in chief will Trump be?
“When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold” is a saying used to describe how the massive American economy can affect global businesses, but it also applies to foreign policy in the Trump era.
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Music and the stars: A Grand Canyon astronomer's guide to awe
In the vast skies above the Grand Canyon, astronomer David Koerner found the formula for awe. Here's how.
Reuters
World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks
Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center stage at the G20 summit in Brazil this week, as negotiators at U.N. talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance that they hope leaders of the world's 20 major economies can break. Heads of state arriving in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions.
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In their own words: Trump supporters explain the hope they feel for his second presidency
For the voters who supported Trump, expectations are high for prices to come down, borders to shut and incomes to rise.
USA TODAY
Dengue fever spiked to record levels in 2024: Climate change will make it even worse
Increasing global temperatures wrought by greenhouse gas emissions have boosted the number of dengue cases, new research shows.
AFP
Power cuts as Russian missiles pound Ukraine's energy grid
Russia on Sunday pummelled Ukraine with a "massive" aerial barrage, Ukrainian officials said, killing at least eight people and forcing power cuts with fears of a precarious winter to come.- Winter freeze near - With the harsh Ukrainian winter fast approaching, the country is already suffering from major energy shortfalls, while its outmanned and outgunned forces have been steadily ceding ground to the Kremlin's troops for weeks.
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The crypto industry plowed tens of millions into the election. Now, it’s looking for a return on that investment
The cryptocurrency industry’s leading super PACs plowed $131 million into congressional races in this cycle to help elect dozens of pro-crypto lawmakers to Congress, while individual billionaires with crypto interests spent millions to help return Donald Trump to the White House.
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Laken Riley went for a morning jog. Less than 30 minutes later, she was dead. What we know about her final moments
Laken Riley, 22, left home with her iPhone for a February morning jog and never returned. Here’s the timeline of the moments before her killing.
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Rhodes scholarship recipients for 2025 includes 32 US students
A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year among an international class representing more than 70 nations, scholarship officials announced. Nearly 3,000 U.S. students began the application process for the scholarship covering all expenses at the storied university in Oxford, England, to pursue graduate degrees beginning in October 2025, the Office of the American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust in McLean, Virginia, said in a statement early Sunday. The 32 recipients include students from 19 states and the District of Columbia attending 20 U.S. colleges and universities.
Reuters
Israel sends draft orders to more ultra-Orthodox
The Israeli military issued call-up notices to more members of the ultra-Orthodox community on Sunday to bolster its forces as it fights on its southern and northern borders, a move that may further inflame tensions between religious and secular Israelis. The Supreme Court ruled in June that the defence ministry could no longer grant blanket exemptions to Jewish seminary students from the conscript military, an arrangement in place since around the time of Israel's establishment in 1948 when the number of ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, was tiny. As Israel fights wars against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel's defense ministry said on Friday 7,000 members of the community would gradually receive notices, starting on Sunday.
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Will the antitrust showdown launched under Biden turn into 'Let's Make A Deal' under Trump?
The U.S. antitrust watchdogs that pounced on Big Tech and deterred corporate deal making throughout President Joe Biden's administration may be kept on a shorter leash by Donald Trump after he returns to the White House next year. Although regulators began cracking down on tech powerhouses such as Google and Facebook during Trump's first term as president, most experts expect his second administration to ease up on antitrust enforcement and be more receptive to mergers and deal-making after years of hypervigilance under Biden's watch. One of the biggest reasons underlying the anticipated pivot stems from the widespread belief that the chief architects of the Biden administration's get-tougher stance — Lina Khan of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department's Jonathan Kanter — won't be part of the Trump regime.
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Senegal votes in election that will decide if president can carry out the reforms he promised
Polls opened in Senegal on Sunday for a parliamentary election that is set to determine if the country’s newly elected president can carry out ambitious reforms. More than 7 million registered voters in the West African country are choosing 165 lawmakers in the national assembly, where the party of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye currently does not hold a majority. Faye, who was elected in March on an anti-establishment platform, says that has blocked him from executing the reforms he pledged during his campaign, including fighting corruption, reviewing fishing permits for foreign companies and securing a bigger share from the country’s natural resources for the population.
AFP
Super Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines' most populous island
Super Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the Philippines' most populous island on Sunday, with the national weather service warning of flooding, landslides and huge waves as the storm sweeps across the archipelago nation. Man-yi is the sixth storm in the past month to batter the archipelago nation.
Reuters
Senegal votes for lawmakers in test for new president
Senegal headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in legislative elections that the president hopes will give his party a clear majority and the means to implement an ambitious agenda for reforms. The West African nation saw some of the worst political violence in recent history ahead of the presidential election in March. Polls open at 8 a.m. (0800 GMT) and close at 6 p.m. More than 7 million registered voters will have the chance to vote for candidates for the 165-seat assembly, choosing between 41 registered parties or other entities.
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Russia launches one of the fiercest missile and drone attacks at Ukraine's infrastructure
Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest over the past months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians. The attack came as fears are mounting about Moscow’s intentions to devastate Ukraine's power generation capacity ahead of the cold winter. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had launched a total of 120 missiles and 90 drones in a large-scale attack across Ukraine.
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How to break the rules in the kitchen and still make amazing meals
Easy and with a dash of Italian flair, one recipe from Julia Turshen’s new cookbook, “What Goes With What,” shows how flexibility can be your friend in the kitchen.

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