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Binance, SEC request pause in legal battle as Trump's crypto policy takes shape
In a court filing dated Monday, the parties said the task force, formed last month to work on crypto regulations, may "impact and facilitate the potential resolution of this case". The stay could be an early sign of the SEC's pivot to a more crypto-friendly stance, reflecting President Donald Trump's pledge to make the U.S. a global hub for the industry. In contrast, former SEC Chair Gary Gensler had termed the industry "the Wild West".
CBS News
Gaza ceasefire looks as fragile as ever as Hamas delays hostage release
Fear over the fate of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is spreading across the Mideast as Hamas delays the next hostage release, and Trump suggests new terms.
AFP
'Ridiculous and lame': South Africans mock Trump proposals
On the streets of Johannesburg's student district, US President Donald Trump's offer to accept white Afrikaners as refugees landed as both "ridiculous" and "lame", among South Africans of all races.Trump's offer to accept Afrikaners as refugees caught many off guard, including right-wing white lobby groups.
CBS News
North Korea issues warning after U.S. sub docks in South Korea
The nuclear-powered USS Alexandria is a 360-foot fast-attack submarine equipped with Tomahawk missiles and MK48 torpedoes.
NBC News
Democrats unveil state legislative map for the next election cycle, with eyes on opposing Trump's agenda and redistricting
The arm of the Democratic Party focused on state legislative races announced its initial target map for the upcoming election cycle Tuesday, identifying 10 states where they will seek to combat President Donald Trump’s agenda and prepare for the next redistricting cycle at the end of the decade.
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Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, warns 'it will end badly'
Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants, warning that the program to forcefully deport people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and “will end badly.” Francis took the remarkable step of addressing the U.S. migrant crackdown in a letter to U.S. bishops who have criticized the expulsions as harming the most vulnerable. History's first Latin American pope has long made caring for migrants a priority of his pontificate, demanding that countries welcome, protect, promote and integrate those fleeing conflicts, poverty and climate disasters.
Reuters
WFP says staff member died in detention in northern Yemen
The United Nations World Food Programme said on Tuesday that one of its staff members had died in detention in northern Yemen, where the U.N. has repeatedly called for the Houthi movement to free detained U.N. employees. WFP did not specify when or how its employee, who it said had been detained on January 23 with six others, had died. The United Nations paused all operations in Yemen's Sa'ada region on Monday after more U.N. staff were detained by the Houthi authorities, deputy U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
AFP
Galeries Lafayette owner Ginette Moulin dies aged 98
The majority owner of the emblematic Parisian department store Galeries Lafayette, Ginette Moulin, has died aged 98, the company told AFP Tuesday.She was "a committed benefactor and a patron of artists who believed in the power of culture and creativity," the Galeries Lafayette said about her Tuesday.
CBS News
Couple who killed Ukrainian women to kidnap baby learn their fate
The couple were motivated by their "long-unfulfilled wish to have a daughter," prosecutors said.
AFP
JD Vance puts Europe, China on notice at AI summit
US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday warned European allies against over-regulating the US-dominated artificial intelligence sector and China against using the technology to tighten its grip on citizens and allies.The US vice president also took a thinly veiled shot at China, saying "authoritarian regimes" were looking to use AI for increased control of citizens at home and abroad.
USA TODAY
'Quite a mess': First of multiple storms poised to slam a dozen states
The storm will impact about 200,000 square miles with snowfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour in some areas. And more winter weather arrives midweek.
AFP
Singapore seniors hoof it to horse therapy
Singapore on Tuesday started an initiative to expand its senior care programme using horse therapy as the wealthy city-state grapples with the challenges of a rapidly ageing population.The Southeast Asian nation has one of the region's most rapidly ageing populations and officials have warned that the "silver tsunami" is a key long-term threat.
Reuters
Steve Bannon due in court after plea talks in border wall case
Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon is expected in a Manhattan court on Tuesday following discussions between his lawyers and prosecutors over a possible plea deal to resolve a criminal case over his crowdfunding campaign for the U.S. president’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Bannon, 71, was charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office with money laundering and conspiracy for allegedly deceiving donors in 2019 who contributed more than $15 million to a private fundraising drive, known as "We Build the Wall," during Trump's first term in the White House. Bannon had previously pleaded not guilty, but his lawyers have been discussing a possible plea deal with prosecutors, according to a person familiar with the matter.
AFP
Global stocks mixed as tariff uncertainty looms
European and Asian markets struggled for direction and gold hit a fresh high Tuesday as traders kept a nervous eye on Donald Trump's next tariff moves.The uncertainty fuelled by Trump's moves has pushed safe-haven gold ever higher.
Reuters
Special Report-China builds space alliances in Africa as Trump cuts foreign aid
On the outskirts of Cairo, a cutting-edge space lab was supposed to be the first in Africa to produce homegrown satellites. Satellite equipment and parts arrive in crates from Beijing. The first satellite assembled at the factory, hailed as the first ever made by an African nation, was built mainly in China and launched from a spaceport there in December 2023.
Reuters
Fed's Powell heads to Congress with good data in hand but rising uncertainty
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell begins two days of hearings on Capitol Hill on Tuesday with the economy around full employment, inflation expected to ease, and intense uncertainty about how all that will hold up under Trump administration trade and other policies that are still unfolding. Since Powell last appeared before Congress for one of his two regular rounds of testimony, Donald Trump's election has raised the possibility of successive rounds of tariffs, lower immigration and fewer available workers in the economy, and potentially extensive changes in financial sector oversight. Powell and other Fed officials are always careful to sidestep judgment about the wisdom of executive branch or congressional actions, keeping their focus on how the economy changes as a result.
CNN
Trio of storms threatens nearly every weather hazard, including ‘life-threatening’ debris flows in LA fire burn areas
Winter weather kicked into high gear in the United States and it’s not slowing down anytime soon.
Associated Press
Scholz clashes with Merz over German economy and migration at last parliament meeting before poll
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused his main challenger in the upcoming election of “constant about turns," while Friedrich Merz, the opposition leader and front-runner, accused Scholz of leaving behind an economic “disaster” as parliament met Tuesday for the last time before the country's Feb. 23 election. Polls give Merz's center-right Union bloc the lead, with Scholz's center-left Social Democrats well behind and showing little sign so far of narrowing the gap. Scholz told lawmakers that his governing coalition, which collapsed in November in a dispute over how to revitalize Germany's struggling economy, faced enormous challenges from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis and inflation.
Yahoo Finance
The most important number for the stock market right now: Morning Brief
Non-tech investors interested in AI and its effect on the stock market need only look for one clear warning sign: any cuts in AI spending by the hyperscalers.
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What a dozen roses may cost you this Valentine's Day
The average price of a dozen roses for Valentine's Day 2025 vary by state due to factors like supply chain logistics, weather and inflation.

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