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Blackpink singer Rosé collects her third Hot 100 hit as a soloist, and as she does, she passes her … [+] bandmate Jennie and CL in her historic win. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – MAY 22: Rose of South Korean girl group BLACKPINK is seen at the ‘Saint Laurent’ The Hyundai pop-up store opening event at The Hyundai on May 22, 2023 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Han Myung-Gu/WireImage)WireImage Nearly a decade after Blackpink released their first tune, one of the four members has finally scored a hit album on her own in America. Rosé’s first full-length as a soloist,…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday it would extend its anti-dumping investigation into brandy originating from the European Union by three months, less than the full extension allowed under its previous guidance. The probe, which was launched on Jan. 5 and due to be completed in a year, will be extended to April 5 due to the “complexity” of the investigation, the ministry said in a brief statement, without elaborating. The ministry previously said the probe could be extended by six months under special circumstances. Preliminary findings from the probe have shown dumping of EU brandy threatens to…
2Pac’s “How Do U Want It” with K-Ci and JoJo reaches the top 10 on a pair of Billboard charts this … [+] week, adding to the late rapper’s legacy. Tupac Shakur in a scene from the film ‘Gridlock’d’, 1997. (Photo by Gramercy Pictures/Getty Images)Getty Images 2Pac has been on a posthumous roll lately thanks to a viral craze, one which is based around one of his most famous tunes. Millions of people have interacted with the rapper’s song, some for the first time. All the attention that his smash “How Do U Want It” has accrued over the past…
If you ever played with those word refrigerator magnets back in the day, Ransom Notes will give you an instant shot of nostalgia. It also has what I think is the most important quality in a party game: no complicated rules, setup or explanation required. Each round starts with an open-ended question card, like “describe a frightening medical condition.” Players get a handful of magnetic word tiles that they then arrange into a (usually slightly nonsensical) answer to that round’s prompt. Each “ransom note” can be as elaborate (or not) as you want. You might have the perfect set of…
(Bloomberg) — Turkey’s central bank is expected to deliver its first interest rate cut in nearly two years on Thursday, with major banks divided on the size of the reduction. Most Read from Bloomberg Policymakers led by Governor Fatih Karahan will lower the benchmark rate of one week repo to 48.25% from 50%, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Predictions vary in the absence of clear guidance by the central bank. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG expect a 150-basis-points cut while Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. are penciling in a…
Bitcoin slipped 12% from its all-time high of $108,353, erasing gains from the second week of December. As Christmas nears, crypto traders ponder whether the market will see a “Santa Claus” rally this year. A CoinGecko report states that eight of ten times between 2014 and 2023, crypto markets rallied around the Christmas holidays. Bitcoin’s recent price decline has quashed hopes of a Santa rally this year, and declining institutional investment inflow has dampened the sentiment further. Will crypto markets see a Santa rally in 2024? A “Santa Claus” rally refers to price gains in crypto in the last five…
Topline Netflix will broadcast two NFL games and a Beyoncé performance on Christmas Day, with a matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers followed by the Baltimore Ravens versus the Houston Texans, as it hopes to avoid livestream glitches and delays that tarnished its stream of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight. The Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first of two games Wednesday. … [+] (Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images)Getty Images Key Facts Netflix will broadcast the Chiefs-Steelers and Ravens-Texans game in a new partnership with the NFL, and the streams will be…
Nvidia (NVDA) has had the kind of year most companies can only dream of. Its revenue and stock price soared thanks to prescient investments in artificial intelligence technologies that are paying off handsomely on the back of the generative AI wave. That’s not all. It’s repeatedly swapped places with Apple (AAPL) as the largest publicly traded company in the world by market cap, topping the $3 trillion mark. CEO Jensen Huang has become one of the most in-demand executives in Silicon Valley, meeting with everyone from fellow tech luminaries to world leaders and then some. And there’s more to come.…
Solana on-chain activity reached a new all-time high, coinciding with a 30% surge in Pudgy Penguins token Pengu. Pengu (PENGU), the native token of blue chip NFT series Pudgy Penguins, bounced to within 50% of its previous peak price, buoyed by a Solana (SOL) uptick and a broad market recovery on 2024’s Christmas Eve. Pudgy Penguins released its PENGU crypto last week to 7 million eligible wallet addresses. Users have 88 days to claim 23.5% of 88 billion tokens or 20.6 billion coins. PENGU debuted at a $3.5 billion fully diluted valuation, quickly peaking at %0.06 cents after launch. Price…
Drone strikes on Millerovo air base.Via Russiancontext A powerful barrage of Ukrainian drones pummeled Millerovo air base in Russia’s Rostov Oblast on Monday. Russian gunners opened fire, lighting up the early morning sky. Explosions rocked the base. The targets may have included the few Russian air force Sukhoi Su-25 attack jets that still stage from the airfield for attacks on the 800-mile front line of Russia’s 34-month wider war on Ukraine, 100 miles to the west. There’s also a military academy at the base. The specific target doesn’t really matter. The point of Ukraine’s deep-strike raids isn’t always to destroy…