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Isabella Walker

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Taylor Swift’s Singapore Shows Stir Anger in Southeast Asia

Taylor Swift’s Singapore Shows Stir Anger in Southeast Asia

Taylor Swift has descended on Southeast Asia, or one small part of it at least: All of her six sold-out shows are in Singapore, the region’s wealthiest nation.Many of her fans in this part of the world, which is home to more than 600 million people, are disappointed. But the Singapore leg of Ms. Swift’s wildly popular Eras Tour, which began last weekend and ends on Saturday, is a soft power coup and a boost for the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery.The shows — and the undisclosed price that Singapore paid to host them — have also generated diplomatic tension with…
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Bitcoin Hits Record High, Recovering From 2022 Meltdown

Bitcoin Hits Record High, Recovering From 2022 Meltdown

Bitcoin hit a record high of about $68,800 on Tuesday, capping a remarkable comeback for the volatile cryptocurrency after its value plunged in 2022 amid a market meltdown.Bitcoin’s price has risen more than 300 percent since November 2022, a resurgence that few predicted when the price dropped below $20,000 in 2022. Its previous record was just under $68,790 in November 2021, as crypto markets boomed and amateur investors poured savings into experimental digital coins.“This is just the beginning of this bull market,” said Nathan McCauley, the chief executive of the crypto company Anchorage Digital. “The best is yet to come.”Bitcoin’s…
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UN gets ‘clear and convincing information’ on sexual violence against hostages in Gaza |  International

UN gets ‘clear and convincing information’ on sexual violence against hostages in Gaza | International

The UN team led by the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, obtained "clear and convincing information" during its 17-day visit to Israel that some hostages in the Gaza Strip had suffered various forms of sexual violence . Palestinian militias captured more than 240 people in the Oct. 7 attack and handed over about half of them in a November exchange. In its conclusions, presented on Monday in New York, the United Nations mission also states that it has "reason to believe" that during that attack, organized by Hamas and which caused around 1,200 deaths, acts of…
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Una poderosa droga psicodélica gana nueva notoriedad como terapia para la adicción a los opioides

Una poderosa droga psicodélica gana nueva notoriedad como terapia para la adicción a los opioides

La compañía farmacéutica Atai Life Sciences está gastando millones para investigar el compuesto, y los legisladores del Congreso de ambos partidos han presionado al gobierno para que promueva la investigación de la ibogaína para el abuso de sustancias, el trastorno de estrés postraumático y otros problemas de salud mental.Para la doctora Deborah Mash, profesora de neurología de la Universidad de Miami que comenzó a estudiar la ibogaína a principios de los años 1990, el creciente interés es una confirmación de su creencia de que el compuesto podría ayudar a mejorar la crisis cerebral de los opioides. "La ibogaína no es…
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