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Новости за 13.12.2024

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Gold prices steady as focus turns to Fed's policy decision

Gold prices held steady as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision. Prices saw a near 2% weekly gain despite a recent dip. Market anticipates a rate cut, fueled by rising U.S. producer and consumer prices. European banks also cut rates, while gold holdings in SPDR Gold Trust slightly decreased.

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

ACP booked after IIT Kanpur student alleges rape

A 27-year-old IIT-Kanpur student filed a rape complaint against an ACP who was studying at the institute. Police registered an FIR and attached the officer to Lucknow headquarters. The IIT-K director assured support to the student and appreciated the police's swift action.

Kxan.com 

A little belief goes a long way for the Texas volleyball team ahead of Sweet 16

The Longhorns won a hard-fought second-round match in the NCAA tournament against Southern California in three sets Dec. 6, marking the last time they'll play in Gregory Gym this season. Texas hits the road for State College, Pennsylvania, to take on Creighton in the regional semifinals at noon CST Friday. It's the 19th consecutive time the Longhorns have made it to the Sweet 16, and two more wins put them in a familiar place they've been in the past two seasons: the Final Four.

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Wall Street closes lower as investors assess data after recent gains

Wall Street retreated Thursday as investors weighed economic data before next week's Federal Reserve meeting. Producer prices rose more than expected, while jobless claims increased. The Nasdaq, after hitting a record high Wednesday, fell, along with the Dow and S&P 500. Mixed tech results and Adobe's weak forecast impacted markets. Warner Bros. Discovery surged on restructuring news.

Rock Paper Shotgun 

The first Witcher 4 trailer is here, and Ciri is the star

CD Projekt have screened the first trailer for The Witcher 4, the next instalment in their fantasy monster-slaying series. It’s another single player open world RPG, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Ciri is the protagonist. In fact, she's the protagonist for a whole new Witcher saga, though there’s a tease at the end of the footage that crusty old Geralt may return as well.

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Top Stories (us) - Google News (ru) 

3 Washingtonians among those pardoned by Biden for non-violent drug offenses - KOMO News

  1. 3 Washingtonians among those pardoned by Biden for non-violent drug offenses  KOMO News
  2. Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency  The Associated Press
  3. Biden list of commutations includes some three dozen Michigan criminals  Detroit Free Press
  4. President Joe Biden commutes sentences for two of Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters  Yahoo! Voices
  5. Woman whose sentence was commuted by Biden tells her story... Читать дальше...

BigNewsNetwork.com 

Turning snow into gold: China's winter sports boom ignites trillion-yuan market

by sportswriter He Leijing

NANJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Skis strapped on, goggles tightened, and helmet fastened. Wang Lin took a deep breath before hurtling down a 138-meter-long indoor slope, immersing herself in the exhilarating rush of speed.

For Wang, a novice skier, there is no need to travel thousands of kilometers to China's frozen northern frontiers. Just two kilometers from her home in Wuxi, a t

Google.com 

India's Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, becomes youngest-ever world chess champion - Axios

  1. India's Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, becomes youngest-ever world chess champion  Axios
  2. Magnus Carlsen says ‘not part of this circus anymore’, confirms he’s not interested in challenging for Gukesh’s throne  The Indian Express
  3. Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion after horrific Ding Liren blunder  The Guardian
  4. Indian Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, becomes the youngest ever chess world champion  CNN
  5. Gukesh stopped school at class IV, no sponsor, father quit job... Читать дальше...

Chicago Sun-Times 

'Carry-On': Remove your shoes, pour some liquids for an exciting TSA thriller

The tightly spun and thoroughly entertaining Netflix holiday thriller “Carry-On" had a reported budget of about $47 million, which is about a quarter of what it cost to make the bloated and star-studded and instantly forgettable likes of the Netflix mega-movies “Red Notice” and “The Gray Man,” and maybe there’s a lesson here and maybe not.

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