Republicans take Senate majority for first time in 4 years with wins in Ohio and West Virginia. — 6 November 2024 (LINK)
Trump gave his first speech, bringing new ATH in Bitcoin! He did not mention Bitcoin, price dropped!: Trump appeared before voters in West Palm Beach and declared victory.. — 6 November 2024 (LINK)
Sarah McBride wins Delaware congressional seat, becomes first transgender rep in US history. — 6 November 2024 (LINK)
Dow futures jump 900 points as Trump projected to win key swing state Pennsylvania. — (LINK)
Bitcoin surges to $75,000, a new record, as traders bet Trump has election edge. — 6 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 68 media reports (LINK)
— Bitcoin reached a record high of $75,005.06, surpassing its previous peak of $73,797.98 hit in March. Ether increased by 7.5% but is still below its 2021 peak of $4,867.
AlJazeera: Re-election for Tlaib and Omar — first Muslim women to serve in US Congress. — (LINK)
US stock futures, dollar surge as markets sense Trump win. — 5 November 2024 (LINK)
Trump Media reports $19 mln loss in third quarter on TV streaming costs. — 5 November 2024 (LINK)
Russia-linked bomb threats in battleground states on election day. — 5 November 2024 (LINK)
Tropical storm Rafael's projected path shifts towards Alabama and Georgia. — 5 November 2024 (LINK)
— New mapping shows Rafael may divert eastward up through southeastern Alabama and into Georgia. Some lines on these maps show the possibility of Rafael crossing right across Florida.
Intense snowfall predicted in Colorado could snarl morning commute in Eastern plains. — 5 November 2024 (LINK)
Nigeria arrests 130 foreign nationals primarily from China and Malaysia, 17 Nigerians for cybercrimes and hacking. — 5 November 2024 (LINK)
Other headline news that internationalists can use
Ukraine says it fought N Korean troops for first time. — 6 November 2024 (LINK)
— In an interview with South Korean broadcaster KBS, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said a "small group" of North Korean soldiers were attacked. Seoul, however, said it "does not believe [troops on both sides] engaged in direct combat", but that there was an "incident" involving a small number of North Korean soldiers "near the frontline". Ukraine says an estimated 11,000 North Korean soldiers were in the Kursk border region, where Ukrainian troops have a foothold.
Afghan opium cultivation bounces and shifts two years after ban, UN says. — 6 November 2024 (LINK)
Benjamin Netanyahu fires defence minister Yoav Gallant, triggering protests across Israel: minister widely seen by Israel's allies as a brake on far-right elements of Israeli government. — 5 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 484 media reports (LINK)
American Airlines won't fly to Israel again until at least September 2025. — 5 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 17 media reports (LINK)
Brazilian police official chosen as next head of Interpol. — 5 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 23 media reports (LINK)
UN to conduct new study of the broad impacts of nuclear war. Not all countries want to know. — 5 November 2024 (LINK)
Miscellaneous nuse
South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users. — 5 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 52 media reports (LINK)
— A four-year investigation revealed that Meta unlawfully gathered data on approximately 980,000 users, including their religion and political views, from July 2018 to March 2022. Meta shared this sensitive information with around 4,000 advertisers, categorizing ads based on users' interests without obtaining specific consent, said Lee Eun Jung of the watchdog commission.
Iraq orders Kurdish region to transfer oil output to state-run oil firm immediately. — 5 November 2024 (LINK)
Attorney says Giuliani 'secreted away' his property from poll workers who won $148M judgment. — 5 November 2024 (LINK)
Faked news
Pointer Institute PolitiFact: Fact-checking Kamala Harris' 'closing argument' speech at the White House Ellipse: something true, some things half-true — 30 October 2024 (LINK)
Agenda
Swiss Digital Days: 24 October in Canton Schwyz to 19 November in Central Switzerland — (LINK)
Gaza cultural heritage on show in Geneva in 'Patrimony in Peril' exhibition at Museum of Art and History: 5 October-9 February — 5 October 2024 (LINK)
— The artefacts are from a collection of more than 530 objects that have been stored in crates in a secure warehouse in Geneva since 2007, unable to return to Gaza. The exhibition, which runs until February 9, also includes artefacts from Sudan, Syria and Libya. It was staged to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
Musica ex Machina: an exhibition about algorithmic music: EPFL Pavilions, Lausanne, till 29 June 2025 — (LINK)