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SEOUL: South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said on Saturday (Feb 7) it had accidentally given away more than US$40 billion worth of bitcoins to customers as promotional rewards, triggering a sharp selloff on the exchange.Bithumb apologised for the mistake, which took place on Friday, and said it had recovered 99.7 per cent of the 620,000 bitcoins, worth about US$44 billion at current prices. It had restricted trading and withdrawals for the 695 affected customers within 35 minutes of the erroneous distribution on Friday.The exchange had planned to distribute small cash rewards of 2,000 Korean won (US$1.37) or more to each…

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Washington — Republican lawmakers condemned President Trump on Friday for sharing a video that portrayed former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. The criticism continued even after the White House removed the video after the initial backlash. Several GOP lawmakers publicly urged the president to remove it, including Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who is the only Black Republican in the Senate. “Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” wrote Scott, who leads Senate Republicans’ campaign arm. “The President should remove it.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! SAN FRANCISCO – There might be nobody on the planet happier for Matthew Stafford than Puka Nacua.The Los Angeles Rams quarterback, in his 17th NFL season, won his first MVP Award on Thursday night to all but cement what will likely be a Hall of Fame resume.”I almost did a backflip,” Stafford’s star wide receiver, Puka Nacua, told Fox News Digital on radio row.  Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua, left, greets quarterback Matthew Stafford before a game against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium Dec. 7, 2025, in Glendale,…

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Albany tennis players enjoyed a stand-out week of competition representing WA at the Queensland junior country championships, with the top side finishing third overall after a string of tough matches.The December competition was split into two divisions, based on the players’ universal tennis rankings, with matches involving singles, doubles and mixed outings.Five of the players in the eight-strong WA contingent are coached in Albany by Vincent Brochard.The top Sam Stosur division included the Albany quartet of Tea Zizek, Denby Sharpe, Zuri Ochieng and Fernando Gatti, who combined to finish third overall, with Zizek unbeaten in her singles and mixed doubles…

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The World Health Organization said on Friday (Feb 6) that a woman had died in northern Bangladesh in January after contracting the deadly Nipah virus infection.The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identified in neighbouring India, which has already prompted stepped-up airport screenings across Asia.The patient in Bangladesh, aged between 40 and 50 years, developed symptoms consistent with Nipah virus on January 21, including fever and headache followed by hypersalivation, disorientation and convulsion, the WHO added.She died a week later and was confirmed to be infected with the virus a…

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NewsFeedIran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi slammed the double standard allowing Israel to expand its military while other countries in the region are demanded to reduce their defensive capabilities. Araghchi spoke at the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, a three-day event focusing on geopolitical shifts in the Middle East.Published On 7 Feb 20267 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday that two West Virginia National Guard members — Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe — who were shot in an ambush-style attack near the White House late last year, will receive the Purple Heart.Calling the Nov. 26 incident “a terrible thing” and saying the troops were “attacked by a radical,” Hegseth made the announcement while speaking at a National Guard reenlistment ceremony at the Washington Monument, where he administered the oath of enlistment to more than 100 Guardsmen from nine…

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The Albany Grasmere wind farm, standing tall on the Torndirrup Peninsula, has become practical renewable energy infrastructure as well as a popular tourist attraction in its two decades of operation.The long line of 18 turbines stands guard over the rugged Great Southern coastline, about 80m above Sandpatch Beach on the outskirts of Albany, about 10km outside of the town centre.The wind farm was commissioned in 2001, and at the time was the largest in the country, leading Australia’s future in wind energy.It was built in two stages: the first 12 turbines in 2001, and another six added in 2011.When the…

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